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Learn essential tools and techniques for creating ready-to-manufacture 3D parts and assemblies with SOLIDWORKS 2021, the premier product-design application.
SOLIDWORKS is the premier product-design softwareâenabling you to deliver innovative solutions to market faster. In this course, Gabriel Corbett teaches you how to build ready-to-manufacture parts and assemblies as well as detailed drawings and itemized bills of materials in SOLIDWORKS 2021. Learn how to create 2D sketches and then extrude, revolve, loft, and sweep these features into 3D objects. Find out how to make cuts and create standard holes, and explore more advanced modeling techniques using blocks, mirroring, and the SOLIDWORKS pattern tools. Then review best practices for putting parts together in assemblies and creating detailed drawings. Along the way, Gabriel highlights new features from the 2021 release, as well as features designed for users with pen or touch devices.
Overview
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Learn 3D CAD modeling using SOLIDWORKS 2021
- Launching SOLIDWORKS for the first time
- Navigating in the 3D workspace
- SOLIDWORKS templates
- Saving, renaming, and managing files
- Measuring
- Interface improvements for SOLIDWORKS 2021
- Creating your first 3D part
- Building your first assembly
- Making your first CAD drawing
- Basic steps for 3D 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
- Selecting colors
- 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
- Sketch Ink
- Trimming and extending a sketch
- Creating offset geometry
- Moving, copying, rotating, and scaling
- Erasing, undoing, and redoing actions
- Using the Mirror tools
- Creating repeating patterns in a sketch
- Using construction lines
- Using the Convert Entities tool
- Adding fillets and chamfers to sketches
- Working with planes
- Making an axis
- Creating a coordinate system
- Concept sketches
- Markup view
- Adding fillets to a part
- Chamfering edges
- Applying draft
- Using the Shell command
- Using the Mirror command
- Creating linear patterns
- Creating circular patterns
- Loft tool
- Lofted shapes 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
- Project Curve
- Slice tool
- Introduction to Sheet Metal tools
- Introduction to weldments
- Review of available tool sets
- Using Markup
- Getting started with the Hole Wizard
- Understanding hole types and standards
- Positioning holes in 3D
- Using sketch blocks
- Creating blocks
- Designing with blocks
- Starting an assembly
- Copying, moving, and rotating parts
- Mating parts together in an assembly
- Working with subassemblies
- Making linear patterns
- Creating circular patterns
- Using the Toolbox
- Downloading internet parts
- Creating component Mates
- Mating parts with Advanced Mates
- Mating parts with Path Mate
- Mechanical Mates
- Mating parts by aligning planes
- Magnetic Mates
- Asset Publisher for Magnetic Mates
- Linking sketches to other parts
- Using layout sketches
- Using the Hole Wizard in context
- Using design tables
- Working with complex calculations
- Selecting component configurations
- Building assemblies with design tables
- Adding to design tables
- Working with drawing templates
- Drawing options and sheet properties
- Choosing the correct projection angle
- Adding model views to a drawing
- Creating general dimension notations
- Creating ordinate dimensions
- Dimensioning holes and curved features
- Using the Autodimension tool
- Adding annotations
- Adding special views to your drawings
- Adding custom properties
- Linking drawing notes
- Using the Design Library
- Using Equations for Custom Properties
- Adding assemblies to drawings
- Including a bill of materials
- Adding balloons on an assembly drawing
- Making an exploded view
- Adding in custom properties and revision
- Detailing Mode
- Next steps
