SOLIDWORKS ESSENTIALS COURSE. ©

Prerequisites:

Mechanical design experience; experience with the Windows® operating system.

Course Outline SolidWorks Essentials teaches you how to use the SolidWorks mechanical design automation software to build parametric models of parts and assemblies, and how to make drawings of those parts and assemblies.

 

The main topics covered include:

 

Day 1:

SolidWorks Basics and the User Interface

Design Intent

File References

Opening Files

The SolidWorks User Interface

Using the Command Manager

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Introduction to Sketching

2D Sketching

Saving Files

What are We Going to Sketch?

Sketching

Sketch Entities

Basic Sketching

Rules That Govern Sketches

Design Intent

Sketch Relations

Dimensions

Extrude

Sketching Guidelines

 

Day 2:

Basic Part Modeling

Basic Modeling

Terminology

Choosing the Best Pro le

Choosing the Sketch Plane

Details of the Part

Boss Feature

Sketching on a Planar Face

Cut Feature

View Selector

Using the Hole Wizard

Filleting

Editing Tools

Detailing Basics

Drawing Views

Center Marks

Dimensioning

Changing Parameters

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Boss Feature with Draft

Symmetry in the Sketch

Sketching Inside the Model

View Options

Using Model Edges in a Sketch

Creating Trimmed Sketch Geometry

Creating Views of Assemblies

 

Day 3:

Patterning

 

Why Use Patterns?

Linear Pattern

Circular Patterns

Reference Geometry

Planes

Mirror Patterns

Using Pattern Seed Only

Sketch Driven Patterns

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Revolved Features

Revolved Features

Building the Rim

Building the Spoke

Edit Material

Mass Properties

File Properties

SolidWorks SimulationXpress

Using SolidWorks SimulationXpress

The SimulationXpress Interface

 

Day 4:

Shelling and Ribs

 

Shelling and Ribs

Analyzing and Adding Draft

Other Options for Draft

Shelling

Ribs

Full Round Fillets

Thin Features

Lesson 8: Editing: Repairs

Part Editing

Editing Topics

Sketch Issues

Freezing Features

FilletXpert

Lesson 9: Editing: Design Changes

Part Editing

Design Changes

Information from a Model

Rebuilding Tools

Replace Sketch Entity

Sketch Contours              Con¬gurations

Con gurations

Using Con gurations

Other Methods to Creat Congurations

Using Global Variables and Equations

Creating Equalities

Global Variables

De ning the Overall Width

Equations

Creating a Minimum Edge Distance

Modeling Strategies for Con gurations

Editing Parts that Have Con gurations

Design Library

In the Advanced Course…

 

Day 5:

Using Drawings

 

More About Making Drawings

Section View

Model Views

Broken View

Detail Views

Drawing Sheets and Sheet Formats

Projected Views

Annotations

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Bottom-Up Assembly

Modeling

Creating a New Assembly

Position of the First Component

Feature Manager Design Tree and

Symbols

Adding Components

Mating Components

Using Part Con gurations in assemblies

Sub-assemblies

Smart Mates

Inserting Sub-assemblies

Pack and Go

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Using Assemblies

Using Assemblies

Analyzing the Assembly

Checking for Clearances

Changing the Values of Dimensions

Exploded Assemblies

Explode Line Sketch

Bill of Materials

Assembly Drawings

 

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