Learn Solidworks In Five More Minutes | Part 7

Learn Solidworks in five minutes so you can create a 3D computer model of your invention. This tutorial is just about five minutes long. Some of the videos in this series run slightly longer.
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In this episode, Richard will show you how to use mirroring within sketches to create symmetrical parts.
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[@pistnbroke9236]

Hands down the best tutorials on RUclips .. honestly not a joke!! Sat up all night think I'm going to do alot better in solid works!!

[@lugregio6437]

Thanks for the tutorials

[@GhastlyPuppy]

love the tutorial thank you.

[@cdm4082]

Thank you

[@ScottHillberry]

I appreciate the tutorial! When adding a "parallel" relation, is there a way to choose which line is the reference line?
For example, if I sketched the first line slanted, but the second line was sketched vertically, adding a "parallel" relation between the two makes both lines vertical! How do I specify that the parallel relation should reference the slanted line?
Thanks!

[@ScottHillberry]

I may have answered my own question. I think I can enforce this by removing the "vertical" relation on that second line prior to adding the "parallel" relation.

[@InventionTherapy]

Each line or point can have more than one relation. In other words, you can make one line vertical and then add a second relation that makes the other line parallel. If the first line is causing the second to also be vertical, then delete the reference “vertical” for that line. You then need to draw a dotted vertical reference line in the sketch from the origin. (I show how to draw reference lines in a few of these videos) You then need to use the dimension command to define the angle of one of the parallel lines. If the lines don’t go through the origin, use a few dimension lines with angles and dimensions so the lines are fully defined including the distance between them and their length.

[@MrToes67]

I notice that for your tutorials you always use inches, is it possible to set this so it is automatically selected?
I understand that you don’t usually use inches but just for interest sake.

[@vonclarke4924]

could've just patterned if they were the same.