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Fi
gur
e1.0:Soli
dWorksdi
spl
aycommands
rel
evantt
othedocumentt
ype
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TheMainelementsoft
heSoli
dWorksuseri
nter
facear
easf
oll
ows(
seeFi
gur
e1.
0for
thecor
respondi
ngit
em number
s):

1. Titl
ebar :
Display
st henameoft heactivedocumentandact i
vedocumentwindowwitha
blue(defaultcol
or)ti
tl
ebar
2. Mai nMenu: Asetofdr opdownmenus( Fil
e,Edi
t,Vi
ew,andsoon)acr osst
hetopofthe
userinterf
ace.Themenubarcont entsaretaskdependentbasedontheacti
vedocument
type.
3. Standardtoolbar:Foundjustbeneaththemai nmenuthistool
bari
sconsist
sofasetof
themostcommonl yusedcommandbut tons.

4. Viewt
oolbar:
Feat
uresaser
iesofcommonl yusedcommandbut
tonst
hatal
l
owy
out
o
zoom,r
otateandvi
ewtheparti
ndiff
erentori
ent
ati
ons.

5. Mi
nimi
zewi
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mizewi
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7. Cl
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8. CommandManager:
Ady
namictool
bart
hatl
i
stst
hecommandbut
tonsf
ort
het
ype
ofdocumenty
ouar
ewor
kingon.

9. Feat
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gnt
reet
ab:
Displ
ayst
heFeat
ureManagerdesi
gnt
ree.

10.Proper
tyManager
:Appearsinthelef
tpanelwheny
ouselectmanyoft
heSol
i
dWor
ks
commandssuchassket ches,
fil
letf
eat
uresandsoon.

11.Conf
igur
ati
onManagert
ab:Appear
sinplaceoftheFeatureManagerdesi
gnt
ree.Hel
ps
cr
eat
e,sel
ectandviewmul
ti
pleconfi
gur
ations(
v ar
iat
ionsofpart
sandassembli
esina
si
ngl
edocument).

12.Feat
ureManagerdesi
gntree:Si
mil
art
othewi
ndowsexpl
orert
reei
tli
stst
hest
ruct
ureof
t
hepart,
assemblyordrawing.

13.Showdi
spl
aypane:
Expandsorcol
l
apsest
hedi
spl
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14.Gr
aphi
csar
ea:
Displ
ayst
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tassembl
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ng.

15.St
atusbar
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unct
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16.St
atusbar
:Indi
cat
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tisadr
awi
ng,
par
torassembl
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ouar
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ti
ng.

17.Quickti
pshelp:I
ndicateswi
thaquest
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kbut
tonwhet
herQui
ckTi
psi
sonorof
f.
Cl
icktheicontotoggle

18.Resizewi
ndow:Enabl
esr
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zi
ng(
bycl
i
cki
nganddr
aggi
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hewi
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fiti
sn’
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al
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mized.

19.Soli
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cktoopentheSol i
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nslinks
toresour
ces,t ut
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s,t i
psofthedayandal socommandbut tonstoopenorcr eate
Sol
idWorksdocument s.
20.DesignLi
brary:Cli
ckt oopenthedesi
gnlibrary.I
nsidey ouseetheDesignLibr
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and3DCont entCent r
aleachwhichcontainmanyst andarddesi
gnelementsy oucandr ag
anddropint
oy ourdesi gn.

21.Fil
eExpl
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:Dupl
icatesWi
ndowsEx pl
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ny ourcomput
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stsr
ecent
lyopened
document
sandcur r
entl
yopeneddocuments.Youcandragdocumentsfr
om herei
nto
thegr
aphi
csarea.

Fi
g1.
1:TheCommandManager

TheCommandManager

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owt hestandardtool
barinthetoplef
thandcornerofthedocument
window,i
stheCommandManager ,asmarttool
barthatdi
spl
aysthemenusy ouneedforthet
ask
athand.Thetoolsusedinsoli
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tesimil
artoAutoCAD.Ext
rudedbose,extr
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rom commandt
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or
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ninch,
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tsar
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ocr
eat
eandhol
d
t
hesolidmodel
.

Sketchtheprof
ile
Sketchesar
ecollecti
onsof2Dgeometr
ythatar
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ocr
eat
esol
i
dfeat
ures.These
i
ncludeli
nes,ci
rclesandrect
angl
es.

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yi
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ati
onsanddimensions
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ricr
elat
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zontalandverti
calareappl
i
edtothesket
chgeometr
y.
Di
mensionsi
zet hegeometrywhil
etherelat
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rictt
hemov ementoft
heent
it
ies.

Extr
udingthesket ch
Extr
udingusest he2Dsket cht
ocreat ea3Dsoli
dfeat
ure.Boseext r
ude,ext
rudedcutf i
l
let,
chamferrevolvecommandsar eusef ult
ocreat
e3dmodel .Eachcommandcanbemodi fied
byusingpropertiesdial
ogboxforexampl ei
ncaseofboseextrude,theextr
usionf
eature
contai
nsvarioussub-optionsl
i
keblind,uptoasurf
ace,uptovertex,of
fsetfr
om asurface,
uptobodyandmi d-
plane.