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Learn SOLIDWORKS 2020

By : Tayseer Almattar
Book Image

Learn SOLIDWORKS 2020

By: Tayseer Almattar

Overview of this book

SOLIDWORKS is the leading choice for 3D engineering and product design applications across industries such as aviation, automobiles, and consumer product design. This book takes a practical approach to getting you up and running with SOLIDWORKS 2020. You'll start with the basics, exploring the software interface and working with drawing files. The book then guides you through topics such as sketching, building complex 3D models, generating dynamic and static assemblies, and generating 2D engineering drawings to equip you for mechanical design projects. You'll also do practical exercises to get hands-on with creating sketches, 3D part models, assemblies, and drawings. To reinforce your understanding of SOLIDWORKS, the book is supplemented by downloadable files that will help you follow up with the concepts and exercises found in the book. By the end of this book, you'll have gained the skills you need to create professional 3D mechanical models using SOLIDWORKS, and you'll be able to prepare effectively for the Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA) and Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional (CSWP) exams.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Exporting the drawing as a PDF or image

Now that we've completed a drawing within SOLIDWORKS' drawing tools, we need to export it as a PDF or image file so that we can share it with individuals who don't have access to SOLIDWORKS. This is what we'll do in this section. First, we will export the drawing as a PDF file, and then as an image.

Exporting a drawing as a PDF file

To export a drawing as a PDF file, follow these steps:

  1. Click on the Save As option, as shown in the following screenshot:
  1. Under Save as type, open the drop-down menu and select Adobe Portable Document Format (*.pdf), as highlighted in the following screenshot:
  1. Click on Save. This will save the file as a PDF in the designated...