General SolidWorks MCQs

1. What program do you need to create a design table?

2. What is a forming tool file saved as?

3. Why do you make a sub-assembly flexible?

4. What is the color of the sketch before process of Render fixe

5. What is the advantage of lightweight components?

6. What are the two necessary elements to create a Sweep?

7. Can you create a derived configuration from an existing configuration?

8. Which of these objects could not be modeled from an extrusion?

9. Which of the following is not a type of mate

10. Which of these is not a sketch constraint?

11. When you start a new Solidworks document, what is the choice of standard templates?

12. Which feature do you use to create a box shape?

13. What scale can you use when you create a drawing view?

14. What result plots SolidWorks Simulation automatically creates upon completion of a static analysis?

15. What types of analysis SolidWorks Simulation module can perform?

16. Can you specify a custom material in SolidWorks?

17. What display styles can you use when you create a drawing view?

18. What file types can SolidWorks open?

19. What standards does Hole Wizard support?

20. What unit systems can you select from in document properties?

21. Can you mirror bodies?

22. Which of these will create a solid part from a single sketch?

23. What type of CAD files could be imported into SolidWorks?

24. Which one is not a type of a reference geometry?

25. When you work with Surfaces, what tools do you use?

26. When you create a boss-extrude, what parameters you can specify?

27. Which feature do you use to create a tapped hole?

28. What do you need to do before evaluating the mass of a part?

29. Can you use a design table to create a new configuration?

30. SolidWorks motion allows users to simulate all of the following except...

31. What SolidWorks module do you use to analyze fluid dynamics?

32. How does SolidWorks store parts?

33. When you work with sheet metal parts, can you use custom K-factors?

34. When you work with an assembly, how many coordinate systems can you insert?

35. What is the best way to model a paper clip?

36. Which feature do you use to create a rectangular pocket?

37. What are constraints between parts in an assembly called?

38. Which feature do you use to create a doughnut shape?

39. Which of the following sketch entities can be treated as an element for symmetry?

40. Can you explode a multi-body solid?

41. An unsolvable sketch turns what color?

42. Is it possible to have a multi-bodied sheet metal part?

43. When you start a new sketch, what sketch types do you select from?

44. Using an assembly design table , you can create configurations of an assembly with different mating conditions

45. What software should be used to make realistic renderings of SolidWorks parts and assemblies?

46. What tool do you use to project an existing geometry onto the sketch plane?

47. What entity do you need to select when creating an Edge Flange?

48. By default, what does the Space key do?

49. What parameters do you specify to create a revolve?

50. If a part is rolled back to an old state and then a feature is added, when the part is rebuildt...

51. Which one is not a type of a drawing view?

52. What can be used as a split element?

53. Which is NOT an end condition for an extrusion?

54. Which add-on matches with its functionality?

55. What do you first create in sheet metal design?

56. Which key do you hold on to when you want to create more than one leader of an annotation?

57. A block is saved with what file extension?

58. What sketch patterns can you choose from?

59. What command do you initiate for a collision detection in an assembly?

60. When you work with a part, how many coordinate systems can you insert?

61. Which one of these features is NOT represented by a dotted line?

62. What tool do you use to find moments of inertia?

63. What is the easiest way to have multiple versions of a part?

64. Where do you change the unit system?

65. When you work with sheet metal parts, what do you use to define bend allowances?

66. Can you create a sheet metal flange using a curved edge?

67. The feather symbol means what?

68. What cannot be missed in creating a helix curve?

69. When you use the Hole Wizard, can you create holes on multiple faces?

70. What is a forming tools file extension?

71. When does Solidworks allow the user to bend a part?

72. What does pushing down on the mouse scroll wheel do by default?

73. True or False: The hide/show command can only hide parts of an assembly not features of a multi-body solid.

74. To make sure all the holes with the same size get properly called out, you...

75. What do the arrows on the keyboard do by default?

76. When a sub-assembly is added into a larger assembly (and no further action is taken upon it)...

77. Which feature is essential to mold design, especially?

78. What keyboard shortcut do you use to zoom out?

79. When you assign material to a part, you choose from:

80. Which is NOT a reference geometry feature?

81. Which is a not a sheet metal feature?

82. When you create a drawing view, what dimension types do you select from?

83. Which is NOT a sheet metal property that can show up on a cut list?

84. Which of the following entities is the result of projecting a circle to a plane that is perpendicular to the sketch plane of the circle?

