Introduction to SolidWorks

Lesson 1 – Introducing SolidWorks
Section I – Preliminaries 1.4 The SolidWorks Interface

Table 1.1 – SolidWorks Desktop for a New Part Document

1 - SolidWorks logo 11 - FeatureManager design tree

2 - Main menu 12 - Sketch (red) or model (blue) origin

3 - Standard menu 13 - View (Heads-Up) toolbar

4 - File name 14 - Minimize/Maximize/Close file

5 - SolidWorks search 15 - Task pane

6 - Minimize/Maximize/Close window 16 - SolidWorks command description

7 - CommandManager 17 - Reference triad

8 - CommandManager toolbars tabs 18 - SolidWorks status

9 - Feature/Property/Configuration

managers

19 - Quick tips

10 - File name 20 - Graphics area

Figure 1. 4 – SolidWorks Desktop for a New Part Document