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Apr 24, 2025
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Hello friends welcome to Solid Works
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tutorial and in this tutorial we will
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learn essential Sketcher Tools in solid
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works so here I have a launched solid
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works and I will create on a file and I
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create a part click on
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works so let's come back to our
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tutorial now we have
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a planes here at our left hand side
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front top and right we will select this
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front plane and uh click on the
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sketch
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now we will learn the essential Sketcher
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tool so here we have the blank screen
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and we will first just go with a
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line so here we have a three type of a
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line line Center Line and midpoint
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Center Line so first we will click on
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the line so once you click on the line
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you will see the four
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options as a sketch horizontal vertical
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and angle if you select as sketch then
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you can create a line as you
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draw for example if I wanted to draw
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something like
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this right click and click on select so
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we have draw as a sketch
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now we will again click on the here
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line and this time we will select on
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horizontal so if we select on horizontal
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then we can only draw the horizontal
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line if you move your mouse to the
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vertical
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position so you can see that this line
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will be
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horizontal only either in a left hand
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side or right hand side you cannot draw
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vertically similarly we have the
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verticals if we select on a verticals
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then we can only draw the vertical lines
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we cannot draw the horizontal line
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either we can draw top or bottom
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let's see the another options in a
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line fourth one is a angle if we click
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on it we can only draw the angular line
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we we
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can select one point at origin and we
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can drop it
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and you can see that we are not seeing
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the horizontal constraint symbol if we
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select the line and apply the horizontal
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constraint then this line will become
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the
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horizontal and uh this is a center line
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if we click on it and draw any
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line then it will be come as a center
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line as a dotted
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chain and let's delete it
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and uh third one is a midpoint
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line and if we create a line then we
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will get a
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midpoint of our
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line so this is the fourth type of line
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tool available but from my side it is
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recommended use as a sketch and apply
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the
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constraint if you use the as sketch and
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create a line
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then you can make it horizontal or
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vertical for example I select this line
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and click on the vertical then this week
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will become vertical and if I delete
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this constraint I select the line and if
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I click on the horizontal then this line
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will be the
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horizontal so constraining feature we
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will
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discuss later once we start creating the
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part sketch now next one is a rectangle
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so in rectangle we have the multiple
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options to create a rectangle first one
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is a twoo corner
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rectangle if we select one point and
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drop the another point then we get a
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rectangle
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second one is a center
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rectangle if you select this options
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then you will get a point at a center of
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this
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rectangle third one is a three Corner
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rectangle and three point Center
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rectangle and fourth one is a
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parallelogram if I select on last option
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then I can create a parallelogram
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so in this case this two line will be
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parallel to each
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other then Circle then we have the two
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option to create a circle one is
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the circle with a center point we can
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select it and we can draw the
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circle then here is a polygon just click
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on the polygon number of sides which you
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want for example
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four
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or five let's select the
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four so this is the four
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site 1 2 3
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4 let's again click on it and click on
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the six
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now you will get the six
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site and next one is a spy line poly
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Line This is the use to draw the curve
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with the control points if I select the
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control points options then I can create
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a spy line with the control points just
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right click and click on select so these
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are the control Point by which we can
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create a spy Line This is used to draw
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the surface Parts in solid
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works and then
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ellipse partial ellips Parabola and
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conic let's let's select the
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ellips so this is how you can draw the
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ellipse and here you will get the
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control
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points let's talk about the constraining
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in solid works and how to constrain the
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sketch so in this case uh I will select
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this uh 2 point rectangle options and I
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create a simple rectangle now here if
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you see that uh these two lines are
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black horizontal and vertical and these
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two lines are the blue because this is a
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fix means it is fully defined but this
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one is not defined so if you select the
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line and click on the smart
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Dimension then we
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will give the dimensions so here my
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Dimension are in a inch so I will go
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here and select the
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millimet and I will select my sketch and
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click on the edit sketch
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and here I will give my horizontal
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Dimension
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100 and I will give my vertical
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Dimension 50 so select on a smart
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Dimension and give it a
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50 click on the
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okay
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now if you see this rectangle this is a
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fully defined and its color got Chang
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into the black
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now you will also see the constraining
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symbol this means these two lines on the
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horizontal and these two lines are the
