SolidWorks

SOLIDWORKS is used by millions of designers and engineers at hundreds of thousands of companies. It’s one of the most popular design and engineering software on the market. Known for its range of features and high functionality, SOLIDWORKS is used across multiple professions and industries around the world. SOLIDWORKS uses parametric design, which is why it’s such an effective tool for designers and engineers. This means that the designer can see how changes will affect its neighboring components, or even the overall solution. For example, if the size of a single component is increased, this would affect the joint or hole it’s attached to. This allows designers to spot and correct issues quickly and easily.

Pressure Plate Process

This lesson focuses on:

Creating base, boss, and cut features from sketches
Adding fillets to smooth edges
Creating a circular pattern
Adding drawing views
Adding centerlines, center marks, and dimensions to the drawing

Sketch the circle

Base Extrude 1

Sketch a smaller circle and Extrude it

Sketch a hole and make an Extruded cut through the base

Make the sketch for the cylinder and Extrude it

Make an Extruded cut in the cylinder and add fillets

Add more fillets

Using the axis create a circular pattern to make 6 identical cylinders around the axis

Add fillets around the cylinders

This is what the Pressure Plate should look like

Add initials to the Pressure Plate

Make the drawing for the Pressure Plate

Pressure Plate Product

SolidWorks Lessons 1, 2, and 3

Lesson 1

Lesson 1 Focuses on

Setting up a new part document
Creating the base feature
Adding a boss feature
Creating a cut feature
Adding fillets
Adding a shell feature
Editing features

Make the sketch for the cube and set the dimensions

Extrude the base so the sketch makes a cube

Sketch a circle and Extrude the base

Add fillets

Create the shell

Change the material and add initials

Lesson 2

Lesson 2 - Assemblies

Adding parts to an assembly
Moving and rotating components in an assembly
Creating display states in an assembly

Mate the top side faces

Mate the top faces

Mate by using left side faces

Finished Product

Hidden lines view

Lesson 3

Lesson 3 focuses on:

Opening a drawing template
Editing sheet format
Inserting standard views of a part model
Adding model and reference annotations
Adding drawing sheet 2
Inserting a named view

7- Piece Puzzle Cube

This is a video of the assembled cube with all of the parts put together.

Part #1 of the cube

Part #2 of the cube

Part #3 of the cube

Part #4 of the cube

Other Part #4 of the cube

Part #5 of the cube

Other Part #5 of the cube

Part #6 of the cube

Other Part #6 of the cube

Part #7 of the cube

Finished cube put together

Fillets - Process

Objectives:

Using Face, Constant Radius, and Variable Radius fillets
Using mirroring to assure symmetry
Applying a library feature

Knob built without the fillets added.

Hidden lines view of the knob with the labeled radii of the fillets

The keyway that went on the knob

Image of the finished part

Gif of the finished part

Fillets - Product

Adding face fillets

Using constant and variable radius fillets.

Mirroring the part

Finished product

Gif of the finished product

Revolve and Sweep Features - Process

Objectives:

Creating a Revolve feature
Creating a Sweep Feature
Creating an extruded cut feature with a draft angle

Dimensioned sketch of the candlestick

This is what it looked like after it was revolved around the vertical line.

This is part of the candle stick after using the revolve feature.

A horizontal line was added using the temporary axis, and two arcs were made using the endpoints of the horizontal line.

The horizontal line and arcs were dimensioned to be at the bottom of the candlestick.

After making an ellipse and putting it with the horizontal line, the sweep feature was used to create this part for the candlestick.

Image of the candlestick using the hidden lines view.

Image of the transparent view of the part so you can seethe extruded cut with a draft angle

Finished candlestick part

Gif of the finished part

Revolve and Sweep Features - Product

After the sketch for the vase was added, the revolve feature was used

Sketch for the first handle of the vase using arcs

The first handle was made using the sweep feature

Handles on both sides of the vase

Making the extruded cut

Hidden lines view of the vase so the draft angle can be seen

This is an image of the top of the vase so the hole with the draft angle can be seen

This is a gif of the finished vase

Pattern Features Process

Objectives :

Creating an oblong cut
Creating a linear pattern
Using an equation to drive the circular pattern

Making the first hole in the part

Creating the pattern for the part

Circular pattern, showing the pattern on 3 sides.

Using an equation to drive the circular pattern

Gif of the finished part

Pattern Features Product

Sketch of the part before the patterns were added

Dimensioning the part

Creating a linear pattern, making 2 circles vertical to each other

Creating the linear pattern, making the pattern be 5 times around the part

Using an equation to drive the linear pattern

The finished part, using the equation to make 10 of the pattern around the part instead of 5

Gif of the finished part

Lofts Process

Objectives:

Creating Planes
Sketching. copying, and pasting the profiles
Creating a solid by connecting the profiles (lofting)
Adding a flex feature to bend the model

Creating the planes

Creating sketches on the planes that will connect to make the hammer head

Connecting the profiles (lofting)

Another plane was made with a rectangle on it, which was then connected to the rest of the part.

The part was bent using the flex tool

Gif of the finished part

Lofts Product

Planes were created, and sketches were put on them, and were connected with the lofting tool

The flex tool was used to bend the fish

This is the finished fish after it was bent

This gif was taken when using the flex tool. The flex tool allows the part to bend, and makes the fish look like it is swimming

Gif of the finished fish

Mouse Gestures

Objectives:

Start a sketch
Sketch a rectangle and a circle
Dimension the sketch
Extrude the sketch
Change the view

Using mouse gestures to make the rectangle, the circle and extruding it

Mouse gestures

Using mouse gestures to make an extruded cut

Gif of finished part

Making the cube using mouse gestures

Gif of a cube made using mouse gestures

3D Sketching - Process

Objectives:

Sketching relative to coordinate systems
Dimensioning in 3D space
Mirroring features

3D sketching the lines

Putting the fillets

Using the sweep feature

Making the first line for the rack

Creating a linear pattern to make 6 rows

Mirroring the part

Gif of the finished product

3D Sketching - Product

Creating the 3D sketch for the A

Using the sweep feature on the letter

Gif of the finished letter

Creating the 3D sketch for the R

Using the sweep feature on the letter

Gif of the finished letter