SOLIDWORKS Advanced

Solidworks Advanced covers the advanced capabilities of Solidworks including: advanced assembly, advanced part modeling and sheet metal & weldments.

The Topics Covered In This Course Are

• Multibody Solids

• Bridging

• Introducing: Solid Bodies Folder

• Extrude From

• Local Operations

• Combined Bodies

• Introducing: Combine

• Common Bodies

• Tool Body

• Introducing: Insert Part

• Introducing: Move/Copy Bodies

• Introducing: Mate Reference

• Patterning

• Indent Feature

• Using Cut to Create Multibodies

• Saving Solid Bodies as Parts and Assemblies

• Introducing: Insert into New Part

• Feature Scope

• Introducing: Save Bodies

• Splitting a Part into Multibodies

• Introducing: Split

• Creating an Assembly

• Introducing: Create Assembly

• Using Split Part with Legacy Data

Sweeps

• Introduction

• Sweeping

• Case Study: Modeling a Spring

• Sweeping Along a 3D Path

• 3D Sketching

• Introducing: Helix and Spiral

• Introducing: Projected Curve

• Introducing: Composite Curve

• Introducing: Sweep

• Introducing: Fit Spline

• Case Study: Bottle

• Sweeping and Lofting: What's the Difference?

• Creating a Curve Through a Set of Points

• Introducing: Insert Ellipse

• Sweep Options

• Sweep with Guide Curves

• The Label Shape

• Working with a Non-planar Path

• Variable Radius Filleting

• Introducing: Split Lines

• Analyzing Geometry

• Introducing: Display Curvature

• Introducing: Show Curvature Combs

• Introducing: Intersection Curve

• Introducing: Zebra Stripes

• Filleting the Label Outline

• Selecting Edges

• Introducing: Select Loop

• Performance Considerations

• Modeling Threads

• Orientation and Twist Control

• Align with End Faces

• Sweeping Along Model Edges

• Introducing: SelectionManager

• Sweeping a Tool Body

Lofts and Splines

• Basic Lofting

• Introducing: Loft

• Using Derived and Copied Sketches

• Copying a Sketch

• Derived Sketches

• Introducing: Insert Derived Sketch

• Centerline Lofting

• Introducing: Split Entities

• Cleaning Up a Model

• Introducing: Delete Face

• Introducing: Deviation Analysis

• Spline Sketching

• Introducing: Spline

• Advanced Lofting

• Introducing: Sketch Picture

• Layout Sketches

• Boundary Feature

Other Advanced Tools

• Advanced Fillets

• Wrap Feature

• Introducing: Wrap

• Introducing: Equation Driven Curves

• Deform Feature

• Introducing: Knit Surface

• Move Face and Delete Face

• Introducing: Move Face

• Using 3D Sketch with the Hole Wizard