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The Sketch toolbar linear Smart Dimension

Sketch on Solidworks is not much different from sketching on other CAD programs, it's just that if we make sketches on sketching solidworks take precedence then the size is determined using the smart dimension toolbar, this toolbar functions to give size / dimensions to the sketch that we make, both linear, angular, radius, diameter, and aligned. In the following section, I first identify the default buttons on the Sketch toolbar, followed by the rest of the entities that you can access by choosing Tools ➪ Customize ➪ Commands ➪ Sketch. Sketch opens and closes sketches. You may notice that the name of the button changes depending on if the sketch is open or closed. If you preselect a plane or planar face and then click the Sketch button, SolidWorks opens a new sketch on the plane or face. If you preselect a sketch before clicking the Sketch button, SolidWorks opens this sketch. If you preselect an edge or curve feature before clicking the Sketch button, SolidWorks automatically ...

Modeling Solidwork Objects with the Sweep method

Make solid cylinders with Diameter 40 mm and 60 mm R 40mm 60mm length. Target: o Make a new part o Know the sweep method o Get to know the Sweep dialog box 1. Click the New icon and part icon to create a new part 2. Click the icon, and the 2D sketch icon so we can sketch tools activate. 3. Click the circle icon, and then from the origin create a circle with  R = 50 mm. 4. Click the 2D sketch icon so that the sketch tool is inactive. 5.Click on the icon and click on the 2D sketch icon so we can sketch tools  reactivate. 6. Click the normal top icon and then click the full line icon, then from origin draw a vertical line upwards of 200 mm. 7. Click the 2D sketch icon so that the sketch tool is inactive back. 8. Click the isometry icon, so we get an image like the following:  9. Click the Sweep icon or on the menu line click insert, base sweep. So the sweep dialog box will be active as follows: 10. From the sweep dialog box above, we click so...