Final Exam Study Guide

An orthographic projection is a _____ representation of a three-dimensional object

3-D

What are temporary lines that are used to track a particular point on the screen?

Inferencing lines

What does the message rollout do?

Informs you about the procedure of trimming and extending the sketched elements.

What is offsetting sketched entities?

It is one of the easiest method to draw parallel lines or concentric arc and circles.

Which PropertyManagers is displayed when you select a line of a rectangle

Line Properties PropertyManager

Which tools are available in the Reference Geometry flyout in the Features CommandManager?

Planes, axes, points, and coordinate system.

The basic contour for the feature is a

Sketch

What is not displayed in the New SOLIDWORKS Document dialog box?

Sketch

When you open the Boss-Extrude PropertyManager, what are the start conditions?

Sketch Plane, surface/face/plane, vertex, and offset.

Which of these is the least useful snap and grid setting combination:

Snap = 1.0, Grid= .5

Which check box is used to apply automatic fillets while creating an open sketch thin feature?

Auto-fillet corners check box

If multiple bodies are created while applying the cut feature then you can specify the body to keep in the _______ dialog box.

Bodies to Keep

How do you trim away inside?

By trimming the portion of selected entity that lies inside two bounding entities.

How do you trim away outside?

By trimming the portion of seleted entity that extends beyond bounding entities.

How do you trim to closest?

By trimming the selected entity to its closest entity.

How do you specify the dimensioning standard and units?

By using Document Properties dialog box.

How do you create thin revolved features?

By using a closed or an open sketch.

You can modify a dimension to display the minimum or maximum distance between two circles using which PropertyManager?

Dimension

What is the most important part of a print?

Drawing

The scale of a drawing is the ratio of the

Drawn size of the part to its actual size.

True or False: Last and Previous selections are equivalent.

False

True or False: The # sign indicates that you are going to enter polar coordinates.

False

Name at least five settings that would typically be included in a template drawing.

Grid, Snap, Layers, Limits, Units.

The ________ option in the End Condition drop-down list is used to terminate the extrude feature up to another body.

Up to Body

Pan

View: Pan (Ctrl + middle button)

Zoom to Area

View: Zoom to Area

Zoom to Fit

View: Zoom to Fit

What are the display modes of a model?

Wireframe, hidden lines visible, hidden lines removed, shaded wtih edges, shaded, perspective, and shadows in shaded mode.

To coordinate layout scales with viewport scales use:

Zoom XP

Mirroring Sketched Entities

To create a mirror image of the selected entities.

What is the trim Entities tool used for?

To trim unwanted entities in a sketch.

The thickest line type on a non-sectioned orthographic projection

visible

Mirroring Entities Dynamically is used to

mirror the entities dynamically about a symmetric line when sketching.

Historically, engineering drawings are also called

prints

To indicate line importance we draw lines using different line

thicknesses

What does not adjust when an object with associative dimensions is moved:

multileader text

A technical drawing is one way of communicating

an idea, a design, an information used to manufacture a part, and an inspection specifications.

Are the front and top views aligned vertically or horizontally?

vertically

You are rotating an object from 45° degrees to 30° degrees, you have entered the reference option. The reference angle will be:

45°

This block give information about general dimensions and tolerancing specifications.

Dimension and tolerance block

What are the four basic components of an engineering drawing?

Drawing, blocks, notes, and zones.

True or False: If you save a file in the sketching environment and then open it the next time, it will open in the part modeling enviroment.

False

True or False: You can choose Insert > Customize from the SOLIDWORKS menus to display the Customize dialog box.

False

True or False: You can make modifications in the read-only file.

False

True or False: You can only drawing in one color on one layer

False

True or False: You can zoom but not pan with the scroll wheel.

False

True or False: You cannot offset a single entity using the Offset Entities tool.

False

True or False: You cannot trim a sketched entity using the Trim Entities tool.

False

You have just entered the point (1,1) and you now wish to enter the point two units straight up from this point. How would you identify this point using absolute, relative, and polar coordinates?

For absolute coordinates you would type #1,3. For relative coordinates, type 0,2. For polar coordinates type 2<90

You can convert a sketched entity into a construction entity by selecting which checkbox? (provided in the Property Manager)

ForConstruction

What are temporary lines that are used to track a particular point in the screen?

