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Reference

Complete and lookup-shaped. If you want to be walked through something, the tutorials and how-to guides are the better door.

Drawing

ToolsAll seven drawing tools and the view control, with exact click sequences
Keyboard shortcutsEvery binding, in one table
ConstraintsAll eighteen, with the selection each one needs
Constraint badgesThe glyphs on the drawing, and what a click on one does
ExpressionsThe arithmetic every numeric field accepts
ParametersNamed values that drive dimensions, extrudes and blends

Panels

Selection sectionSelect modes, point fields, constraint actions, picks
The document treeThe panel on the left, its six groups, and what sits outside them
The Configure panelExposed parameters as controls, and the part's mass reading back
Constraint docketRow anatomy, the four states, editing and highlighting
TimelineSketch, extrude and blend rows, the rollback marker, export, stats
BodiesThe list of solids, per-body visibility, groups, and the boolean picker
JointsHolding one body against another, and the two numbers that drive it
Status footProfiles, activity, and the degrees-of-freedom row

Solids

ExtrudeDepth, add and cut, midplane, and when the button is disabled
RevolveTurning a profile about an axis, and what a turn will not fold into
OffsetGrowing and shrinking a shape, the tolerance field, and shelling a box
MirrorReflecting a body in a plane, the four operations, and what the seam costs
PatternCopying a body along a line or round an axis
Construction planesDatums to sketch on: offset from a face, halfway between two
TextThe text form, the fonts, and what a document saves of them
BlendsChamfer and fillet parameters, reach, and every refusal
Model viewNavigation, view buttons, X-ray, and what each select mode picks

Data

Saved filesWhat a .slop.json document holds, and what it does not
Import dialogEvery control in the importer, both doors
Export formatsSTL and OBJ, and what is absent

Terms

GlossaryEntry, feature, part, body, profile, docket, reach, rim

Conventions used throughout

Every length is in millimetres and every angle is in degrees. There is no unit setting, and no way to work in inches, though the expression parser will happily convert for you if you type 25.4 * 2.