Solidworks

Introduction to Solidworks

Lesson 1: Part

Lesson 2: Assembles

Lesson 3: Drawing

Cube Challenge

Challenge: Make an animal

Introduction to Solidworks

Objective

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

Isometric view

Gif

Construction of part

Engineering Drawing

Lesson 1: Part

Objectives

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

Construction

Isometric View

Gif

Lesson 2: Assembles

Objectives

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

Isometric View

Gif

Part 2

Lesson 3: Drawing

Objectives:

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

The Engineering Drawing

Cube Challenge

The first step is to measure all the parts to figure out your dimensions

The next step is to create all the pieces in soildworks.

The final step is to assemble all the pieces.

Challenge: Make an animal

I decided to make a mouse I first started by making three spheres then I made the eyes, nose and singular tooth. I then used lines to make whiskers.

Pattern Features

Objectives

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

First create the oblong shape to be cut out

Then create a linear pattern

Then create a circular pattern of the linear pattern

Product Version: Trash Can

First make the oblong

Assemble the linear pattern

Circular pattern

Proof that I made this

Gif of the product showing the equation working

Loft Features

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

The first loft of the project

The use of Flex in action

Product version: Wine Glass

Final Product

Loft of the top of the glass

The loft of the wine glass stem

Gif of the final product

Mouse Gestures

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.

Mouse gestures add a unique approach to Soildworks, offering ways to shorten time and make the process more efficient. In my final using mouse gestures, I was able to complete tsks quicker and move from different presets faster then I previously was able to.