Inferencing Lines

Which tool is used to create a linear pattern in the sketching environment of SOLIDWORKS?

Linear Sketch Pattern

In SOLIDWORKS, a polygon is considered as a combination of which entity?

Lines

What is it called when the sketch is not solved with the current constraints?

No Solution found

Cap ends

Only available when the sketch to be offset is open. On selecting it, the end of the biderctionally offset entities will be closed.

To facilitate creating new drawings from a previous drawing:

Save it in the Template folder.

How would you use the Reference option to rotate a line from 60 degrees to 90 degrees? How would you accomplish the same rotation without using a reference?

Select the object, enter the ROTATE command, specify the reference option, type 60 and then type 90. Without using reference, select the object, enter the ROTATE command and type 30

You can invoke the Display/Delete Relations PropertyManager by using the Dispaly/Delete Relations button from which Command Manager?

Sketch

Which PropertyManager is displayed on the left of the drawing area when you choose Tools > Sketch Tools > Chamfer from the SOLIDWORKS menus?

Sketch Chamfer

Which PropertyManagers is displayed when you choose the Sketch Fillet button from the Sketch CommandManager?

Sketch Fillet

What is the value and limitation of having Snap on?

Snap limits the screen points you can locate with the screen cursor. This makes point selection quick and accurate, but only for points available in the snap grid.

What does Draft on/off do?

Specified a draft angle while extruding a sketch.

Which is not entered when you create single-line text:

Text color

What are the advantages of using the ribbon to enter commands?

The ribbon provides easy access to a large number of commands without cluttering the drawing area. You can enter commands from the ribbon without taking your eyes off the screen.

Which feature can an open sketch be converted in?

Thin feature

True or False: In AutoCAD plot settings are affected by your choice of a plotter.

True

True or False: In the Stretch grip edit mode and the STRETCH command it is necessary to select objects with a crossing window.

True

Zoom In/Out

View> Modify > Zoom In/Out or use the scroll wheel

Zoom to Selection

View> Modify > Zoom to Selection

Previous View

View> Previous View

Which button is used to display the shadow of a model?

View>Display> Shadows in Shaded Mode

What cannot be hatched using the HATCH command?

a 355° arc

If a hidden line and center line appear in exactly the same location on a drawing, which one do you delete?

center line

In SOLIDWORKS, by default, the dimensioning between two arcs, two circles, or between an arc and a circle is done from the _____________.

center point to center point

When you choose the Wireframe button, what type of lines will be displayed along with the visible lines in the model?

hidden lines

Moving Sketched Entities is used to

move a sketch from one location to another.

Dimension units are set in:

the Dimension Style dialog box

In paper space, the typical plot scale is:

1:1

Which tool do you need to use to draw a rectangle at any angle?

3 Point Corner Rectangle

When you invoke the Extruded Boss/Base tool or the Revolved Boss/Base tool, the view is automatically changed into a _________.

3D view

In the United States, is 1st or 3rd angle projection used as the standard?

3rd

Polar tracking can be set to track:

At any angle

The two organizations that control the content of engineering drawings.

ASME and ISO

By default, the ___________ is selected in the Chamfer PropertyManager.

Angle Distance

This block give information about the drawing's projection method.

Angle of projection block

How many layers can you create in AutoCAD:

As many as you like

What is associative dimensioning?

Associative dimensions are attached to the objects they dimension. When the size or position of the dimensioned object changes the associative dimension changes to reflect this.

How do you use Power Trim?

By dragging the cursor across the unwanted sketched entity.

The numbers on the coordinate display show positions in a:

Cartesian Coordinate System

Which tool is used to create a circular pattern in SOLIDWORKS?

Circular Sketch Pattern

Which tool is used to create a circular pattern in the sketching enviromnet of SOLIDWORKS?

Circular Sketch Pattern

What are the Horizontal and Vertical Dimension Schemes?

Chain, Baseline, Oridnate

Reverse

Change the direction of the offset.

How do you select entities using the lasso selection?

Choose Tools > Lasso Selection from the menus.

Which linetype is loaded by default:

Continuous

CAD stands for

Computer aided drawing and computer aided design

Which relations forces a selected arc to share the same center point with another arc or point?

Concentric

What are the four different types of fillet in the Manual option?

