SOLIDWORKS Essentials - In-depth Drawings

This course focuses on the drawing creation process from start to finish in SOLIDWORKS. You will learn tools, concepts, and tips for creating better drawings in less time. Software required: SOLIDWORKS 2016.

Drawings are the way to communicate your designs to the world. They provide the ability to express as much information as you need to communicate clearly and efficiently. In this course, SOLIDWORKS Essentials - In-depth Drawings, you will explore how drawings are produced in SOLIDWORKS. In the scenario for this course, you have been tasked with detailing a piece of engineering history, a small steam engine, so that it can be fabricated in today's manufacturing environment. First, you will be exploring the many SOLIDWORKS drawing tools, techniques, and the environment that will help create clearly communicated designs. Next, starting from scratch, you will be creating your own template and adding the needed drawing sheets. Finally, you will add views, dimensions, notes, properties, balloons, and tables to fully document and communicate the design. By the end of this course you'll know how to set up the software and document the design from start to finish using the tools and techniques in SOLIDWORKS. Software required: SOLIDWORKS 2016.

• Course Overview 1min
• System Options, Document Properties, and Templates 26mins
• Drawing Sheets and Views In-depth 34mins
• Dimensions and Annotations 33mins
• Assembly Drawings, Bills of Material, and Tables 28mins
• Reusing Drawings 15mins