A 2D sketch sets the stage for most parametric 3D models. Sketching, as it pertains to mechanical design software, is somewhat of a misnomer. The commonly accepted meaning of drawing by hand, such as ...

The iPad is big and bright and beautiful, so of course you want to draw all over it with your fingers. To facilitate that understandable urge, here are a couple of high-profile sketch products.

Sketching is the backbone of modeling in SOLIDWORKS. It’s a set of tools used to create the fundamental elements of geometry in SOLIDWORKS. It’s combined with just about every tool that’s used to ...