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Introduction to SolidWorks (Pressure Plate)

Pressure Plate

Lesson 1 Parts

Revolve and Sweeps (process)

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.

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Introduction to SolidWorks (Pressure Plate)

Pressure Plate

Process

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

In this picture I am using the circular patter feature. The only circle I drew up was the pink highlighted one. The blue ones are the ones that get created after you select the center extrusion.

Drawing of the pressure plate with all of the measurements.

Product

Show Your Understanding

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

Adding the filets.

Drawling of the different pressure plate.

Lesson 1 Parts

Process

Objectives:

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

Cut out view showing the cross section

Shell Feature

Lesson 2 Assemblies

This lesson discusses the following:

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

Lesson 3 Drawlings

This lesson includes:

Opening a drawing template and editing a sheet format
Inserting standard views of a part model
Adding model and reference annotations
Adding another drawing sheet
Inserting a named view
Printing the drawing

Seven-Piece Puzzle

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Cube assembly

Fillets

Knob (process)

pic of knob

Building the Fillet Features Sample Part

In this lesson, you learn how to build the sample part used in the Fillet Features tutorial. You can capture the symmetry of a knob in the design intent of the part. You build one half of the sample part in this lesson, then in the Fillet Features lesson, you mirror the model to create the other half. Any changes you make to the original half are reflected in the other half.

The steps include:

Using relations in sketches
Adding draft angles to extruded features

Product

pic of product coffee cup

Revolve and Sweeps (process)

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

Product (shift knob)

Picture of shifter knob

gif of knob

Pattern Features

Picture of pattern features

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

Product

Lofts process

gif of hammer

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

isometric view

Product

gif of Airhorn

Isometric view

Mouse Gestures

Copy of 2.5 SolidWorks - Mouse Gestures

I think that mouse gestures are a very useful tool with people who are good at commands but mouse gestures slow me down. If I had more practice with it, I'm sure I could master it but I have more success with the old fashioned way. I did put the chamfer option on the wheel because I used the chamfer option a lot to make this cube.

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