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

Goals of lesson:

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

Pressure Plate video.mp4

Pressure Plate Product

Introduction to SOLIDWORKS

This lesson includes:

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

Lesson 1: Parts

Goals of the Lesson:

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
Completed Part

Lesson 1 part video.mp4

Lesson 2: Assemblies

Lesson 2 - Assemblies

An assembly is a combination of two or more parts, also called components, within one SOLIDWORKS document. You position and orient components using mates that form relations between components.

In this lesson, you build a simple assembly based on the part that you created in Lesson 1.

This lesson discusses the following:

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

Lesson 2 video.mp4

Revolves and Sweeps

Revolve and Sweep Features

In this lesson, you create the candlestick shown below. This lesson demonstrates:

Creating a revolve feature
Creating a sweep feature
Creating an extruded cut feature with a draft angle

Revolves and Sweeps Product

Fillets

Fillet Features

In this lesson, you modify this knob part by:

Adding different fillet types:
- Face
- Constant radius
- Variable radius
Using mirroring to assure symmetry
Applying a library feature

Fillets, Face

Fillets, Reflection

Fillets, Variable Radius

Rotating Gif

Mouse Gestures

In this tutorial, after customizing mouse gestures, you perform the following tasks with mouse gestures to create a simple part:

Start a sketch for a part.
Sketch a rectangle and a circle.
Save the sketch.
Dimension the sketch.
Extrude the sketch.
Change the view of an extruded part.

Pattern Features

In this lesson, you learn how to create a linear pattern and a circular pattern. A linear pattern is a one- or two-dimensional array of features. A circular pattern is a circular array of features.

The steps include:

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

Making the Oblong Cut

Making the Linear Pattern

Making the Circular Pattern

Using an Equation

Final Product

Lofts

Loft Features

In this lesson, you create this hammer head using loft features.

A loft is a base, boss, or cut created by connecting multiple cross sections, or profiles.

This lesson demonstrates the following:

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

Sketching the Profile

Creating the Loft

Completing the Second Base

Completing the Bend

Final

Surfaces

Surfaces Overview

In this lesson, you start with an existing sketch composed of lines, arcs, splines, and sketch points. Then you apply the following surface features to create a nozzle: