sounds like you have some files missing but lets make sure, go to program files, solidworks , lang, english , tutorial
in this location there should be default template for you to use, if not let me know or ask a co work for the files that you are missing and place them in this file location...
there are many ways that you could do this but here is one.
solidworks 2001+ allows you to create one solid geometry and you can use the split part command, and what this will do is allow you to create individual parts, in a single part file, it will create a assy. for you.
when modifing the...
yeah there is a way to change the sketch plane off of a hole wizard, before you create the hole using the hole wizard, make a sketch point on any surface, your sketch point will control the location of your hole, fire up the hole wizard, (note when doing so don't click on any surfaces, you need...