This is a streamlined course to take you from knowing nothing about SOLIDWORKS to give you all the knowledge and skills needed to become a certified SOLIDWORKS associate. This course should enable you to, with confidence, use SOLIDWORKS to design your next innovation. After this course, you can proudly list your SOLIDWORKS skills in your resume.
| 1. Day 1 | |||
| 1.1 What can Solidworks do for you? | |||
| 1.2 The Solidworks interface | |||
| 1.3 Planning your design | |||
| 1.4 Creating a sketch | |||
| 1.5 Fully defining a sketch | |||
| 1.6 Sketch relations | |||
| 1.7 Converting a sketch to 3D | |||
| 1.8 In class exercise | |||
| 2. Day 2 | |||
| 2.1 Holes (including the holes wizard) | |||
| 2.2 Cuts | |||
| 2.3 Placing screws | |||
| 2.4 Using sheet metal features (creating parts with constant thickness) | |||
| 2.5 Finalizing a 3D part | |||
| 2.6 Sketching on a surface | |||
| 2.7 Mirror patterns | |||
| 2.8 Exporting parts for different purposes (3D printing, CNC machining, Laser cutting) | |||
| 2.9 In class exercise | |||
| 3. Day 3 | |||
| 3.1 Mates (standard mates, belt mates) | |||
| 3.2 Creating an Assembly | |||
| 3.3 Analyzing an assembly (measurement, mass properties, clearance, interference detection) | |||
| 3.4 Solidworks motion (Motion analysis of assemblies) | |||
| 3.5 In class exercise | |||
| 4. Day 4 | |||
| 4.1 Solidworks simulation (Structural analysis of parts / assemblies) | |||
| 4.2 Creating photorealistic graphics (Photoview Add-in) | |||
| 4.3 In class exercise | |||
| 5. Day 5 | |||
| 5.1 Exploded views | |||
| 5.2 Bill of materials | |||
| 5.3 Importing parts (feature recognition) | |||
| 5.4 2D production drawings (including labeling and dimensioning) | |||
| 5.5 Creating a large project | |||
| 5.6 In class final project: Design an assembly of the students’ choice | |||