85. Which of the following meshing methods takes least time for computing while not overlooking stress concentration areas?

86. When you work with drawings, which tool you do not use to create annotations?

87. In an assembly feature tree, which of the following symbols indicates that the external reference of a part is in-context?

88. In an assembly feature tree, which of the following symbols indicates that the external reference of a part is broken?

89. When you work with sheet metal parts, which tool you do not use to create bends?

90. In an assembly feature tree, which of the following symbols indicates that the external reference of a part is out-of-context?

91. When changing a dimension the model displayed changes...

92. When creating detailed drawings, what does a parallelogram enclosed in a box indicate?

93. Which one is not a type of an advanced mate?

94. How can you create a solid body from a single fully enclosed surface body?

95. Which Keyboard Shortcut allows you to view in full screen?

96. For a forming tool, what color must a face be if you want it removed?

97. When you are designing frames using Weldment features, the sketch of the frame represents...

98. What is essential to create a coil spring shape?

99. When you work with drawings, which tool you do not use to create additional views?

100. Where do you go to change a template's units?

101. Which is NOT a standard mate?

102. Which feature do you use to consume part of a body with a proper arbitrary surface?

103. Which of the following choices makes the camera moves around the target of the camera?

104. What component patterns can you choose from?

105. Which of the following lighting cannot be added to the lighting system?

106. Which of the following choices makes the camera move about the same axis system as the part?

107. In Camera Properties, which check box do you select to customize the focus condition?

108. In an assembly feature tree, which of the following symbols indicates that the external reference of a part is locked?

109. An over defined sketch turns what color?

110. Which is not a bend allowance type?

111. What is a requirement of doing analysis with SolidWorks FloXpress?

112. Which feature(s) can be extruded?

113. What file type is a part template saved as?

114. When you use SolidWorks Simulation, which fixture type you do not use?

115. Can you borrow a license from another SolidWorks user?

116. When you work with sheet metal parts, what do you define to apply a Form Tool?

117. To reduce rebuild time, where can you obtain information about the software's performance on each feature?

118. By default, what key do you hold on to when you try to grab the edge of a circle (instead of the center) for dimensions?

119. What keyboard shortcut do you use to rebuild the model?

120. Which is NOT a mechanical mate?

121. What kind(s) of sketch entity does the Section View Command accept?

122. Which is NOT an auto relief cut option?

123. What does the rip command do?

124. What does the sheet metal parameter represent?

125. Which of the following sketch command buttons is only available for 3D sketching?

126. What is the minimum number of constrains to fully define a polygon?

127. Which of the following features is available in both basic part design and surface design?

128. To make sure your design criteria are satisfied at all time during your design process, which feature can you use to help you achieve such goal?

129. Which is NOT a type of forming tool?

130. Which solver uses an iterative approach to compute?

131. By default, what happens to the newly inserted part, if you do not specify its location?

132. If your base flange size indicates the maximum base area allowed, which of the Edge Flange Positions should be chosen?

133. Which one of these is NOT a beginning condition for an extrusion?

134. What do you need to sketch to create a centerline between two existing parallel edges?

135. Which of the following combinations is not sufficient for a "Width" mate?

136. When designing a sheet metal part, what relief option do you NOT have?

137. Which of the following sketch entities needs to be avoided when defining hole positions in Hole Wizard?

138. Which property do you not assign to a custom material in SolidWorks?

139. Along a ripped edge of a sheet metal part which is not a corner type?

140. What tool do you use to rotate a drawing view out of its plane?

141. When you work with sheet metal parts, which tool you do not use to create holes?

142. Which of the following represents the flange length, excluding the bending radius?

143. When you work with FloXpress, what fluids flowing through your model do you select from?

144. How many sections can you create using a "section view" tool?

145. Which file contains all the drawing document-specific information, such as specifications for units, drafting standard, font selections, etc?

146. You need to design a steel spring with a pitch diameter of 3 inches, free length of 10 inches, and pitch of 1 inch. How would you accomplish this in SOLIDWORKS?

