Part Mode, Assembly Mode And Drawing Mode In Solidworks 2016

Part Mode
The Part mode of SOLIDWORKS is a feature-based parametric environment in which you can create solid models. In this mode, you are provided with three default planes named as Front Plane, Top Plane, and Right Plane. First, you need to select a sketching plane to create a sketch for the base feature. On selecting a sketching plane, you enter the sketching environment. The sketches for the model are drawn in the sketching environment using easy-to-use tools. After drawing the sketches, you can dimension them and apply the required relations in the same sketching environment. The design intent is captured easily by adding relations and equations and using the design table in the design. You are provided with the standard hole library known as the Hole Wizard in the Part mode. You can create simple holes, tapped holes, counterbore holes, countersink holes, and so on by using this wizard. The holes can be of any standard such as ISO, ANSI, JIS, and so on. You can also create complicated surfaces by using the surface modeling tools available in the Part mode. Annotations such as weld symbols, geometric tolerance, datum references, and surface finish symbols can be added to the model within the Part mode. The standard features that are used frequently can be saved as library features and retrieved when needed. The palette feature library of SOLIDWORKS contains a number of standard mechanical parts and features. You can also create the sheet metal components in this mode of SOLIDWORKS by using the related tools. Besides this, you can also analyze the part model for various stresses applied to it in the real physical conditions by using an easy and userfriendly tool called SimulationXpress. It helps you reduce the cost and time in physically testing your design in real testing conditions (destructive tests). You can also analyze the component during modeling in the SOLIDWORKS windows. In addition, you can work with the weld modeling within the Part mode of SOLIDWORKS by creating steel structures and adding weld beads. All standard weld types and welding conditions are available for your reference. You can extract the core and the cavity in the Part mode by using the mold design tools.
Assembly Mode

In the Assembly mode, you can assemble components of the assembly with the help of the required tools. There are two methods of assembling the components:
1. Bottom-up assembly
2. Top-down assembly

In the bottom-up assembly method, the assembly is created by assembling the components created earlier and maintaining their design intent. In the top-down method, the components are created in the assembly mode. You may begin with some ready-made parts and then create other components in the
context of the assembly. You can refer to the features of some components of the assembly to drive the dimensions of other components. You can assemble all components of an assembly by using a single tool, the Mate tool. While assembling the components of an assembly, you can also animate
the assembly by dragging. Besides this, you can also check the working of your assembly. Collision
detection is one of the important features in this mode. Using this feature, you can rotate and move
components as well as detect the interference and collision between the assembled components. You
can see the realistic motion of the assembly by using physical dynamics. Physical simulation is used
to simulate the assembly with the effects of motors, springs, and gravity on the assemblies.
Drawing Mode
The Drawing mode is used for the documentation of the parts or the assemblies created earlier in the
form of drawing views. The procedure for creating drawing views is called drafting. There are two
types of drafting done in SOLIDWORKS:
1. Generative drafting
2. Interactive drafting
Generative drafting is a process of generating drawing views of a part or an assembly created earlier.
The parametric dimensions and the annotations added to the component in the Part mode can be
generated in the drawing views. Generative drafting is bidirectionally associative in nature. Automatic

BOMs and balloons can be added to an assembly while generating the drawing views of it.
In interactive drafting, you have to create the drawing views by sketching them using normal
sketching tools and then add dimensions to them.