SOLIDWORKS^® software and AutoCAD^® software use many of the same Standard toolbar tools. Some of the tools on AutoCAD software's Standard toolbar are equivalent to tools on the SOLIDWORKS View toolbar.

AutoCAD®				SOLIDWORKS®
Tool	Tooltip	Command		Tool	Tooltip	Toolbar
	New	NEW			New	Standard. See Standard Toolbar in the main SOLIDWORKS help.
	Open	OPEN			Open	Standard
	Save	QSAVE			Save	Standard Save As for new documents
	Plot	PLOT			Print	Standard
	Plot Preview	PREVIEW			Print Preview	Standard
	Cut to Clipboard	CUTCLIP			Cut	Standard
	Copy to Clipboard	COPYCLIP			Copy	Standard
	Paste from Clipboard	PASTECLIP			Paste	Standard
	Match Properties	MATCHPROP		-	-	-
	Undo	U			Undo	Standard List of possible Undo operations
	Redo	REDO			Redo	Standard List of possible Redo operations
	Publish	PUBLISH			Print 3D	Standard
	Pan Realtime	PAN			Pan	View. See View Toolbar in the main SOLIDWORKS help.
	Zoom Realtime	ZOOM			Zoom In/Out	View
	Zoom Window	Zoom flyout			Zoom to Fit	View
-	-	-			Zoom to Area	View
-	-	-			Zoom to Selection	View
	Zoom Previous	ZOOM P			Previous View	View
	Design Center	ADCENTER		-	-	- Design Library
	Properties	PROPERTIES		-	-	- PropertyManagers and dialog boxes
	Tool Palettes	TOOLPALETTES			Apply scene	Heads-up View
					Edit Appearance	View
				-	Materials Overview	Standard PropertyManager
	Help	? or HELP			Help	Standard Also available on Help menu

The standard orthogonal views on the SOLIDWORKS^® Standard Views toolbar are equivalent to AutoCAD^® software's views. Rather than the compass-oriented isometric views, SOLIDWORKS uses Isometric, Trimetric, and Dimetric orientations. Normal To is a view perpendicular to any selected face or plane, equivalent to a plan view.

AutoCAD®				SOLIDWORKS®
Tool	Tooltip	Command		Tool	Tooltip	Toolbar
	Named Views	VIEW			View Orientation	View. See View Toolbar in the main SOLIDWORKS help. Both standard and custom views
	Top View	VIEW TOP			Top	Standard Views. See Standard Views Toolbar in the main SOLIDWORKS help. Similar to plan view
	Bottom View	VIEW BOTTOM			Bottom	Standard Views
	Left View	VIEW LEFT			Left	Standard Views
	Right View	VIEW RIGHT			Right	Standard Views
	Front View	VIEW FRONT			Front	Standard Views
	Back View	VIEW BACK			Back	Standard Views
-	-	-			Normal To	Standard Views Normal to selected plane or face; plan view
	SW Isometric View	VIEW SWISO		-	-	- No equivalent
	SE Isometric View	VIEW SEISO			Isometric	Standard Views Plus Trimetric, Dimetric orientations
	NE Isometric View	VIEW NEISO		-	-	- No equivalent
	NW Isometric View	VIEW NWISO		-	-	- No equivalent
	Camera	CAMERA		-	-	- No equivalent

Sketch tools such as Line, Rectangle, and so on, on the Sketch toolbar can be used in drawings, but generally are used in part sketches to create features. Most annotations on the Annotation toolbar , such as Notes, can be added in parts or assemblies and then inserted automatically into drawings. Some annotations, such as Center marks, are available only in drawings.

AutoCAD®				SOLIDWORKS®
Tool	Tooltip	Command		Tool	Tooltip	Toolbar
	Line	LINE			Line	Sketch. See Sketch Toolbar in the main SOLIDWORKS help.
	Construction Line	XLINE			Centerline	Sketch Always a construction line
-	-	-			Construction Geometry	Sketch Any sketch entity can be turned into construction geometry
	Polyline	PLINE			Line	Sketch Autotransition between lines and tangent arcs
	Polygon	POLYGON			Polygon	Sketch
	Rectangle	RECTANG			Rectangle	Sketch
	Arc	ARC			Tangent Arc	Sketch
-	-	-			3-point Arc	Sketch
-	-	-			Centerpoint Arc	Sketch
	Circle	CIRCLE			Circle	Sketch
	Revcloud	REVCLOUD			Cloud	eDrawings® Professional Add-in to SOLIDWORKS
	Spline	SPLINE			Spline	Sketch
	Ellipse	ELLIPSE			Ellipse	Sketch
	Ellipse Arc	ELLIPSE			Partial Ellipse	Sketch
	Insert Block	Block flyout			Insert Block	Blocks. See Blocks Toolbar in the main SOLIDWORKS help.
	Make Block	BLOCK			Make Block	Blocks
	Point	POINT			Point	Sketch Always a construction element
	Hatch	BHATCH			Area Hatch/Fill	Annotations. See Annotations Toolbar in the main SOLIDWORKS help. Automatic with Section Views
	Region	REGION		-	-	- Each sketch is a separate collection of entities
	Multiline Text	MTEXT			Note	Annotations

Dimensions are applied with the Smart Dimension tool and other dimension tools on the Dimension/Relations toolbar. Dimension Favorites, leaders, arrows, tolerance, text, and so on are available in the Dimension PropertyManagers.

