Learn SOLIDWORKS 2022: Get up to speed with key concepts and tools to become an accomplished SOLIDWORKS Associate and Professional, 2nd Edition
- Length: 676 pages
- Edition: 2
- Language: English
- Publisher: Packt Publishing
- Publication Date: 2022-01-31
- ISBN-10: 1801073090
- ISBN-13: 9781801073097
- Sales Rank: #1351094 (See Top 100 Books)
Get to grips with leading 3D engineering and product design application to design robust 3D models and achieve CSWA and CSWP certification
Key Features
- Gain comprehensive insights into the core aspects of 3D modeling’s mechanical parts
- Learn how to generate assembly designs with both standard and advanced mates
- Discover design practices for both 2D as well as 3D modeling and prepare to achieve CSWP and CSWA certification
Book Description
SOLIDWORKS is the leading choice for 3D engineering and product design applications across industries such as aviation, automobile, and consumer product design. This book helps you to get up and running with SOLIDWORKS and understand each new concept and tool with the help of easy-to-follow exercises.
You’ll begin with the basics, exploring the software interface and finding out how to work with drawing files. The book then guides you through topics such as sketching, building complex 3D models, generating dynamic and static assemblies, and generating 2D engineering drawings to prepare you to take on any design project. You’ll also work with practical exercises to get hands-on experience with creating sketches, 3D part models, assemblies, and drawings. To reinforce your understanding of SOLIDWORKS, the book is supplemented by downloadable files that will help you to understand the concepts and exercises more easily. Finally, you’ll also work on projects for 3D modeling objects inspired by everyday life.
By the end of this SOLIDWORKS book, you’ll have gained the skills you need to create professional 3D mechanical models using SOLIDWORKS and be able to prepare effectively for the Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA) and Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional (CSWP) exams.
What you will learn
- Understand the fundamentals of SOLIDWORKS and parametric modeling
- Create professional 2D sketches as bases for 3D models using simple and advanced modeling techniques
- Use SOLIDWORKS drawing tools to generate standard engineering drawings
- Evaluate mass properties and materials for designing parts and assemblies
- Join different parts together to form static and dynamic assemblies
- Discover expert tips and tricks to generate different part and assembly configurations for your mechanical designs
Who this book is for
This book is for aspiring engineers, designers, makers, draftsmen, and hobbyists looking to get started with SOLIDWORKS and explore the software. Individuals who are interested in becoming Certified SOLIDWORKS Associates (CSWAs) or Certified SOLIDWORKS Professionals (CSWPs) will also find this book useful. No specific background is needed to follow the concepts in the book as it starts from the basics of SOLIDWORKS. However, basic theoretical knowledge of 3D modeling will be helpful to get the most out of this book.
Learn SOLIDWORKS 2022 Second Edition
Contributors
About the author
About the reviewers
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
Download the example code files
Code in Action
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Conventions used
Get in touch
Share Your Thoughts
Section 1 – Getting Started
Chapter 1: Introduction to SOLIDWORKS
Introducing SOLIDWORKS
SOLIDWORKS applications
Core mechanical design
Sample SOLIDWORKS 3D Models
Understanding parametric modelling
Exploring SOLIDWORKS certifications
Associate certifications
Professional certifications
Professional advanced certifications
Expert certifications
Summary
Questions
Further Reading
Chapter 2: Interface and Navigation
Technical requirements
Starting a new part, assembly, or drawing file
What are parts, assemblies, and drawings?
Opening a part, assembly, or drawing file
Main components of the SOLIDWORKS interface
The Command Bar
The Feature Manager Design Tree
The Canvas/Graphics Area
The Task Pane
The document's measurement system
Different measurement systems
Adjusting the document's measurement system
Summary
Questions
Section 2 – 2D Sketching
Chapter 3: SOLIDWORKS 2D Sketching Basics
Technical requirements
Introducing SOLIDWORKS sketching
The position of SOLIDWORKS sketches
Simple sketches versus complex sketches
Sketch planes
Getting started with SOLIDWORKS sketching
Getting into the sketching mode
Defining sketches
Geometrical relations
Sketching lines, rectangles, circles, arcs, and ellipses
The origin
Sketching lines
Sketching rectangles and squares
Sketching circles and arcs
Sketching ellipses and using construction lines
Fillets and chamfers
Under defined, fully defined, and over defined sketches
Under defined sketches
Fully defined sketches
Over defined sketches
Summary
Questions
Chapter 4: Special Sketching Commands
Technical requirements
Mirroring and offsetting sketches
Mirroring a sketch
Offsetting a sketch
Creating sketch patterns
Defining patterns
Linear sketch patterns
Circular sketch patterns
Trimming in SOLIDWORKS sketching
Understanding trimming
Using power trimming
Summary
Questions
Section 3 – Basic Mechanical Core Features – Associate Level
Chapter 5: Basic Primary One-Sketch Features
Technical requirements
Understanding features in SOLIDWORKS
Understanding SOLIDWORKS features and their role in 3D modeling
Simple models versus complex models
Sketching planes for features
Understanding and applying extruded boss and cut
What are extruded boss and extruded cut?
Applying extruded boss
Applying extruded cut and building on existing features
Modifying and deleting extruded boss and extruded cut
Understanding and applying fillets and chamfers
Understanding fillets and chamfers
Applying fillets
Applying chamfers
Modifying fillets and chamfers
Applying partial fillets and chamfers
Understanding and applying revolved boss and revolved cut
What are revolved boss and revolved cut?
