Updated for SolidWorks 2012Length: 4 days
Prerequisites: Mechanical design experience; experience with the Windows™ operating system.
Description: SolidWorks Essentials teaches you how to use the SolidWorks mechanical design automation software to build parametric models of parts and assemblies, and how to make drawings of those parts and assemblies.
The topics covered in this course are: Introduction
Lesson 1: SolidWorks Basics and the User Interface
Lesson 2: Introduction to Sketching
Lesson 3: Basic Part Modeling
Lesson 4: Modeling a Casting or Forging
Lesson 5: Patterning
Lesson 6: Revolved Features
Lesson 7: Shelling and Ribs
Lesson 8: Editing: Repairs
Lesson 9: Editing: Design Changes
Lesson 10: Configurations
Lesson 11: Using Drawings
Lesson 12: Bottom-Up Assembly Modeling
Lesson 13: Using Assemblies
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