SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Working with helix features ....................................................................................

FIGURE 18.1

The Task Pane docked to right side of the SolidWorks window

Design Library

The Design Library tab displays an image of a stack of books. It is the overall library area for all
sorts of elements in SolidWorks, which I discuss later in this chapter. The only part of the Design
Library of concern right now is the Features folder. If you expand this folder, you can see that it is
populated with some sample features.

Open a new part and create a cylinder using any method you want (for example, extrude, revolve).

Make the diameter three inches and the length a little more than one inch.

In the Inch features folder, click the folder called o-ring grooves. The first feature in the list is

called face static – gas. Drag-and-drop this feature onto the end flat face of the cylinder. As shown

in the image to the left in Figure 18.2, the PropertyManager displays a yellow information panel

explaining the process.