Constant Size Fillet, Creating Variable Size Fillet, Face Fillet, Full Round Fillet

By drawing a circle and selecting For Construction check box you can draw a

Construction Circle

What is not considered while converting a sketch into a feature?

Construction lines

Offset Geometry

Converts the offset entity into a construction entity.

Base Geometry

Converts the parent entity into a construction entity.

Bi-directional

Create an offset of the selected entity in both direction.

What selection method is always required when you use the STRETCH command?

Crossing.

What is it called when the dimensions or relations applied to the entity lose their reference because of deletion of the entity from which they were referenced?

Dangling (displayed in golden-brown)

In the MOVE command, after defining a selection set:

Define a displacement vector

What does Blind do?

Defines the termination of the extruded base feature by specifying the debth of the extrusion. (selected by default)

Which parameters is displayed in the preview of the model?

Depth and Draft angle

You are working in a drawing with units set to architectural, but when you begin dimensioning, AutoCAD provides four-place decimal units. What is the problem? What do you need to do so that your dimensioning units match your drawing units?

Dimensions have their own style, including unit type. To specify architectural dimensions, you must create a dimension style with this type of dimension.

Which checkbox is used to create a feature with different extrude values in both direction of the sketching plane?

Direction checkbox

Which buttons is used to add a draft angle to a cut feature?

Draft on/off

The ________ check box is used to create an outward draft in the cut feature.

Draft outward

What tool is used to create an automatic mirror line?

Dynamic Mirror Entities

Which tool is used to invoke dynamic mirroring?

Dynamic Mirror Entities

Which of the folowing PropertyManagers is displayed while drawing an elliptical arc?

Elipse PropertyManager

To initiate a single point object snap:

Enter an object snap mode when AutoCAD prompts for point selection

What factors define an arc? How many are needed for any single method?

Every arc has a start point, a center point, an end point, and an included angle. A start point and any two other factors will define the arc.

The default dimension style is annotative.

False

True or False: AutoCAD will not send a plot to a printer or plotter if the drawing limits exceed the sheet size.

False

True or False: By default, dimension style units are the same as drawing units.

False

True or False: By default, the cursor jumps through a distance of 5 mm when the grid snap is on.

False

True or False: The origin is a blue icon that is displayed in the middle of the sktecher screen.

False

True or False: The preview of an entity to be extended is displayed in red.

False

True or False: The sketched entities can be mirrored without using a centerline.

False

True or False: To define a polar array, AutoCAD needs an angle to fill, a number of items, and and angle between the items .

False

When you open a new SOLIDWORKS document, it is not maximized in the SOLIDWORKS window.

False

What are the 3 mirror features?

Feature, Face, Body

The _______check box is used to specify a side from where the material is removed.

Flip side to cut

How do you select entities using the box selection?

From left to right

How do you select entities using the cross selection?

From right to left

Parameters Rollout

From/to - X/Y

What are the default planes?

Front plane, top plane, and right plane.

What scale should a part be drawn in the CAD environment?

Full or 1:1

Which option, when selected, does not require a radius to create a fillet feature?

Full round Fillet

In SOLIDWORKS, which tool is used to make a sketch fully defined?

Fully Define Sketch and Smart Dimension

What is it called when all entities and their positions are completed defined by the relation or dimension?

Fully Defined (displayed in black)

This tool does not appear on the Quick Access Toolbar

Help

How do you access the Object Snap shortcut menu?

Hold down <Shift> and right-click.

What are possible relations that can be added?

Horizontal, Verticalm Collinear, Perpendicular, Tangent, Concentric, Equal, Intersection, Coincident, Midpoint, and Symmetric.

Repeat

If the button is chosen, the entities will move further with the increment.

What is a rectangular array? What is a polar array?

In rectangular arrays the pattern is one of rows and columns at regular distances apart. In polar arrays the pattern is circular, around and arc or circumference of a circle

Which dialog box is displayed when you modify a dimension?

Modify

What is the difference between noun/verb and verb/noun editing?

In noun/verb editing you select an object first (the noun), then you execute a command to take action on the object (the verb). In verb/noun editing you specify the type of action first, and then select objects to apply it to.

How do you apply a diametric dimension to a circle?

In the dimension PropertyManager, choose leader > Witness/Leader Display rollout > Diameter button.

