Geometrical relations

The following table summarizes the majority of the geometrical relations we will come across while working with SOLIDWORKS sketching. You don't need to memorize all of these relations for now. Simply read through the following table and use it as a reference as we continue to develop our SOLIDWORKS skills. The relations in the following table have been organized in alphabetical order. In the SOLIDWORKS interface, we will deal with these icons more and more since they will appear in the sketches themselves, as well as when we choose which relation to apply them to:

These icons and their relations will repeatedly show up as we are creating sketches. Thus, it is important that we know what they mean. We will start using these relations in the next section, that is when we start sketching different shapes.