Individual master sketches can exist within the top level of your assembly. This technique is often referred to as top-down assembly design. The same process can be used in SOLIDWORKS. Perhaps you’re using layout drawings within AutoCAD to create your assemblies. Once those components are tied together within an assembly, 2D views can be extracted just as easily as they were on the component side. This process is analogous to assembling the components in their physical form and is commonly referred to as bottom-up assembly design. When creating assemblies, geometric relationships are defined between those individual components. Section views and detail views are created much more easily as well since we’re simply slicing the model or zooming in on a specific portion. Once we have the 3D model, there’s no need to manually sketch out each individual view. That 3D model will then serve as the basis for creating 2D views. The only difference is that instead of creating each individual view for a component, we’re creating the entire component within a 3D environment. The process isn’t that much different in SOLIDWORKS. These blocks are then used to create individual part drawings for each component and are later assembled together to create assembly views. These standard views are then further refined to create additional ones, such as section views or detail views. How will your design process translate over to SOLIDWORKS? Currently, you may be creating individual blocks for each standard view of your parts within AutoCAD. It can be difficult for your eyes and mind to adjust but have no fear, I’m here to guide you on your new journey into SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD. That black background felt so familiar, but now you’re starting to see the 3D light. For years, you’ve been languishing in the darkness of 2D CAD.
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