Lesson 13 – Creating the Assembly Drawing with the BOM
Section V – Creating Engineering Drawings Practice Exercises
SIDEBARS
Practice Exercises
- 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.) - Add a Part Description column to the BOM table.
- Create the assembly drawing for the Truck Sub-Assembly. (Hint: You can use the
drawing in the Appendix for reference.) - Create the drawing for the skateboard top assembly. (Hint: You can use the drawing in
the Appendix for reference.) - Find the keyboard shortcut to spell check a document. (Hint: You will find the Spell
Check command in ToolsCustomizeKeyboard. 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
- 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/