My First Part

For your first part, you create the pressure plate shown below. A part is a 3D model made up of features.

You begin this lesson by creating a new part.

  1. Do one of the following:
    • In the Welcome dialog box, under the Home tab, click New Part.
    • Click New on the Standard toolbar.

      If this is the first document you have created, the Units and Dimension Standard dialog box appears. Otherwise, the New SOLIDWORKS Document dialog box appears.

  2. In the New SOLIDWORKS Document dialog box, click Part.
  3. Click OK.
    A new part window appears.
  4. If you do not specify the unit measurements earlier, in the status bar at the bottom of the SOLIDWORKS window, expand the units and click Edit Document Units. Then in the left pane of the Document Properties tab:
    1. Click Drafting Standard and for the Overall Drafting Standard, select ANSI.
    2. Click Units and for the Unit system, select MMGS.
    3. Click OK.