Solid Works

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.

Lesson 1: Parts

Objectives:

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 2: Assemblies

Objectives:

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

Lesson 3: Drawings

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

Seven-Piece Puzzle

Finished product

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Fillets (Process)

Objectives

Using relations in sketches
Adding draft angles to extruded features

Fillets (Product)

Objectives

Using relations in sketches
Adding draft angles to extruded features

GIF of Final Product

Revolve and Sweeps Features (Process)

Objectives

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

GIF of Final Product

Revolve and Sweeps Features (Product)

Objectives

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

GIF of Final Product

Pattern Features (Process)

Objectives

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

GIF of Final Product

Pattern Features (Product)

Objectives

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

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

GIF of Final Product

Lofts (Product)

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

Mouse Gestures

Objectives

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

I feel that using mouse gestures made it a lot easier to make sketches, however it was only really helpful for making sketches. I would rather look for the things I need than use mouse gestures.

GIF of Final Product

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