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Learn SOLIDWORKS

Learn SOLIDWORKS

By : Tayseer Almattar
4.9 (7)
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Learn SOLIDWORKS

Learn SOLIDWORKS

4.9 (7)
By: Tayseer Almattar

Overview of this book

SOLIDWORKS is the leading choice for 3D engineering and product design applications across industries such as aviation, automobile, and consumer product design. This book helps you to get up and running with SOLIDWORKS and understand each new concept and tool with the help of easy-to-follow exercises. You'll begin with the basics, exploring the software interface and finding out how to work with drawing files. The book then guides you through topics such as sketching, building complex 3D models, generating dynamic and static assemblies, and generating 2D engineering drawings to prepare you to take on any design project. You'll also work with practical exercises to get hands-on experience with creating sketches, 3D part models, assemblies, and drawings. To reinforce your understanding of SOLIDWORKS, the book is supplemented by downloadable files that will help you to understand the concepts and exercises more easily. Finally, you'll also work on projects for 3D modeling objects inspired by everyday life. By the end of this SOLIDWORKS book, you'll have gained the skills you need to create professional 3D mechanical models using SOLIDWORKS and be able to prepare effectively for the Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA) and Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional (CSWP) exams.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
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Section 1 – Getting Started
4
Section 2 – 2D Sketching
7
Section 3 – Basic Mechanical Core Features – Associate Level
10
Section 4 – Basic Evaluations and Assemblies – Associate Level
13
Section 5 – 2D Engineering Drawings Foundation
18
Section 6 – Advanced Mechanical Core Features – Professional Level
21
Section 7 – Advanced Assemblies – Professional Level

What this book covers

Chapter 1Introduction to SOLIDWORKS, covers what SOLIDWORKS is and the applications that utilize the software. It also explores the professional certifications that SOLIDWORKS offers. 

Chapter 2Interface and Navigation, teaches you how to navigate around the SOLIDWORKS interface.  

Chapter 3SOLIDWORKS 2D Sketching Basics, covers what sketching is in SOLIDWORKS. It also covers how you can sketch basic entities such as lines, circles, rectangles, arcs, and ellipses. 

Chapter 4Special Sketching Commands, covers commands that enable us to sketch more efficiently. These include the mirror, offset, trip, and pattern commands. 

Chapter 5Basic Primary One-Sketch Features, explores the most basic features used for generating 3D models from sketches. Each of these features requires you to have one sketch to apply it. The features include extruded boss and cut, revolved boss and cut, fillets, and chamfers. 

Chapter 6Basic Secondary Multi-Sketch Features, explores another set of basic features that require more than one sketch to apply. They include swept boss and swept cut and lofted boss and lofted cut. It also explores reference geometries and how to generate new planes. 

Chapter 7Materials and Mass Properties, explores structural materials for your 3D parts. It also teaches you how to calculate mass properties such as mass, volume, and the center of gravity. 

Chapter 8Standard Assembly Mates, explores what assemblies are in SOLIDWORKS. You will learn how to generate simple assemblies using the standard mates: coincident, parallel, perpendicular, tangent, concentric, lock and set distance, and angle. 

Chapter 9Introduction to Engineering Drawing, explores what engineering drawings are and how to interpret them according to commonly recognized international standards. 

Project 1, 3D - Modeling a Pair of Glasses, presents a comprehensive practical exercise linking the topics in chapters 2 to 9 to 3D model a pair of glasses.

Chapter 10Basic SOLIDWORKS Drawing Layout and Annotations, teaches you how to generate basic engineering drawings using SOLIDWORKS drawing tools. 

Chapter 11Bills of Materials, explores what bills of materials are and how to generate and adjust bills of materials with SOLIDWORKS drawing tools. 

Chapter 12Advanced SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Core Features, covers the advanced features used to generate more complex 3D models. These include the draft feature, shell feature, Hole Wizard, feature mirroring, rib features, multi-body parts, and feature patterns. 

Chapter 13Equations, Configurations, and Design Tables, explains applying equations to link different dimensions within the model. You will also learn how to utilize configurations and design tables to generate multiple variations of a single part within one SOLIDWORKS file. 

Chapter 14SOLIDWORKS Assemblies and Advanced Mates, covers using advanced mates to generate more dynamic assemblies. These include the profile center, symmetric, width, distance and angle range, path, and linear/linear coupler mates. 

Chapter 15Advanced SOLIDWORKS Assemblies Competencies, explores additional assembly features to better evaluate and generate more sound and flexible assemblies. These include the interference and collision detection tools, assembly features, configurations, and design tables for assemblies. 

Project 2, 3D - Modeling an RC Helicopter, presents a comprehensive practical exercise covering topics from across the book to 3D model a remote-control helicopter.

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