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Using reusable sketches and blocks - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2019 Essential Training
Using reusable sketches and blocks
- [Instructor] Blocks are independent non-solving sketches that can be used in a variety of ways inside of SolidWorks. The most common would be to copy a sketch and then use that sketch somewhere else in your design. By creating a block, all the entities in the block become frozen, and can be manipulated as a whole. We can save blocks for later use as well as open blocks that were created in the SolidWorks format as well as formats like AutoCAD, DWG, and DXF. To insert a block into your design, first we want to turn on the blocks toolbar. So if you go anywhere up here in the gray area on the top of your screen, right-click, and let's go down here and turn on the blocks toolbar. Click on that, and notice the toolbar shows up over here on the left. I can then grab that toolbar and place it pretty much anywhere you want. I'm going to go ahead and ink it right over here to my right-hand side pane, and now what I want to do is start a sketch. So click on this top surface here, click on…
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Creating sketches6m 44s
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Understanding relationships7m 50s
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Using the Extrude feature5m 52s
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Using the Extruded Cut feature4m 54s
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Creating revolved features4m 8s
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Making revolved cuts3m 19s
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Applying materials, colors, and finishes3m 25s
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Finding mass properties2m 25s
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System options, units, and templates4m 49s
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Working with dimensions5m 12s
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Line and Centerline tools3m 58s
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Using the Rectangle tool3m 59s
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Circles and arcs2m 58s
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Drawing slots2m 34s
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Working with ellipses and conics4m 5s
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Sketching polygons2m 32s
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Creating text5m 48s
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Using equations and linked variables5m 56s
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Using the Spline tool3m 22s
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Equation driven curve2m 19s
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Sketch Ink3m 3s
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Trimming and extending a sketch4m 51s
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Creating offset geometry2m 26s
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Moving, copying, rotating, and scaling3m 25s
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Erasing, undoing, and redoing actions3m
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Using the Mirror tools2m 10s
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Creating repeating patterns in a sketch4m 23s
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Using construction lines4m 28s
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Using the Convert Entities tool2m 26s
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Adding fillets and chamfers to sketches2m 20s
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Loft tool6m 58s
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Lofted shapes with guide curves1m 58s
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Making lofted cuts1m 46s
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Creating swept shapes3m 2s
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Making swept cuts4m 6s
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Using the Wrap command4m 47s
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Boundary Boss/Base3m 47s
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Intersect tool3m 33s
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Working with configurations4m 12s
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Surface tools2m 18s
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Using surfaces to build solid models2m 3s
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Direct Editing: Move/Copy Bodies3m 59s
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Direct Editing: Move Face3m 28s
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Direct Editing: Combine2m 57s
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Direct Editing: Split3m 29s
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Project Curve2m 31s
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Slice tool4m 43s
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Starting an assembly3m 41s
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Copying, moving, and rotating parts2m 56s
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Mating parts together in an assembly6m 57s
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Working with subassemblies4m 7s
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Making linear patterns4m 1s
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Creating circular patterns2m 13s
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Using the Toolbox2m 54s
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Downloading internet parts3m 18s
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