Solidworks Essential Training

About Course

Solidworks is a parametric CAD software that offers an easy-to-use set of tools for 3D mechanical design, and documentation. With a basic design, Solidworks is able to connect to multiple disciplines, easing the communication between designers, engineers, and producers. This Solidworks Essential Training online course is designed to give you a solid understanding of Solidworks features and capabilities from the basics through to advanced and complex 3D modelling components.

Course Outline:

Introduction to SOLIDWORKS
Sketching for Solid Models
Relations and Dimensions
Building the 3D Model
More Sketch Tools
Adding Placed Features
Assembly Modelling
More Assembly Modelling
Creating the Drawing
Detailing and Annotation

Course Content

1. Welcome to Solidworks

1.1 The welcome Page

02:36
1.2 Searching for Help

00:00

2. Getting Started

3. Viewing the Model

4. The Sketching Environment

5. More Sketching Features

6. Adding Parametric Relationships

7. Utilizing Parametric Dimensions

8. Working with Relations

9. Extrude, Revolve, and Other Sketch Features

10. More Part Tools

11. Reference Features

12. Placed Features

13. Duplicating Features

14. Assembling Components

15. More Assembly Tools

16. Generating Views

17. Generating More Views

18. Section Views

19. Dimensioning

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

1. Welcome to Solidworks

1.1 The welcome Page

1.2 Searching for Help

2. Getting Started

2.1 File Menu

2.2 Creating New Files

2.3 Working with Units

2.4 Command Manager

2.5 Assigning Appearances to the Model

2.6 Options Changing the Colours

3. Viewing the Model

3.1 Navigating the Model

3.2 View Orientation

3.3 Using Rotate View

3.4 Section Views

4. The Sketching Environment

4.1 Drawing Lines

4.2 Inferencing

4.3 Using the Property Manager

4.4 Drawing Arcs

4.5 Drawing Circles and Ellipses

4.6 Drawing Rectangles

5. More Sketching Features

5.1 Drawing Slots

5.2 Measuring Sketched Entities

5.3 Evaluating Section Properties

6. Adding Parametric Relationships

6.1 Add Relations

6.2 Adding Geometric Relations to a Sketch

6.3 Controlling Constraints

7. Utilizing Parametric Dimensions

7.1 Linear Dimensioning

7.2 Making Changes

7.3 Using Smart Dimensions

7.4 Auto Insert Dimension

7.5 Building Dimension Functions

8. Working with Relations

8.1 Display-Delete Relations

8.2 Display-Delete Relations 2

8.3 Fully Define Sketch

9. Extrude, Revolve, and Other Sketch Features

9.1 Extruding Sketches

9.2 Boolean Operations

9.3 Direct Manipulation

9.4 Creating Thin Extruded Features

9.5 Editing the Sketches of Features

9.6 Creating Solid Revolved Features

9.7 Creating Rib Features

9.8 Wrap

10. More Part Tools

10.1 Working with Equations

10.2 Reusing Sketches

10.3 Reordering the Features

10.4 Rollback

11. Reference Features

11.1 Creating Reference Planes

11.2 Creating Reference Axis

12. Placed Features

12.1 Direct Edit with Instant3D

12.2 Creating Shell Features

12.3 Apply Drafts with DraftXpert

12.4 Applying Drafts

12.5 Dome

13. Duplicating Features

13.1 Mirroring Features and Models

13.2 Creating Rectangular Patterns

13.3 Creating Circular Patterns

13.4 Creating Sketch Driven Patterns

13.5 Creating Fill Patterns

14. Assembling Components

14.1 Inserting Components

14.2 Creating New Parts

14.3 Starting from a Part

14.4 Mates

14.5 Editing Mates

14.6 Assembling Components with Smart Mates

14.7 Mate Callouts