AutoCAD's default color system is:

Index

What is it called when a sketch is sovled but it will result in invalid geometry such as zero length line, zero radius arc?

Invalid Solution Found

What does the vertex do?

It specifies a vertex as a reference for starting the extruding feature.

What does offset do?

It starts the extrude feature at an offset from the plane on which the sketch is drawn.

An acquired point will be:

Marked with a small orange cross

What is used to measure the perimeter, angle, radius, and distances between the lines, points, surfaces and lines in sketches, 3D models, assemblies, or drawings?

Measure tool

How do we add a button to the sketch tab? ( for example the Dynamic Mirror Entities)

Menu bar> Customize> Commands> Sketch > Dynamic Mirror Entities > drag it to the sketch tab.

The ________ check box is used to merge the newly created body with the parent body.

Merge Result

Which check boxes needs to be selected while creating a feature in the single-body modeling?

Merge result

Which Property Manager is displayed on invoking the Dynamic Mirror Entities tool.

Mirror

Which PropertyManager is displayed when you choose the Mirror button from the Feature CommandManager?

Mirror PropertyManager

What is a "Nearest" object snap, and why is it important when dimensioning with leaders?

Nearest snaps to the nearest point on an object. This allows you to precisely attach a leader to a line or curve.

Should a center line end at the boundary of an object?

No

Which option is used to define the termination of feature creation at an offset distance to a selected surface?

Offset from Surface

What are the types of thin extruded features?

One Direction - (adds thickness on one side), Mid-Plane - (adds thickness equally on both sides), Two-direction - (adds different thickness on both sides).

What is it called when some of the dimensions, relations, or both are conflicting or the dimensions or relations have exceeded the required number?

Over Defined

Which type of sketch status changes the color of entities to red?

Overdefined

What is constrained by too many dimensions and/or relations.

Overdefined sketch geometry

What is displayed in the New SOLIDWORKS Document dialog box?

Part, Drawing, Assembly

Which button is not available in the Display Style of the View (Heads-up) toolbar?

Perspective

Which tool is used to display the perspective view of a model?

Perspective tool

Name three ways to change the current layer.

Pick a new layer from the Layer list on the ribbon. Pick a new layer in the Layer Properties Manager and pick the Set Current button. Pick the Make Object's Layer Current tool from the ribbon and pick an object on the new current layer

To open a crossing window:

Pick points right to left

Which of these will not open the drafting settings dialog box:

Pick the drafting settings tool from the ribbon

To remove grips:

Press <Esc>

The projection symbol, indicating the projection method used to create the drawing, is placed in the __________ block.

Projection

This block give information about the drawing's modifications.

Revision history block

The Linear diametric dimensions are applied to the sketches of which features?

Revolved features

You need to invoke the _______ to create a rib feature.

Rib PropertyManager

To access the grip edit short cut menu:

Right click after selecting objects.

To access the object snap short cut menu:

Right-click when AutoCAD prompts for point selection

Which tool do you use to modify a sketched circle?

Select

You can invoke the ________ tool or press the ESC key to exit the currently active sketching tool.

Select

How do you access the Grip Edit shortcut menu?

Select an object so that grips are displayed, then right-click.

To switch from decimal to architectural units:

Select architectural in the Drawing Units dialog box.

Add Dimensions

Select by default, a dimension showing the offset distance will be displayed.

Select Chain

Select the entire chain of continous sketched entities.

Which button is used to display the shadow in the shaded mode?

Shadows in Shaded Mode

You can invoke the Rotate View tool by choosing the Rotate View option from the __________ that is displayed when you right-click in the drawing area.

Shorcut menu

Redraw

Solidworks menus View > Previous View (Use for refresh screen)

The default dimension style is called

Standard

What is always specified in defining an arc:

Start point

What forces two slected lines, arcs, points, or ellipses to remain equidistant from the centerline?

Symmetric relation

When you select a tangent entity to draw a tangent arc, the ________ relation is applied between the start point of the arc and the tangent entity.

Tangent

The Continue option will begin an arc:

Tangent to the last arc drawn

What is the blue colored point displayed at the center of the sketching environment screen?

The Origin

What linetype is always available when you start a drawing from scratch in AutoCAD? What must you do to access other linetypes?