AutoCAD®				SOLIDWORKS®
Tool	Tooltip	Command		Tool	Tooltip	Toolbar
	Linear Dimension	DIMLINEAR			Smart Dimension	Dimensions/Relations. See Dimensions/Relations Toolbar and Menus in the main SOLIDWORKS help.
	Aligned Dimension	DIMALIGNED			Smart Dimension	Dimensions/Relations
	Ordinate Dimension	DIMORDINATE			Ordinate Dimension	Dimensions/Relations Also tools for horizontal and vertical ordinate dimensions
	Radius Dimension	DIMRADIUS			Smart Dimension	Dimensions/Relations
	Diameter Dimension	DIMDIAMETER			Smart Dimension	Dimensions/Relations
	Angular Dimension	DIMANGULAR			Smart Dimension	Dimensions/Relations
	Quick Dimension	QDIM			Smart Dimension Autodimension tab	Dimensions/Relations Dimension a complete sketch or drawing
	Baseline Dimension	DIMBASELINE			Baseline Dimension	Dimensions/Relations Also tools for horizontal and vertical baseline dimensions
	Continue Dimension	DIMCONTINUE			Smart Dimension	Dimensions/Relations
	Tolerance	TOLERANCE			Geometric Tolerance	Annotations. See Annotations Toolbar in the main SOLIDWORKS help.
	Center Mark	DIMCENTER			Center Mark	Annotations
	Dimension Edit	DIMEDIT		-	-	- Double-click dimension and edit in Modify dialog box
	Dimension Text Edit	DIMTEDIT		-	-	- Select dimension and edit text in Dimension Value PropertyManager
	Dimension Update	DIMSTYLE APPLY		-	-	-
	Dim Style Control	Dimension Style Default		-	-	-
	Dimension Style	DIMSTYLE		-	-	-
				Define, edit, and apply Dimension Styles in Dimension Leaders PropertyManager for DIMSTYLE APPLY, Style Default, and DIMSTYLE

In addition to specific tools on the Standard toolbar and Sketch toolbar, you can modify entities by dragging them or by editing properties in the entity's PropertyManager.

AutoCAD®				SOLIDWORKS®
Tool	Tooltip	Command		Tool	Tooltip	Toolbar
	Erase	ERASE			Delete	Standard. See Standard Toolbar in the main SOLIDWORKS help. Select object and press Delete
	Copy Object	COPY			Copy Entities	Sketch. See Sketch Toolbar in the main SOLIDWORKS help.
	Mirror	MIRROR			Mirror Entities	Sketch
	Offset	OFFSET			Offset Entities	Sketch
	Array	ARRAY			Linear Sketch Pattern	Sketch Linear patterns
-	-	-			Circular Sketch Pattern	Sketch Circular patterns
	Move	MOVE			Move Entities	Sketch
	Rotate	ROTATE			Rotate Entities	Sketch
	Scale	SCALE			Scale Entities	Sketch
	Stretch	STRETCH		-	-	- Drag entity
	Trim	TRIM			Trim Entities	Sketch
	Extend	EXTEND			Extend Entities	Sketch
	Break at Point	BREAK			Split Entities	Sketch
	Break	BREAK		-	-	- No equivalent
	Chamfer	CHAMFER			Sketch Chamfer	Sketch Also Chamfer feature tool
	Fillet	FILLET			Sketch Fillet	Sketch Also Fillet feature tool
	Explode	EXPLODE			Display/Delete Relations	Dimensions/Relations. See Dimensions/Relations Toolbar and Menus in the main SOLIDWORKS help. Also Detach segment on drag

Layers in SOLIDWORKS are handled on the Layer toolbar and Line Format toolbar.

AutoCAD®				SOLIDWORKS®
Tool	Tooltip	Command		Tool	Tooltip	Toolbar
	Layer Properties Manager	LAYER			Layer Properties	Layer or Line Format. See Layer Toolbar in the main SOLIDWORKS help.
	Color	List			Line Color	Line Format. See Line Format Toolbar in the main SOLIDWORKS help.
	Linetype	List			Line Style	Line Format
	Lineweight	List			Line Thickness	Line Format
	Plot Style	List		-	-	-
	Make Object's Layer Current	AI_MOLC		-	-	Layer Select from list
	Layer Previous	LAYERP		-	-	- No equivalent