Index
solid profile cut sweep, 257–258
SolidWorks
documentation, 8–10
installing, 3–4
license agreement, 5
quick tips, 6–8
system requirements, 1085
Welcome to SolidWorks screen, 5
SolidWorks Explorer
changing associated files, 29
renaming parts and assemblies, 559
searching metadata, 222
searching tags, 63
SolidWorks Forums, 1077–1078
SolidWorks Resources panel, Task pane, 61
SolidWorks Search panel, Task pane, 61
SolidWorks System Requirements Web page, 4
SolidWorks table-based BOM
adding columns, 775–776
adding rows, 775–776
combining, 774–775
Configurations panel, 771
contents, 772–773
controlling appearance of, 773–774
dissolving, 774–775
editing, 775–776
item numbers, 772
Keep Missing Items option, 772
numbering, 774–775
overview, 768–769
restructuring, 774–775
table anchor, 770
templates, 769
types of, 770–771
Zero Quantity Display, 772
SolidWorks Utilities Simplify Assembly tool, 509–510
SolidWorks Web Site
Customer Portal, 1077–1079
Graphics Cards, 1077
Solve as Rigid or Flexible option, Component Properties
dialog box, 467
solving mates, 451
sorting part configurations, 361–362
Sowell, Devon, 1080
space handle, 972
spaceball driver, 47
Spaceball view-manipulation device, 71, 472
Spaceclaim application, 148, 955sled method, animation (continued)
positioning sled, 1061
turning camera on, 1062
Slot PropertyManager, 157
Slot sketch tools, 156
small tool tips, 50
Smart Component icon, graphics window, 643
Smart Component PropertyManager, 650, 654
Smart Components
auto-sizing, 645–647, 650–655
Design Library, 623
editing, 656
managing file with, 655–656
overview, 641–642
simple, 643–645, 647–650
tutorial, 657–660
Smart Dimension tool, 24
Dimensions/Relations toolbar, 113
reference dimensions, 747
selection options for linear, 90
Sketch toolbar, 89
Smart Fastener PropertyManager, 612
Smart Fasteners
assemblies, 445–446
with Hole Series, 603
limitations, 604
overview, 602
populating all holes, 603
Smart Feature, 645
SmartMates
Alt+dragging, 473–475
dragging between windows, 476
mate references, 476
smooth transition, variable radius fillet, 279
Snap Hook feature, 1004–1007
Snap Hook Groove feature, 1004–1007
software downloads, 1078
software performance report (SPR), 1078
Solid Bodies folder, 832
solid body, defined, 320
Solid Body selection box, Shell feature, 818
solid cut function, 845
solid feature, 236
solid geometry, 242
solid loft, 246
solid modeling, 845–846
bridging, 823
DimXpert, 749–750