Applying revolved boss
Applying revolved cut
Modifying revolved boss and revolved cut
Summary
Questions
Chapter 6: Basic Secondary Multi-Sketch Features
Technical requirements
Reference geometries – additional planes
Understanding planes, reference geometries, and why we need them
Defining planes in geometry
Defining a new plane in SOLIDWORKS
Understanding and applying swept boss and swept cut
What are swept boss and swept cut?
Applying swept boss
Applying swept cut
Modifying swept boss and swept cut
Understanding and applying lofted boss and lofted cut
What are lofted boss and lofted cut?
Applying lofted boss
Applying lofted cut
Modifying lofted boss and cut
Guide curves
Summary
Questions
Section 4 – Basic Evaluations and Assemblies – Associate Level
Chapter 7: Materials and Mass Properties
Technical requirements
Reference geometries – defining a new coordinate system
What is a reference coordinate system and why are new ones needed?
How to create a new coordinate system
Assigning materials and evaluating and overriding mass properties
Assigning materials to parts
Viewing the mass properties of parts
Overriding mass properties
Summary
Questions
Chapter 8: Standard Assembly Mates
Technical requirements
Opening assemblies and adding parts
Defining SOLIDWORKS assemblies
Starting a SOLIDWORKS assembly file and adding parts to it
Understanding mates
Understanding and applying non-value-oriented standard mates
Defining the non-value-oriented standard mates
Applying the coincident and perpendicular mates
Applying the parallel, tangent, concentric, and lock mates
Under defining, fully defining, and over defining an assembly
Viewing and adjusting active mates
Understanding and applying value-driven standard mates
Defining value-driven standard mates
Applying the distance and angle mates
Utilizing materials and mass properties for assemblies
Setting a new coordinate system for an assembly
Material edits in assemblies
Evaluating mass properties for assemblies
Summary
Questions
Section 5 – 2D Engineering Drawings Foundation
Chapter 9: Introduction to Engineering Drawings
Understanding engineering drawings
Interpreting engineering drawings
Interpreting lines
Interpreting views
Axonometric projections
Summary
Questions
Further Reading
Project 1: 3D-Modeling a Pair of Glasses
Technical requirements
Understanding the project
3D-modeling the individual parts
Creating the individual parts
Creating a mirrored part
Creating the assembly
Summary
Chapter 10: Basic SOLIDWORKS Drawing Layout and Annotations
Technical requirements
Opening a SOLIDWORKS drawing file
Exploring and Generating orthographic and isometric views
Selecting a model to plot
Generating orthographic and isometric views
Adjusting the drawing scale and the display
Communicating dimensions and design
Using the Smart Dimension tool
Centerlines, center marks, notes, and hole callout annotations
Utilizing the drawing sheet's information block
Editing the information block
Adding new information to the information block
Exporting the drawing as a PDF or image
Exporting a drawing as a PDF file
Exporting the drawing as an image
Summary
Questions
Chapter 11: Bill of Materials
Technical requirements
Understanding BOMs
Understanding a BOM
Generating a standard BOM
Inserting an assembly into a drawing sheet
Creating a standard BOM
Adjusting information in the BOMs
Adjusting listed information in the BOM
Sorting information in our BOMs
Adding new columns
Utilizing equations with BOMs
What are equations in SOLIDWORKS drawings?
Inputting equations in a table
Utilizing parts callouts
Manual Balloon command
Summary
Questions
Section 6 – Advanced Mechanical Core Features – Professional Level
Chapter 12: Advanced SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Core Features
Technical requirements
Understanding and applying the draft feature
What are drafts?
Applying drafts
Understanding and applying the shell feature
What is a shell?
Applying a shell
Understanding and utilizing the Hole Wizard
What is the Hole Wizard and why use it?
Utilizing the Hole Wizard
Understanding and applying features mirroring
What is mirroring for features?
Utilizing the Mirror command to mirror features
Understanding and applying the rib feature
Understanding ribs
Applying the Rib command
Understanding and utilizing multi-body parts
Defining multi-body parts and their advantages
Generating and dealing with a multi-body part
Separating different bodies into different parts
Understanding and applying linear, circular, and fill feature patterns
Understanding feature patterns
Applying a linear pattern
Applying a circular pattern
Applying a fill pattern
Summary
Questions
Chapter 13: Equations, Configurations, and Design Tables
Technical requirements
Understanding and applying equations in parts
Understanding equations
Applying equations in parts
Modifying dimensions with equations
Understanding and utilizing configurations
What are configurations?
Applying configurations
Understanding and utilizing design tables
What are design tables?
Setting up a design table
Editing a design table
Summary
Questions
Section 7 – Advanced Assemblies – Professional Level
Chapter 14: SOLIDWORKS Assemblies and Advanced Mates
Technical requirements
Understanding and using the profile center mate
Defining the profile center advanced mate
Applying the profile center mate
Understanding and using the width and symmetric mates
Defining the width advanced mate
Applying the width advanced mate
Defining the symmetric advanced mate
Applying the symmetric advanced mate
Understanding and using the distance range and angle range mates
Defining the distance range and angle range
Applying the distance range mate
Applying the angle range mate
Understanding and using the path mate and linear/linear coupler mates
Defining the path mate
Applying the path mate
Defining the linear/linear coupler
Applying the linear/linear coupler
Summary
Questions
Chapter 15: Advanced SOLIDWORKS Assemblies Competencies
Technical requirements
Understanding and utilizing the Interference Detection and Collision Detection tools
Interference Detection
Collision detection
Understanding and applying assembly features
Understanding assembly features
Applying assembly features
Understanding and utilizing configurations and design tables for assemblies
Using manual configurations
Design tables
Summary
Questions
Project 2: 3D-Modeling an RC Helicopter Model
Technical requirements
Understanding the project
3D-modeling the individual parts
Exploring the individual parts
Creating the assembly
Summary
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