For Drawing 1:
1. First, I would construct the body of the mug
a. I would draw a circle
b. I would Construct a cylinder from the circle by heightening it (filling it) to a certain
height
c. I would then shell it to a certain thickness
2. Next, I would construct the handle
a. I would click emboss/base to start a sweep
b. Tangent to plane 1 (a new plane), I would draw a circle on the mug
c. I would smart dimension the circle diameter to .35 in
d. I would next draw an arc of a radius 1.25 inches, and connect it to a point in parallel
vertically with the center of the previously drawn circle
e. I would then create the handle by projecting the circle along the arc
For Drawing 2:
1. I would first construct multiple planes (4 planes) parallel to the horizontal plane
2. I would next draw the top view on these planes, but with the appropriate parts on different
planes, starting with the top of the bottle (opening) on the nearest plane and progressing to
further planes as one goes further down the bottle
3. I would dimension the shapes according to the top view
4. I would space the planes according to the distances shown on the front view
5. I would then connect all of the shapes on different planes and create a solid object by linking the
vertices I would like to connect
6. Finally, I would shell the bottle to a thickness of .3
Step-by-Step
Drawing #2
1. Opened SolidWorks
2. Clicked sketch
3. Clicked circle
4. Clicked top plane
5. Clicked normal to
6. Drew a circle with a 1in diameter
7. Made all planes visible
8. Clicked isometric view
9. I opened tutorials and went to the part about lofts to find out how to create a new
plane parallel to the top plane
10. I selected the top plane and clicked “plane” under Reference Geometry
11. I entered an offset distance of 4 inches and clicked flip to create the new plane
12. Pressed ok to create plane 1
13. Selected the top plane again
14. Clicked plane under reference geometry
15. Entered an offset distance of 7in and checked flip
16. Pressed ok to create plane 2
17. Selected the top plane again
18. Clicked plane under reference geometry
19. Entered an offset distance of 13 inches and checked flip
20. Clicked ok to create plane 3
21. Highlighted plane 2
22. Clicked normal to
23. Clicked sketch
24. Selected rectangle
25. Drew a square on plane 2
26. Smart dimensioned it to a side length of 4 inches
27. Clicked isometric view
28. Clicked extruded boss/base
29. Clicked the inverse arrow to change the direction of the extrude
30. Entered a value of 6 inches as the height of the extrude
31. Highlighted top plane
32. Clicked normal to
33. Solid Works froze and wouldn’t let me dimension the circle, so I asked the TA about it,
and he fixed it
34. Centered the circle in the rectangle with smart dimension so that each side is 2 in from
the circle’s center
35. Clicked exit sketch
36. Highlighted plane 1
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Made the exact same circle on plane 1
Clicked exit sketch
Highlighted upper circle on top plane
Clicked extruded boss/base
Clicked the inverse arrow to change the direction of the extrude to downward
Set the extrude height to 4 inches
Clicked ok
Clicked lofted boss/base
Highlighted the bottom face of the cylinder and the upper face of the rectangular prism
Clicked ok
Highlighted one edge of the lofted boss/base
Clicked fillet
Set the radius to .2 inches
Clicked ok
Repeated steps 48-51 for each edge of the lofted boss/base
Clicked exit sketch
Clicked shell
Shelled entire object to .30 in thick
Forgot to highlight top face, so had to ask TA why it didn’t shell all the way through
Highlighted top face and shelled all the way through the top face
Clicked isometric view
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Open a new part
Click top plane
Click normal to
Click sketch
Click circle
Draw a circle centered on origin
Extrude boss/base circle to 7 inches
Shell circle to width of .3 inches
Asked TA how to make a circle tangent to the cylinder- he said to make a new plane
Highlighted front plane
Clicked “plane” under Reference Geometry
Ta showed me how to use measuring tool to find out the diameter of the cylinder to
offset the plane
Clicked front plane
Clicked “plane” under Reference Geometry
Set offset to 3.035 inches
Clicked ok
Clicked plane 1
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Clicked normal to
Clicked sketch
Clicked circle
Drew circle
Smart dimensioned circle to radius of .35 inches
Clicked tangent arc
Clicked origin of circle
Sketched tangent arc starting at circle with a radius of 1.25
Clicked ok
Asked TA how to center circle on my front plane- he showed me how
Also asked how to make tangent line perpendicular to front plane: said I would have to
sketch it on a separate plane- the right plane
Opened new sketch in right plane
Clicked tangent arc
Selected 3pt arc
Drew arc
Dimensioned radius to 1.25in
Clicked swept boss/base
Highlighted the tangent arc
Clicked the circle
Clicked “follow path”
Clicked ok
done