SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Chapter 4: Creating Simple Parts, Assemblies, and Drawings

FIGURE 4.15

Edges for fillet and chamfer features

Chamfer edges Fillet edges Select to chamfer

Tutorial: Creating a Simple Assembly

Up to this point, you have been learning about how to create geometry, or parts. Assemblies

involve organizing that geometrical data to represent real products or parts of products. Assemblies

can be complex or simple. They can be structured in a single level or use many subassemblies.

Assemblies can be static or allow Dynamic Assembly Motion. Relationships in the assembly can

also drive part geometry.

This part of this chapter serves as an introduction to some of the basic functions and main features

of assemblies. Because all the geometry creation is done in the part document, most of what goes

on in the assembly document has to do with organizing that geometry in space.

Cross-Reference
Chapters 12 to 16 discuss various aspects of assemblies in detail. n

The following pages describe common techniques that are used in assemblies. The part created

earlier in this chapter is assembled with some additional parts that have already been created. The

main point here is to give you a basic understanding of the assembly functions that exist, and how

they work before exploring various aspects of the software in detail in Part II.