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Beginner's Guide to SOLIDWORKS 2019- Level I

To make a Center Rectangle click in the Origin first, then on the top edge

of the first extrusion (or the bottom; it really doesn't matter) to finish it. Notice the

yellow Coincident icon as the pointer is in the origin and then on the model edge.

By doing the rectangle this way we automatically add coincident relations to the

origin and the top edge. The "Center Rectangle" command saves us from adding

the centerlines and midpoint relations making the rectangle centered about the

origin in a single operation.

In the different types of options available to draw a rectangle, we can see

numbers; these numbers indicate the number and order of clicks needed to

complete each type of rectangle.

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2.19. -After finishing the centered rectangle, select the "Smart Dimension" tool

(toolbar, right mouse menu, Mouse Gesture or keyboard shortcut), and dimension

the rectangle 4" wide by selecting the top (or bottom) line and locating the

dimension above. Adding this dimension will fully define the sketch since we had

added automatic geometric relations to the origin and the top edge when the

rectangle was created, defining its center and height.

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Note: If a shortcut keyboard is assigned to a command, it will be displayed

in the tooltip. In my case I assigned the keyboard shortcut ("D") to the

Dimension tool.

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