The continuous linetype is always available. To access other linetypes you must load them from the ACAD linetype file, or another file containing linetype definitions

What is Sketch Plane?

The default option, the extrude feature will start from the sketching plane on which the sketch is drawn.

What are the six End Conditions?

Through All, up to next, up to vertex, up to surface, offset from surface, up to body.

This block give information about the drawing such as title, sheet size and scale.

Title Block

What is the Fully Define Sketch used for?

To apply relations and dimensions to a sketch automatically.

How do you trim a corner?

Trim or extend the sketched entities so that the resulting entities form a corner.

True or False: 3 o'clock = 0°

True

True or False: A three point arc is drawn by defining the start point, the endpoint, and a point on the arc.

True

True or False: Any drawing may be saved as a template drawing.

True

True or False: AutoCAD layouts are always created in paper space

True

True or False: By default the COPY command creates multiple copies of selected objects.

True

True or False: C is an alias for CIRCLE.

True

True or False: If you rotate the view when the current display mode is set to Hidden Lines Visible, the hidden lines in the model are automatically displayed.

True

Describe the use of the scroll wheel for zooming.

Turning the scroll wheel forward zooms in. Turning it back zooms out. The zoom is centered on the position of the crosshairs.

What is called when some of the dimensions relations are not defined?

Under Defined (displayed in blue)

Midplane

Use it to create the base feature by extruding the sketch equally in both directions of the plane on which the sketch is drawn.

a __________ is created by specifying different radii along the length of selected edge at specified intervals.

Variable radius fillet

Offset Distance

When the spinner is to set the offset distance.

How does AutoCAD know when you want a crossing selection instead of a window selection?

Windows are opened left to right, crossing selections are opened right to left

How do you select entities using the SHIFT and CTRL Keys?

You can use SHIT to select multiple entites and use CONTROL keys to select multiple entities or invert current selection.

What is the value of using a template drawing?

You create a new drawing with settings already defined in the template.

You have selected a line to extend and a boundary to extend it to, but AutoCAD gives you the message "Object does not intersect an edge." What happened?

You have selected a point on the opposite half of the line from the direction of the extend boundary.

You have been working in the Layer Properties Manager, and when you return to your drawing you find that some objects are no longer visible. What happened?

You picked the on/off icon and turned off a layer with the missing objects on it.

What is used to dimension a line that is at an angle with respect to the X-axis or the Y-axis?

aligned dimension

What does the section properties include?

area, centroid relative to the sketch origin, centroid relative to the part origin, moment of inertia, etc.

Center lines are used to indicate

axes of symmetry and circles of center.

The Cap ends check box is displayed in the Boss-Extrude PropertyManager only when the sketch for the thin base feature is _________.

closed

Which of these cannot be accomplished using the layer drop-down list:

create new layers

What dimension or relations cannot determine the position of one or more sketched entities?

dangling

The area inside the border lines and outside the various blocks is called the

drawing area

The set of visual aids and command options that move with the crosshairs is called:

dynamic input display

Hidden lines are used to indicate

edges and boundaries that you cannot see.

The view that generally shows the most characteristics of the part and contains the least number of hidden lines.

front

The standard views used in an orthographic projection are

front, top, and right side

Which sketch is the one in which all the entities and their positions are described by relations, dimensions, or both?

fully defined sketch

Are the front and right side views aligned vertically or horizontally?

horizontally

In solidworks, a rectangle is considered a combination of individual ______

lines

Draw a line by defining its midpoint and one of its endpoint to make a

midpoint line

What does the End Condition do?

provides options to defin the termination of the extruded feature.

Scaling Sketched Entites is used to

resize the entities

Rotating Sketched Entities is used to

rotate the sketched entities.

Design is a _______________

strategic approach to problem solving.

When drawing a circle using the diameter option, the rubber band.

stretches from the center point to a point outside the circle.

What are Revolve Cut used for?

they are used to remove the material by revolving a sketch around a selected axis.

In model space objects are drawn:

to real world measurements

The letters and numbers along the margins allowing you to specify a location on the drawing is called

zoning

True or False: You can invoke the arc mode using the Line tool.

True

True or False: It is necessary to match layers and color numbers.

False

Which dialog box is displayed when you add an extra dimension to a sketch or add an extra relation that overdefines the sketch?

