Introduction to SolidWorks

Lesson 13 – Creating the Assembly Drawing with the BOM
Section V – Creating Engineering Drawings Practice Exercises

SIDEBARS

Practice Exercises

1. Move the BOM to Sheet 2 of the assembly drawing. (Hint: Right-click and then click Add
   Sheet. Notice that Sheet1 and Sheet2 tabs are shown at the bottom of the
   FeatureManager design tree.)


2. Add a Part Description column to the BOM table.


3. Create the assembly drawing for the Truck Sub-Assembly. (Hint: You can use the
   drawing in the Appendix for reference.)


4. Create the drawing for the skateboard top assembly. (Hint: You can use the drawing in
   the Appendix for reference.)


5. Find the keyboard shortcut to spell check a document. (Hint: You will find the Spell
   Check command in ToolsCustomizeKeyboard. The command is in the Others
   category. If you lose your geometry after you spell-check, use the Zoom to Fit and
   Rotate View commands to bring it back into view.

Problems

1. List the parts in a ball-point pen. Do you recommend the use of sub-assemblies?

References

Inside SolidWorks – 4 th Edition, by David Murray, Thomson Delmar Learning (2005).

SolidWorks Office Training Manual – Essentials, by SolidWorks Corporation.

Internet Resources

http://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/

http://skateboard.about.com/