Lynda - SOLIDWORKS 2014 Essential Training
SOLIDWORKS is the world leader in 3D software for product development and design. Start creating manufacturing-ready parts and assemblies, as well as detailed drawings and bills of materials. In this course, author Gabriel Corbett shows how to create 2D sketches that will become the basis for your 3D models. You'll use the Extrude and Revolve tools to turn 2D sketches into 3D parts, then create more complex geometry with sweep and lofts. Then learn how to use the cut features to remove material and shape parts, and use mirroring, patterning, and scaling to modify parts. Next, you'll combine parts into movable assemblies and subassemblies. Finally, you'll create accurately annotated drawings, complete with itemized bills of materials that relate the final parts and assemblies to a manufacturer.
Table of Contents
Introduction1. Touring the Interface2. Getting Started with 3D3. Basic Solid Modeling4. More Drawing Tools5. Sketch Editing Tools6. Reference Geometry7. Building 3D Geometry8. Removing Material9. Refining Geometry10. Blocks11. Assembly: Putting It All Together12. Advanced Mates13. Hole Wizard14. In-Context Modeling15. Creating Threads on Parts16. Equations and Design Tables17. Part Drawings18. Dimensioning19. Adding General Annotations20. Assembly DrawingsConclusion