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Beginner's Guide to SOLIDWORKS 2019- Level I

After selecting the "Top Plane," a new Sketch is created and now we are

working in the first sketch. It is in the Sketch environment where we will create the

profiles that will be used to make features like Extrusions, Cuts, etc.

SOLIDWORKS gives us many indications, most of them graphical, to help us know

when we are working in the Sketch environment:

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a) The Confirmation Corner is activated in the upper

right corner and displays the Sketch icon in

transparent colors.

b) The Status bar at the bottom shows "Editing Sketch" lool

in the lower right corner.

Under Defined Editing Sketch1

c) In the FeatureManager "Sketch1" is added at the bottom just under

"Origin."

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d) The part's Origin is projected in red.

e) The Sketch tab is activated in the Command Manager displaying sketch

tools.

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