If you are new to SolidWorks you are going to click on the Sketch tab, then click Sketch. lumenharold (Mechanical) 23 Feb 11 08:54. There is 6 main area of interface you normally work with. The command we are going to use to do the actual “splitting” is the SPLIT command which makes quick work of this task. Stencil in solidworks 1) Menu Bar – Top most of the application, executing New File, Open File, Save, Print, Undo, Select, Rebuild, File Properties and Options.