147. Which choice is NOT a fillet type in SOLIDWORKS?

148. Your sketch is not extruding correctly. It does not seem to be a properly closed contour, although from a simple visual inspection, it looks to be fully closed. You think perhaps there are some very small gaps in your contour that are causing the issue. What tool can you use to find these small gaps?

149. Which choice is an example of a skected feature?

150. You want to make two circles have the same center point within a SOLIDWORKS sketch. How can you do this?

151. Which reference geometry is NOT available in SOLIDWORKS?

152. Specifying two lines to be perpendicular to each other would be an example of what?

153. You want to focus on a single component within your assembly and hide all the rest. How can you do this?

154. What will Save As do on an existing saved part?

155. You want to show a list of the raw materials, subassemblies, intermediate assemblies, subcomponents, and parts, and the quantities of each, needed to manufacture an end product. What would be useful to accomplish this?

156. Freezing a portion of a model can be used if you work with complex models with many features. Why

157. Which single features could you use to design a cube, a sphere, and a paperclip, respectively?

158. Which choice is NOT a standard mate within SOLIDWORKS?

159. How would you temporarily remove a feature from a model?

160. You want to show an assembly's components spread out and positioned to show how they fit together when assembled. How do you accomplish this?

161. How would you fix a Lofted Boss/Base feature that appears twisted?

162. When creating a sweep feature, you receive this error: "Cannot get to a point on the path to start with. For an open path, the path must intersect with the section plane." How can you fix this?

163. With injection molding, one common manufacturing requirement or preference is applying a taper or angle to faces to help with part removal from the mold. Which feature can help you meet this requirement?

164. You want to simplify a very large and complex assembly to improve performance while working within it. What should you use?

165. If you are working with ISO standards, which projection method would you most likely be using?

166. You have a single line within a sketch that you would like to split into three separate lines. How can you achieve this?

167. What controls the direction and magnitude of a spline curvature?

168. You want to build a new part within an assembly to ensure in-context relations and dimensions. You also want to save out this part file as its own unique file. After navigating to the Assembly ribbon tab, what do you do next?

169. The ribbon bar at the top of your SOLIDWORKS screen has disappeared. How can you get it back?

170. Representing a three-dimensional object by a number of two-dimensional views is generally called

171. How can you rename a feature?

172. When using the Fillet tool, what does the Tanget Propagation option do?

173. You notice that one of the subassemblies in your main assembly is rigid and does not have mobility it should. How can you resolve this issue?

174. You dimension an arc in a drawing and notice that the dimension is coming in as the radius value. You want to show the diameter value. To do this, first you click the dimension to open the dimension PropertyManager. What do you do next?

175. Why is it useful to suppress a feature?

176. Which choice is not a standard view orientation in SOLIDWORKS?

177. What type of view is used to show a portion of some parent view, usually at an enlarged scale?

178. How can you create relationships between parts within an assembly?

179. Q43. What is required to create a solid using the Swept Boss/Base tool?

180. Which statement best describes the term "parametric modeling"?

181. What is required to create a solid using the Extruded Boss/Base tool?

182. Which choice is an example of an applied feature?

183. How can you change the size of a toolbox screw in an assembly?

184. Which choice is not a standard 3D view in SOLIDWORKS?

185. You are designing a robotic arm assembly. You want the first link of the arm to be able to rotate about the base, but only a total of 270 degrees from the start point and no further. How would you achieve this?

186. How can you reattach a broken reference in a derived split part?

187. You have designed a plastic part that you want to split and save in two separate unique parts. You use the Split tool to split the part in half and create the two bodies. What do you do next?

188. What is required to create a new 2D sketch?

189. You want to enlarge your current design by 3%. What tool would you use?

190. Earlier within your part design, you created a sketch. Now you want to make a copy of this sketch to use on a different plane or face. You want to ensure that the two sketches will always be the same, so that if you modify the original sketch, the new sketch is updated to reflect the same changes. How can you achieve this?

191. When creating sketches, small boxes show up next to the sketch lines. What are these boxes called?

192. You notice your sketch is blue. How can you make your sketch fully defined?

193. Which sketch relation can you NOT apply to a rectangle?