SOLIDWORKS ESSENTIALS

Part 1 & 2 | Duration: 5 Days

Course details:

We recommend you take this course if you are new to SOLIDWORKS. Ideally, you should have some Mechanical design experience
& be familiar with the Microsoft Windows operating system. Upon completion of the course, you will be able to confidently create
SOLIDWORKS parts, assemblies & drawings.

1: Basics & User Interface • Details of the part 6: Revolved features

• Boss feature
• What is SOLIDWORKS? • Sketching on a planar face • Case study: handwheel
• Design intent • Cut feature • Design intent
• File references • Using the hole wizard • Revolved features
• Opening files • View options • Building the rim
• User Interface • Filleting • Building the spoke
• Editing tools • Edit material
2: Introduction to sketching
• Detailing basics • Mass properties
• 2D sketching • Drawing views • File properties
• Stages in the process • Centre marks • SOLIDWORKS SimulationXpress
• Saving files • Dimensioning
• Sketch entities • Changing parameters 7: Shelling & ribs
• Basic sketching • Shelling & ribs
• Rules that govern sketches 4: Modelling a casting or forging
• Analysing & adding draft
• Design intent • Other options for draft
• Sketch relations • Design intent
• Shelling
• Dimensions • Boss feature with draft
• Ribs
• Extrude • Symmetry in the sketch
• Full round fillets
• Sketching guidelines • Sketching inside the model
• Thin features
• View options
3: Basic part modelling • Using model edges in a sketch 8: Editing (Repairs)
• Creating trimmed sketch geometry
• Basic modelling
• Using copy & paste • Part editing
• Terminology
• Fixing sketches
• Choosing the best profile 5: Patterning • Fixing features
• Choosing the sketch plane
• Why use patterns? • Sketch issues
• Reference geometry • FilletXpert
• Linear pattern • DraftXpert
• Circular patterns
• Mirror patterns
• Using pattern seed only
• Sketch driven patterns

Tel: 01223 200690 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.innova-systems.co.uk

1 Pioneer Court, Chivers Way, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9PT
 SOLIDWORKS ESSENTIALS
Part 1 & 2 | Duration: 5 Days

9: Editing (Design changes) 13: Using assemblies 19: Bills of Materials & tables

• Part editing • Using assemblies • Creating & managing a BOM

• Design changes • Analysing the assembly • Adding a BOM
• Information from a model • Checking for clearances • Modifying a BOM
• Rebuilding tools • Changing the values of dimensions • Tabulated BOM
• Sketch contours • Exploded assemblies • Design tables in the drawing
• Editing with instant 3D • Explode line sketch
• Bill of materials 20: Performance & display issues
10: Configurations of parts • Assembly drawings
• Performance & display issues
• Using configurations • Large assembly mode
• Creating configurations • Lightweight drawings
14: Drawing sheets & views • Detached drawings
• Using link values, equations &
• Display issues in drawing views
configure feature • Drawing sheets & views
• Equations • Terminology 21: Drawing References & Comparison
• Configure dimension or feature • Drawing views
• Modelling strategies for • Sketching in drawing views • Reusing a drawing file
configurations • View settings • Changing drawing references
• Editing parts that have configurations • Centermarks & centerlines • Using DrawCompare
• Design library • Model edges in the view • Design Checker

11: Using drawings 15: Dimensions 22: Using DimXpert & TolAnalyst

• More about making drawings • Dimensions • DimXpert

• Section view • Moving & deleting dimensions • Tolerance types & features
• Model views • Dimension properties • DimXpert selections
• Broken views • Settings for DimXpert
• Detail views 16: Annotations • Auto dimension scheme
• Projected views • Turned part
• Adding annotations • Using plus & minus
• Annotations
• Annotation types • DimXpert annotations & drawings
• Drawing sheets & sheet formats
• Blocks • Using DimXpert manually
• Define title block
• TolAnalyst
17: Assembly drawing views
12: Bottom-up assembly modelling
• Assembly drawing views
• Case study: universal joint
• Creating views of assemblies
• Creating a new assembly
• Position of the first component 18: Sheet formats & templates
• Mates
• Feature manager design tree & • Sheet formats & templates
symbols • Drawing templates
• Adding components • Properties in the template
• Using part configurations in • User defined properties
assemblies • Customizing a sheet format
• Creating copies of instances • Importing legacy data
• Component hiding & transparency • Define title block
• Component properties • Updating sheet formats
• Sub-assemblies
• Smart mates
• Inserting sub-assemblies
• Pack & go

Tel: 01223 200690 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.innova-systems.co.uk

1 Pioneer Court, Chivers Way, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9PT