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Basic steps for 3D modeling

Basic steps for 3D modeling - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Basic steps for 3D modeling

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- [Instructor] There are six basic steps used in almost every feature inside of SolidWorks. In this movie, we're going to be covering all the six steps, and some examples of how to implement them. Step number one is to select a face or plane. When you first open up SolidWorks, there's really no geometry there, there's no faces there. We only have those three fundamental planes, so you need to choose one of those. Once you've created some geometry, then more than likely you have some other faces that you can choose to continue building your model. The second step is to start a brand new sketch on one of those faces or those planes. Step three is to draw geometry in that sketch, and we generally want to have an enclosed boundary for that geometry. Number four is to tie the geometry to the origin. Now this is not required to create a solid, however, tying it to the geometry tells SolidWorks where it is in space, and it's definitely highly recommended. Number five is to add relationships…

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