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verticals and let's create one
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circle like this and apply the tangency
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relation let's move it now select this
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line and this circle by pressing the
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control key key then here you will see
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the possible constraint options so here
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I will select the tangent so you can see
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that a tangent symbol is inserted here
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similarly I will select this circle and
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this line horizontal by pressing the
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control key and we will apply the
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tangent so now we have both the tangent
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options showing here now but this circle
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is a still still blue because we have
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not defined the diameter so we will
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select the smart dimensions and give the
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diameter of 30
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mm so this is how we have a created one
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circle inside of this
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now
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let's see some other constraining
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options
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let's
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now
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create create one slot inside of
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this so select the slot and here you
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will see the multiple options of the
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slots so we will create one
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slot so here this line is a horizontal
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and
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let's delete this horizontal
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constraint select the constrain and
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select on delete so horizontal
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constraint is
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removed
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now if we select on a slot and click on
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display delete
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relations then select all in this sketch
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then you will see the all con strain
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given to this
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slot
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so this is how you
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can see
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the
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constraint given to the particular
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entities for example if I select on this
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circle and click on the display delete
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relationship so you can see that this
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circle having the three constraint
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relations two tangent and one diameter
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if I click on delete all then all the
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constraint of this circle get
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deleted
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now let's see the trim options if we
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expand it and we will click on the trim
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entities then you will have the multiple
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options of trimming like uh power trim
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power trim is work like that once you
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click on it you just
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draw your mouse it will be get
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trimmed let's contrl Zed again click on
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the trim entities and Corner
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trim for the corner trim we will select
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line
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tool draw one horizontal line and draw
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one vertical
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line and we will click on the trim
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entities and we will select the corner
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trim
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select this line and this line so this
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will be get trim and
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joined
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now we will delete this we will again go
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with a trim
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options and here we have a trim inside
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and trim
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outside if you have a two lines
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verticals and you have draw the multiple
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horizontal line then you can use these
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two options and best option in a trim is
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a trim to
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closest if you select on it then you can
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select the line which you want to trim
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for example I want to trim this
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horizontal line but not vertical then I
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can directly trim it if I want to trim
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vertical as well I can trim
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it now you can see that once we have
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deleted this two horizontal and vertical
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line with trim options our sketch got
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unconstrained because it does not have
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the dimensional relation with our origin
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so we will select this two Circle point
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and origin point and click on the smart
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Dimension or select this two and give
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the dimension 15
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horizontally and select origin point and
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the circle points and give the
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vertical
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Dimensions so you can see
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that this circle and this two lines are
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the fully constrained we will also
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provide the relation with this top
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horizontal line with the origin which is
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a 50
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mm click on okay similarly we will also
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provide this horizontal dimension of 100
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mm so our sketch is fully constrained
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now we have a convert entities options
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which we will learn when we will do the
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part modeling and here is a one more
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tool which is offset tool for
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example if I select
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this if I draw a simple
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rectangle to understand the offset tool
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now our rectangle is selected and if you
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click on the offset then you will have
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the dimensions to Define your offset for
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example I wanted to offset my rectangle
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by 5
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mm so you can see that uh a 5mm offset
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rectangle is
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created let's delete it and see other
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options in offset
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we will again select all rectangle means
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horizontal and vertical line and
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click click on the offset and here you
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can reverse the directions so now if you
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see that uh arrow is pointing outside if
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I click on the reverse it will point to
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the inside which means that uh this
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rectangle will be offset by 5 mm
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inside let's delete
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it and now this uh mirror
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entities that uh as you can see in this
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image that uh you can draw a center line
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and you can mirror it with respect to
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the center line created let's see with
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an
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example
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I create a
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line and I make it a construction
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and
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I click on the rectangle here and I
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create a rectangle and now I will select
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this rectangle and click on the mirror
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entities so here is a mirror about
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options click on it and select this
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line and click on okay so you can see
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that uh we have mirror rectangle with
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respect to this center
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lines so this is all about essential
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sketching tool in solid works we will go
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much more in a depth when we will do the
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part sketching in solid works thank you
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for watching and thank you for your
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valuable time