The following exercises are from an alumni and the videos contain many useful tips and hints.

Day 1:

Getting off the ground - from a FRC7528 alumni.

I’ve attached videos that were my first lessons in Solidworks ever! Hope they are helpful! They might also be useful for any Robotics members who are trying to learn CAD. Here’s a pro tip: make sure sketch is "fully defined”ALL lines should be black (no blue lines), it will haunt you in the long run ;). 

Basic Exercise 0  - Hotkeys:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z_IL8u-IdJN8s72BAyLXr7UnhdLHe_vQ

Objectives:  Create hotkeys for quick access, h (Hidden lines visible), x (Shaded with edges), n (Normal to), d (Isometric view)

Basic Exercise 1:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r5e7k473FtGYlXJEvSbDYqkmqms_9Rdn

Objectives: Starting a part

  Selecting a template

       Solid Extrude

  Two Cut Extrude 

    Sketch Lines & Fillets

Basic Exercise 2: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p8JTGCYLK8dbAlXM5vAk6HAMgeFa_f8M

Objectives: Mirroring a Sketch

  Double Dimensioning 

  Hole Features 

Day 10-30

Tip 1 - Numeric Sketch Input

Tip 2 - Reverse Engineering with Sketch Picture

Tip 3 - Convert Entities Tool

Tip 4 - Fully Defining Sketches

Tip 5 - Centering Text to a Feature

Tip 6 - Coffee Cup - Probably need to watch this one a few times

Tip 7 - Off-center Toroids

Tip 8 - Turning Cones into Sheet Metal Parts

Tip 9 - Modeling an Icosahedreon using Surfacing

Tip 10 - Split Feature