Make Dimension Driven?

Which is not required to define a polar array:

Start point

In single-line text, what values must be specified before entering text?

Start point, height, and rotation angle

Where is 0 degrees located in AutoCAD's default units setup? Where is 270 degrees? Where is -45 degrees?

0 is straight out to the right. 270 is straight down. -45 is down at an angle of 45 degrees below the horizon.

True or False: The design intent is not captured in the sketch created using the mirror line.

False

True or False: When you choose the Add Relation button, the Apply Relations PropertyManager is displayed.

False

Dimension Placement

Above sketch, Below sketch, Right of Sketch, Left of sketch

True or False: When you draw a sketch for the first time in the sketching environment, the sketch is drawn on the Front Plane which is the default plane.

False

True or False: When you start a new SOLIDWORKS part document, SOLIDWORKS provides you with two default planes

False

True or False: In SOLIDWORKS, a sketch is revolved using the Boss-Extrude PropertyManager.

False

True or False: In SOLIDWORKS, circles are drawn by specifying the centerpoint of the circle and then entering the radius of the circle in the dialog box displayed.

False

True or False: In order to define an arc, you must first specify a start point.

False

True or False: In the sketching environment, you can apply fillets to two parallel lines.

False

True or False: It is not possible to plot a landscape oriented plot on a printer.

False

True or False: It is usually unnecessary to perform a full plot preview.

False

True or False: The Action Recorder duplicates the function of the ARRAY command.

False

True or False: The Add angle dimension between axes check box in the Linear Pattern PropertyManager is used to display the angular dimension between the two directions of a pattern.

False

True or False: The Ribbon gives quick access to all AutoCAD commands.

False

True or False: The command line is the best place to enter AutoCAD commands.

False

What does Surface/face/Plane do?

It starts the extrude feature from a selected surface, face, or a plane, instead of the plane on which the sketch is drawn.

What factors define a polar array? How many are needed to define an array?

Polar arrays are defined by the number of objects, the angle between objects, and the total angle of the array. Any two will completely define the array.

Which is likely to have the smaller setting, Grid or Snap? Why? What happens if the settings are reversed?

Snap will be smaller typically. A smaller snap setting makes more points accessible, while a larger grid setting keeps the screen less cluttered. If the grid is set smaller than the snap, some grid points will not be accessible.

What is the purpose of the Base Point option in the grip edit Rotate mode?

So that objects may be rotated around different points, either on or off the object.

Why do we use the Zoom XP option when zooming in floating model space viewports?

So that we can have precise information about the relationship between the size of objects in the viewport and the size of objects in paper space, this also gives us information about the relative sizes of objects shown in different viewports.

True or False: In using the TRIM command trimmed objects may also serve as cutting edges.

True

True or False: Linetypes need to be loaded, but colors do not.

True

True or False: Objects on the same layer need not be the same color.

True

True or False: Polar arrays can defined around circles or arcs.

True

True or False: Projection or construction lines are not shown on the final drawing.

True

True or False: Rows are horizontal, columns are vertical.

True

True or False: Snap makes some points impossible to select with the screen cursor.

True

True or False: Some relations are automatically applied to a sketch while it is being drawn.

True

True or False: The Trim Entities tool is also used to extend the sketched entities.

True

True or False: The base feature of any design is a sketched feautre and is created by drawing a sketch.

True

True or False: The right mouse button calls up shortcut menus according to context.

True

True or False: There are four types of slot tools available in SOLIDWORKS.

True

True or False: You can also specify the depth of extrusion dynamically in the preview of the extruded feature.

True

True or False: You can apply a fillet to two nonparallel and non-intersecting entities.

True

True or False: You can delete the sketched entities by right-clicking on them and then choosing the Delete option from the shortcut menu.

True

True or False: You can invoke the drawing display tools such as Zoom to Fit while the preview of a model is displayed on the screen.

True

True or False: You can modify the arrowhead style of a selected dimension.

True

True or False: You can preselect the edge or faces for creating a fillet feature.

True

True or False: You can preselect the mirror plane and the features to be mirrored before invoking the Mirror tool.

True

The _______ option is used to extrude a sketch such that it intersects next feature.

Up to Next

Which option is used to define the termination of feature creation up to a selected surface

Up to Surface