SolidWorks Refresher
SolidWorks Instructor Led Training
The SolidWorks Refresher course will teach you how to use SolidWorks more productively to create your designs. You will find this course very helpful as a refresher to the SolidWorks Essentials training and you will also learn new skills such as assembly editing and top down design.
Course details and prerequisites:
Duration: 2 Days
Type: Instructor Led
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites:
- Attended the SolidWorks Essentials or equivalent level of knowledge
- At least one month of experience using the software
After the training you will be able to:
- Use SolidWorks more effectively
- Automate your designs with Design Tables and Equations
- Build assemblies using a top-down design approach
- Use multibodies to create your part designs
Course Outline
Lesson 1: User Interface
- Menus
- Taskpane
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Arranging the Toolbars
- Quick Tips
- FeatureManager Design Tree
- PropertyManager Menus
- Mouse Buttons
- System Feedback
- Command Manager
Lesson 2: Patterning
- Why Use Patterns?
- Linear Pattern
- Circular Patterns
- Mirror Patterns
- Using Pattern Seed only
- Curve Driven Patterns
- Table & Sketch Driven Patterns
- Using Vary Sketch
- Pattern of a Pattern
- Patterning Faces
Lesson 3: Design Tables & Equations
- Design Tables
- Link Values
- Equations
- Properties
- Making Changes
- Derived Configurations
- Existing Design Tables
- Modeling Strategies for Configurations
- More About Making Drawings
Lesson 4: Using Assemblies
- Using Assemblies
- Analyzing Assemblies
- Changing the Values of Dimensions
- Using Physical Dynamics
- Physical Simulation
- Exploded Assemblies
- Explode Line Sketch
- Assembly Drawings
Lesson 5: Top Down
- Top-Down Assembly Modeling
- Stages in the Process
- In-context Features
- Propagating Changes
- Building In-context Parts
- Building Parts in an Assembly
- Assembly Features
- Smart Fasteners
- Breaking External References
Lesson 6: Assembly Editing
- Assembly Editing
- Key Topics
- Editing Activities
- Converting Parts and Assemblies
- Replacing and Modifying Components
- Troubleshooting an Assembly
- Replacing Components Using Save As
- Controlling Dimensions in an Assembly
- Mirroring Components
Lesson 7: Multibody Solids
- Multibody Solids
- Bridging
- Extrude From
- Local Operations
- Combined Bodies
- Common Bodies
- Tool Body
- Symmetry
- Indent Feature
- Using Cut to Create Multibodies
- Saving Solid Bodies as Parts and Assemblies
- Feature Scope
- Splitting a Part into Multibodies
- Creating an Assembly
- Using Split Part with Legacy Data
Question and Answers session
