SOLIDWORKS 2018 Essential Training

Learn the essential tools and techniques necessary to create manufacturing-ready parts and assemblies, detailed drawings, and even an itemized bill of materials with SOLIDWORKS 2018.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

Introduction to SOLIDWORKS

• Launching SOLIDWORKS for the first time
• Navigating in the 3D workspace
• SOLIDWORKS templates
• Saving, renaming, and managing files

2. SOLIDWORKS Quick Start

• Creating your first 3D part
• Building your first assembly
• Making your first CAD drawing
• Basic steps for 3D modeling

3. Basic Part Modeling

• Creating sketches
• Understanding relationships
• Using the Extrude feature
• Using the Extruded Cut feature
• Creating revolved features
• Making revolved cuts
• Applying materials, colors, and finishes
• Finding mass properties
• System options, units, and templates
• Working with dimensions

4. Sketch Tools

• Line and Centerline tools
• Using the Rectangle tool
• Circles and arcs
• Drawing slots
• Working with ellipses and conics
• Sketching polygons
• Creating text
• Using equations and linked variables
• Using the Spline tool
• Equation driven curve

5. Modifying Sketches

• Trimming and extending portions of a sketch
• Creating offset geometry
• Moving, copying, rotating, scaling, and stretching elements
• Erasing, undoing, and redoing actions
• Using the Mirror tools
• Creating repeating patterns in a sketch
• Using construction lines to build robust sketches
• Using the Convert Entities tool
• Adding fillets and chamfers to sketches

6. Reference Geometry

• Working with planes
• Making an axis
• Creating a coordinate system

7. Part Modifications

• Adding fillets to a part
• Chamfering edges
• Applying draft
• Using the Shell command
• Using the Mirror command
• Creating linear patterns
• Creating circular patterns

8. Advanced Part Modeling

• Loft tool
• Refining a lofted shape with guide curves
• Making lofted cuts
• Creating swept shapes
• Making swept cuts
• Using the Wrap command
• Boundary Boss/Base
• Intersect tool
• Working with configurations
• Surface tools
• Using surfaces to build solid models
• Direct Editing: Move/Copy Bodies
• Direct Editing: Move Face
• Direct Editing: Combine
• Direct Editing: Split

9. Hole Wizard

• Getting started with the Hole Wizard
• Understanding hole types and standards
• Positioning holes in 3D

10. Blocks

• Working with reusable sketches and blocks
• Creating blocks
• Designing with blocks

11. Building Assemblies

• Starting an assembly
• Arranging, copying, moving, and rotating parts in assemblies
• Mating parts together in an assembly
• Working with subassemblies
• Making linear patterns
• Creating circular patterns
• Using the Toolbox
• Downloading premade parts from the internet

12. Advanced Mates

• Working with mate types
• Mating parts with advanced mates
• Mating parts with Path Mate
• Mechanical mates
• Mating parts by aligning planes
• Magnetic mates
• Asset Publisher for magnetic mates

13. In-Context Modeling

• Linking sketches to other parts
• Linking to layout sketches
• Using the Hole Wizard in context

14. Using Design Tables

• Using design tables
• Working with complex calculations
• Selecting component configurations in an assembly
• Building assemblies with design tables
• Adding to design tables

15. Part Drawings

• Working with drawing templates
• Setting up drawing options and sheet properties
• Choosing the correct projection angle
• Adding model views to a drawing

16. Dimensioning

• Creating general dimension notations
• Creating ordinate dimensions
• Dimensioning holes and curved features
• Using the autodimension tools

17. Adding General Annotations

• Adding annotations
• Adding views to your drawing
• Adding custom properties
• Linking drawing notes to custom properties
• Using the design library

18. Assembly Drawings

• Adding assemblies to drawings
• Including a bill of materials
• Adding balloons to specify parts on an assembly drawing
• Building an exploded view for an assembly drawing
• Adding in custom properties and revision

Conclusion

• Next steps