Sketching and 2D Drawing Flashcards

Which SolidWorks sketch tool creates a polygon with all sides equal and all vertices equidistant from a center point?

Answer: Polygon

The Polygon tool lets you specify the number of sides and whether to inscribe or circumscribe the polygon relative to a circle, producing a regular polygon.

In a SolidWorks drawing, what is a 'broken-out section view' used for?

Answer: Showing a portion of the interior by removing a user-defined area of material

A broken-out section view exposes internal features by removing a closed spline-bounded region of the drawing view, without creating a full section cut.

What does the 'Dynamic Mirror' sketch tool do in SolidWorks?

Answer: Automatically mirrors new sketch entities about a centerline in real time as you draw

Dynamic Mirror activates a live mirroring mode so that each entity you draw is simultaneously duplicated symmetrically about the selected mirror line.

Which relation would you apply to force the endpoint of a line to lie exactly on a circle's circumference?

Answer: Coincident

A Coincident relation between a point and a circle forces that point to lie on the circle entity (its circumference), not at its center.

In a SolidWorks 2D drawing, 'reference dimensions' (also called driven dimensions) are displayed how?

Answer: In parentheses

Reference (driven) dimensions are shown in parentheses in SolidWorks drawings to distinguish them from driving dimensions that control the geometry.

What is the purpose of the 'Intersection Curve' sketch tool in SolidWorks?

Answer: Creates a sketch curve where two surfaces or a surface and a plane intersect

Intersection Curve generates a 3D sketch entity (or 2D if on a plane) that represents the exact intersection line between two selected surfaces or between a surface and the active sketch plane.

When setting up a SolidWorks drawing sheet, what does the 'scale' property in Sheet Properties control?

Answer: The ratio between model dimensions and their representation on the sheet for views that inherit sheet scale

The sheet scale sets the default display ratio (e.g., 1:2) for all drawing views placed on that sheet that are set to use the sheet scale rather than a custom scale.