Solidworks Essentials

Training from Beacon gives you a hands-on experience to optimise the use of tools to create better design. The training is conducted by certified solidworks professionals to improve your productivity and knowledge of solidworks products.

Day 1 

Introduction

• About This Course
• Windows
• Use of Color

Lesson 1: Solidworks Basics And The User Interface

• What is the SOLIDWORKS Software?
• Design Intent
• File References
• Opening Files
• The SOLIDWORKS User Interface
• Using the Command Manager

Lesson 2: Introduction to Sketching

• 2D Sketching
• Stages in the Process
• Saving Files
• What are We Going to Sketch?
• Sketching
• Sketch Entities
• Basic Sketching
• Rules That Govern Sketches
• Design Intent
• Sketch Relations
• Dimensions
• Extrude
• Sketching Guidelines

Lesson 3: Basic Part Modeling

• Basic Modeling
• Terminology
• Choosing the Best Profile
• Choosing the Sketch Plane
• Details of the Part
• Boss Feature
• Sketching on a Planar Face
• Cut Feature
• View Selector
• Using the Hole Wizard
• Filleting
• Editing Tools
• Detailing Basics
• Drawing Views
• Center Marks
• Dimensioning
• Changing Parameters

Lesson 4: Symmetry & Draft

• Case Study: Ratchet
• Design Intent
• Boss Feature with Draft
• Symmetry in the Sketch
• Sketching Inside the Model
• View Options
• Using Model Edges in a Sketch
• Creating Trimmed Sketch Geometry
• Copy Paste features

Day 2

Lesson 5: Patterning

• Why Use Patterns?
• Reference Geometry
• Linear Pattern
• Circular Patterns
• Mirror Patterns
• Using Pattern Seed Only
• Sketch Driven Patterns
• Other Pattern types

Lesson 6: Revolved Features

• Case Study: Handwheel
• Design Intent
• Revolved Features
• Building the Rim
• Building the Spoke
• Edit Material
• Mass Properties
• File Properties
• SolidWorks SimulationXpress
• Using SolidWorks SimulationXpress

Lesson 7: Shelling & Ribs

• Shelling and Ribs
• Analysing and Adding Draft
• Other Options for Draft
• Shelling
• Planes
• Ribs
• Full Round Fillets
• Thin Features

Lesson 8: Editing: Repair

• Part Editing
• Editing Topics
• Sketch Issues
• Freezing Features
• FilletXpert
• DraftXpert

Lesson 9: Editing: Design Changes

• Part Editing
• Design Changes
• Information from a Model
• Rebuilding Tools
• Sketch

Day 3

Lesson 10: Configurations

• Creating Configurations
• Equations
• Modeling Strategies for Configurations
• Using Configure Dimension/Feature
• Design Library

Lesson 11: Global Variables and Equations

• Introduction to Sweep
• Using Global Variables and Equations
• Renaming Features and Dimensions
• Design Rules Using Global Variables and Equations
• Using Operators and Functions

Lesson 12: Using Drawings

• More About Making Drawings
• Section View
• Model Views
• Broken View
• Detail Views
• Drawing Sheets and Sheet Formats
• Projected Views
• Annotations

Day 4

Lesson 13: Bottom-Up Assembly Modeling

• Case Study: Universal Joint
• Creating a New Assembly
• Position of the First Component
• Feature Manager Design Tree and Symbols
• Adding Components
• Using Part Configurations in Assemblies
• Subassemblies
• Smart Mates Inserting
• Pack and Go

Lesson 14: Using Assemblies

• Using Assemblies
• Analyzing the Assembly
• Checking for Clearances
• Changing the Values of Dimensions
• Exploded Assemblies
• Explode Line Sketch
• Bill of Materials
• Assembly Drawings