Terminology

This table contains some AutoCAD terms and their equivalent SolidWorks terms.

AutoCAD

 

SolidWorks

 

 

 

array

 

pattern

 

 

 

associative dimension

 

parametric dimension

 

 

 

associative hatching

 

area hatch

 

 

 

B-spline curve

 

spline

 

 

 

constraint

 

relation

 

 

 

construction plane

 

plane

 

 

 

continued dimension

 

ordinate dimension

 

 

 

crossing selection

 

cross selection

 

 

 

dimension style

 

dimension favorite

 

 

 

drawing extents

 

bounding box

 

 

 

extension line offset

 

extension line gap

 

 

 

freeze

 

suppress

 

 

 

initial environment

 

drawing sheet format

 

 

 

interpolation point

 

spline point

 

 

 

layout

 

drawing sheet

 

 

 

linetype

 

line style

 

 

 

model space

 

3D part or assembly document

 

 

 

named view

 

orientation

 

 

 

object snaps

 

sketch snaps

 

 

 

polar array

 

circular pattern

 

 

 

polar snap

 

snap to angle

 

 

 

regenerate

 

rebuild

 

 

 

template drawing

 

drawing template

 

 

 

thaw

 

unsuppress

 

 

 

viewport

 

standard 3D and named views

 

 

 

window selection

 

box selection

 

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