OPTIONS

Most of these options may be kept to their default values. We’ll go through several Key Options

Click OK to accept any changes to options. Click Cancel to reject them.

You may Automatically look NormalTo

You may Prompt yourself for Dimension Inputs

Snaps are just the Best!

When using the GRID, you’ll want to Snap To it

Performance is where you go if SolidWorks is running slowly

Default Templates is very important! These locations must be properly set

The Drawings Template is the most important

File Locations is another critically important option

Document Templates goes alongside with Default Templates

You may reverse the mouse-zoom here

This folder must be properly set to add Holes. This is important later.

• Download and Save the SampleBlock

• SolidWorks>→File→Open

or

• Open

or

• Ctrl+O

• Filter for PART (*.sldprt)

• Find: C:\...\INTRO_TO_SOLIDWORKS\INTRO_TO_SOLIDWORKS.SLDPRT

Annotation Font is typically Century Gothic or Arial

Straight or Bent options may be used

The Default Diameter of the Balloon may be set here. (Tight-Fit adapts to the number of characters)

Notes Font or Leader display are typically customized

• Dimension options are very important

• Primary Precision is important to pay attention to.

  • (.12 ≈ 3.14; .123 ≈ 3.142 etc.)

• Sometimes □Show Units of Dimensions is useful.

• ☑Center Between Ext. Lines is recommended

• You may be required to customize the Dimension Arrow Sizes

If you want the Grid that you can Snap To, enable it here

Units is extremely important! If you get this wrong, you’ll often have to start over!

IPS or MMGS are the most common standards. Most of what you’ll do is IPS