Solidworks Computer-Aided Drafting Program LESSON 3- Mirror-Star Presenter Billy Fowler

Lesson 3- Mirror Star Apply a Pentagon with desired sides and sketch lines 2D Sketch to 3D Extrude View Sketch a Center Line Use Mirror Command

Select and Sketch a Polygon on the Vertex, In the parameters option select 5 sides

Rotate part so you can see the face

Use of Smart Dimension and set dimension of all sides at 2”

Proceed to sketch lines connecting all adjacent points to make a pentagram star

Proceed to sketch lines connecting all adjacent points to make a pentagram star

Proceed to sketch lines connecting all adjacent points to make a pentagram star

Proceed to sketch lines connecting all adjacent points to make a pentagram star

Now proceed right clicking on each side of the polygon and deleting the line

Click on the down arrow by sketch line function and then click on the centerline option and draw a line connecting the two points of the star

Click on the down arrow by sketch line function and then click on the centerline option and draw a line connecting the two points of the star

Now click on the Command Manager, and click on the Mirror Option and click in the table named “ Entities to Mirror”, proceed to click on all 5 lines that make up the star. Then click in the mirror about table, and click on the recently drawn centerline

Now click on the Command Manager, and click on the Mirror Option and click in the table named “ Entities to Mirror”, proceed to click on all 5 lines that make up the star. Then click in the mirror about table, and click on the recently drawn centerline

In the Command Manager, Click on the Features Tab, and select the Extrude Function and select all triangle pieces and the pentagon in the “Selected Contours” tables highlighted, lower left hand Column, (Property Manager) Set depth @ 2”, then click on green check