SolidWorks Vocabulary Set 1

A group of machined or handmade parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit:

• Plane

• Assembly

• Model

• Part

A straight line that can be used to create model geometry, features, or patterns:

• Part

• Sketch

• Axis

• Face

The first feature created for a part, usually a protrusion. First solid feature of a part, created by a boss.

• Base

• Boss

• Sketch

• Model

Extruding, extending, or lofting an object. Feature that creates the base of a part, or adds material to a part, by extruding, revolving, sweeping, or lofting a sketch, or by thickening a surface.

• Base

• Boss

• Sketch

• Model

Creates a circular pattern using the feature you select as the seed feature:

• Circle

• Revolve

• Rotate

• Circular Feature Pattern

A sketch or sketch entity with no exposed endpoints; for example, a circle

• Boss

• Component

• Plane

• Closed Profile

Specifies each point uniquely in a plane by a pair of numerical coordinates, which are the signed distances from the point to two fixed perpendicular directed lines, measured in the same unit of length:

• Coordinate System

• Configuration Manager

• Geometric Relations

• Closed Profile

A tab in SolidWorks that show all your sketches and planes in order:

• Outline

• Design Tree

• View

• Detail View

Measurable extent of some kind, such as length, breadth (width), depth, or height:

• Depth

• Design

• Dimension

• Degrees

2D representation of a 3D part or assemby:

• Drawing

• Sketch

• Model

• Assembly