For your first part, you create the pressure plate shown below. A part is a 3D model made up of features.

You begin this lesson by creating a new part.
The New SolidWorks Document dialog box appears.
Click Part.
Click OK.
A new part window appears.
When toolbar buttons have
an orange border, for example
, you can click them in the tutorial window to flash
the corresponding button in the SolidWorks window.