SolidWorks

SolidWorks is a 3D parametric design software that is used to design all sorts of products such as automobiles, marine equipment, airplane parts, cell phones, cameras, furniture, electrical assemblies, glasses, lighting fixtures, toys, vacuum cleaners, or any other like product you can think of. SolidWorks is typically used to design assemblies that work mechanically that are typically less than 200 parts.

Introduction to Solidworks

Original Pressure Plate Design

Base Extrusion

Inner Extrusion

Central Cut

Adding Fillets to Smooth Edges

Circular Pattern

Centerlines and Sketching

Edited Pressure Plate Design

Lesson 1 - Parts

Editting Features

New Part Document "Tutor1"

Base Feature

Boss Feature

Cut Feature

Fillet Feature(s)

Shell Feature

Lesson 2 - Assembly

Adding parts to an assembly

Moving and rotating parts in an assembly

Creating display states in an assembly

Lesson 3 - Drawings

Fillets

Two edges have been made collinear with a relation

Draft Angles of 10 degrees create a sloped effect

Creating a face fillet

Constant Radius Fillet

Creating a variable radius fillet

Mirroring to assure symmetry

Adding a library feature

Edited Filleted Design

Revolve and Sweeps

Creating revolve feature

Adding an extruded cut with a draft feature

Creating sweep feature

Revolve and Sweeps Product

Creating a revolve feature

Adding a sweep feature

Adding a cut feature with draft angle

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