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 "

PRESSURE PLATE: PROCESS

Introduction to SOLIDWORKS

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

Lamere - Pressure plate.pdf

Circular sketch then extrude

Smaller circle with same thing

Extruded cut

Filleted the outer edges, and extruded cut a circle

Extruded cut to make a circle in the middle of the extruded 2nd circle

Filleted and used a circular pattern, and then lastly filleted the edges

Pressure Plate: Product

First Circle

Second Circle

Cut

Fillet

Cylinder

Array

Lesson 1

Lesson 1 - Parts and Overview

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

Rectangle

Fillet

Shell

Finish

Lesson 2

Lesson 2 - Assemblies

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

Cut

Part

They Fit

Final

Lesson 3

Lesson 3 - Drawings

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

Dimensions

FINAL

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.

To the left are the four default mouse gesture wheels

Using mouse gestures to create a sketch and rectangle

Sketching a circle and using smart dimension

Using the extrude tool from the wheel

Fillets Process:

Building the Fillet Features Sample Part

Using relations in sketches
Adding draft angles to extruded features

Fillet Features

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

Fillets

Mirror

Dimensions of Shape

Final

Fillets Product:

First

Fillet

Second

Mirror

Lastly

Done

Gif of finished part

Candle stick:

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

Drawing of candle stick

Candle stick outline done

Picture of the candle stick made

The candle stick is done and gets copied around in a circle

The handle is being made

ellipse and lines to make a handle

Handle outline made

Dimensions of handle are done

Hole of the candle stick

Hole opens up the candle stick

Circle being used to cut hole

This circle cuts the candle stick open

Finale picture of Candle stick

Candle stick and the handle done

Transparent picture of candle stick

Candle stick open and done

Gif

Did the project but the file saved wrong and can no longer access the file

Check your knowledge - Make your own

The outline of the base of the door handle

All dimensions for the start

Finished door handle

The end of the first part

Extension to door handle

Dimensions of door handle

Eclipse for handle

Door handle outline

Finished door handle

Preview of the door handle finished product

Door handle done

Handle and part done

Gif of Door handle

Video of the door handle spinning

Pattern features:

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

Building the base of the object

Dimensions shown

Extrude the top

This extends the top of the object

Cut out hole

There is now a hole in the top and bottom

Hole used for entire array

Two lines used with tangent arc

Hidden object to show everything

Dimensions of object

Array used to copy more

Need to reverse the hole

Hole reversed and copied in a circle

Copied 3 times

Object finished

Added brick color

Gif of object

object done

Check for understanding:

Outline of sketch

Dimensions shown

Shape out

Original shape

Cut the inside out

Shape now hollow

Linear Pattern

Pattern cutout

Circular pattern

Shape done with

Colored and Name

Name in shape

Gif

Object moving around

Loft Hammer hand:

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

Planes for sketch

4 planes

First Loft

Connect all planes

Second Loft

Connect first loft to rectangle

Making the flex

Hammer now can move to what ever angle you want

Gif

Video of hammer head

Check for understanding:

Four planes

Circles used to make object

Connect all Planes

Shape outline done

Making the end part

Connect parts

Bending the back

Move to where every

Gif

Video of it moving

Surfaces - Nozzle

Surfaces Overview

Surfaces are a type of geometry with zero thickness. To create surfaces, you use many of the same methods used to create solids, such as extrudes, revolves, and sweeps. Surfaces also use other functions or features such as trim, untrim, extend, and knit.

Surfaces have advantages over solids. They are more flexible than solids because you do not have to define the boundaries between the surfaces until the final steps of the design. This flexibility helps product designers work with smooth, extended curves such as those used in automobile fenders or telephone housings.

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:

Lofts Sweeps Knits Fills Planar Revolve Move/Copy Trim Extend Untrim Thicken

Loft 1

Making bottom

Loft 2

Making handle

Loft 3

Making Nozzle

Selected 2 lines and then if needed for the object select guide curve

Making split line

Selected shape and made split

Making split line with different plane

Object now has split

Connecting the shapes

Pick two points and connect

Points to make shape

Lines picked to make curve

Lines picked to make object

Selected to fill object

Selected outlines of object

This fills in the object

Making other side the same way

Lines picked on outline

Cutting out the base

Extrude the bottom

Object now taking shape

Nozzle almost done

The bottom being extruded

Shape is hallow

The bottom now is being cut out

Using them to cut

Cutting other side now

Shapes bottom is now cut

Shape now has bottom cut

Then hide them

Hiding the cut

Cuts are being hid

Gave shape more stability

Shape done

Object Done and Colored in

The Nozzle is done and finished

Gif

The object has my initials and it is moving

3D Sketching - Rack

3D Sketching

Using SOLIDWORKS, you can create 3D sketches. You use a 3D sketch as a sweep path, as a guide curve for a sweep or loft, as a centerline for a loft, or as one of the key entities in a routing system. A useful application of 3D sketching is designing routing systems.

This lesson introduces you to 3D sketching and describes the following concepts: