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Launching SOLIDWORKS for the first time

Launching SOLIDWORKS for the first time - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Launching SOLIDWORKS for the first time

- SOLIDWORKS is the world leader in 3D solid modeling software. SOLIDWORKS is both a history and feature based parametric modeling program. The software uses a simple set of tools and commands to assist you in designing your next great product. Let's go over opening up the software, and then tour the interface. The first thing we need to do is go ahead and click on the desktop icon for SOLIDWORKS 2016. For some reason, if you don't have the desktop icon, go into the Window's start menu and fire up SOLIDWORKS 2016. When SOLIDWORKS opens up, you can see the interface has been completely redesigned. It has a totally new look, the icons look completely different, but most of the tools are pretty much the same. First things first, if I click here, anywhere in the middle of the window, that little sidebar will go in, and you can see up here I have File, View, Tools and etc. If you don't see these sticking out here, notice there's this little pin at the end, if I close that it'll go away…

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