SolidWorks Essentials

Master the essential parts of SolidWorks the fastest way with this course.Learn all of the key skills and techniques that you need to start using SolidWorks day-to-day.

This is a hands-on course. It allows plenty of time to experiment with the techniques that you are being taught.By the time you finish, you’ll be comfortable using a wide range of SolidWorks’ core features.

• A complete beginners’ course that covers all of the basics.
• Plenty of one-to-one attention and time to ask questions.
• Friendly expert trainers, small groups and a comfortable place to learn.
• All the materials and extras that you’ll ever need.
• Ongoing support and help with issues you have after the course.

What Will I Learn?

With plenty of practice to consolidate what you learn, you’ll be up to speed in no time.During this course you’ll learn how to:

• Build parametric models of parts and assemblies.
• Make drawings of those parts and assemblies.

Am I Ready For This Course?

This is a course for complete beginners. You do not need to have used SolidWorks before attending.

The course assumes that you are comfortable working on a computer with multiple windows and saving your files. Provided you’re happy doing that, you’re ready to go.

Course Details

Introduction

• What is SolidWorks?
• Design Intent
• File References
• Feature Manager
• Opening Files
• The SolidWorks User Interface

Introduction To Sketchings

• 2D Sketching
• Stages in the Process
• What to Sketch?
• Sketch Entities
• Rules That Govern Sketches
• Design Intent
• Sketch Relations
• Dimensioning a Sketch
• Adding Parameters

Basic Parts

• Basic Modelling
• Feature including Boss, Cut and Sweep
• Sketching on a Face
• Placing Hole using the Wizard
• Using Fillet and Chamfer
• Changing Features

Bottom-Up Assembly Modelling

• Creating a New Assembly
• Position of the First Component
• Adding Components
• Creating Copies of Instances
• Component Hiding and Transparency
• Sub-assemblies
• Using Mates

Drawing Sheets And Views

• Drawing Sheets
• Creating Views including –
• Base, Projected, Section and Detail
• View Settings
• Drawing Annotation
• Center Marks and Centerlines
• Dimensions
• Moving and Deleting Dimensions
• Dimension Properties
• Parts Listing and Balloon Itemisation