SolidWorks

"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."

Introduction to SOLIDWORKS

Objectives of the Lesson: The Introduction to SOLIDWORKS lesson guides you through the creation of a part and a drawing. You create this part and drawing.

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

Construction of the Part

Creating Base, Boss, and Cut features from sketches & adding fillets to Smooth Edges

Completed Isometric View + GIF

Pressure Plate Drawing

Product Creating a Circular Pattern

Completed Product Pressure Plate Isometric View + Drawing

Lesson 1: Parts

Objectives of the Lesson: Overview. In this lesson, you create your first SOLIDWORKS part.

You can begin with the first section or skip to a later section to bypass tasks you already know how to do.

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

Construction of the Part

Completed Isometric view + GIF

Lesson 2: Assemblies

Objectives of the Lesson: An assembly is a combination of two or more parts, also called components, within one SOLIDWORKS document. You position and orient components using mates that form relations between components. In this lesson, you build a simple assembly based on the part that you created in Lesson 1.

This lesson discusses the following:

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

Construction of the Part

Isometric View + GIF

Lesson 3: Drawing

I messed around with different colors to get a feel of how the color customization looked in different shadings

Fillets

In this lesson, you modify this knob part by:

Adding different fillet types:
- Face
- Constant radius
- Variable radius
Using mirroring to assure symmetry
Applying a library feature

Creating a Face Fillet, Constant Size Fillet, and Asymmetric Fillet

Creating a Variable Size Fillet, Mirroring the Model, and Filleting the Parting line

Inserting a Library Feature

Unfortunately, SolidWorks completely deleted my filleted object multiple times after server crashes, as well as just randomly deleting the saved file after I saved my object and closed SolidWorks. I'm moving on to complete other assignments on time, and will return to re-complete this one after I finish the others, or have extra time to re-complete this one.

Fillets Product

In this lesson, you modify this knob part by:

Adding different fillet types:
- Face
- Constant radius
- Variable radius
Using mirroring to assure symmetry
Applying a library feature

In the image below, I used a constant sized fillet on the larger rectangular prism.

In the images below, I used a variable sized fillet on the smaller rectangular prism. The radii present have measurements of 0.5mm, 1.0mm, 1.5mm, and 2.0mm

In the images below, I mirrored the image on the top plane

In the image below, I created a face fillet after connecting a smaller rectangle to the base of the large rectangular prism

Unfortunately I am unable to acquire a library feature because the 'Design library Folder" is missing, and I am unable to locate it at this time

GIF of Product

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

Completed Revolve Feature, Dimensioning the sweep Path, and Sketching the Sweep Section

Creating an extruded Cut

GIF + Drawing

In the drawing, the feature refused to become shaded with edges, so this is displayed with hidden lines removed.

Revolve Sweep and Base Product

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 GIF

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

Creating an Oblong Cut, Linear Pattern, and circular pattern

Using an Equation in the Pattern

Testing the Equation in the Pattern + GIF + Drawing

Product Oblong Cut, Linear pattern, and Circular Pattern

GIF

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

Creating planes + Sketching, copying, and Pasting Profiles

Creating the Loft & Adding a Flex feature

GIF

Loft Product

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

Product Creating Planes, Sketching, Copying, and Pasting the Profiles

Product GIF

Surfaces

Surfaces Overview

In this lesson, you start with an existing sketch composed of lines, arcs, splines, and sketch points. Then you apply the following surface features to create a nozzle: