SolidWorks Part Modeling

SolidWorks Part Modeling teaches you how to build freeform shapes using SolidWorks mechanical design automation software.

Outline

Topics that are covered in the course are:

Lesson 1: Multibody Solids

• Multibody Solids
• Bridging
• Local Operations
• Combined Bodies
• Common Bodies
• Tool Body Symmetry
• 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

Lesson 2: Weldments

• Weldments
• Structural Members
• Trimming Structural Members
• Adding Plates
• Weld Beads
• Using Symmetry
• Gussets and End Caps
• Profile Sketches
• Working with Weldments
• Managing the Cut List
• Custom Properties
• Weldment Drawings

Lesson 3: Sweeps

• Introduction
• Case Study: Bottle
• Sweeping and Lofting: What s the Difference?
• Sweeping Creating a Curve Through a Set of Points
• The Label Shape
• Working with a Non-planar Path
• Variable Radius Filleting Analyzing
• Geometry Filleting the Label Outline
• Selecting Edges
• Performance Considerations
• Modeling Threads
• Sweeping Along Model Edges 3D Sketches

Lesson 4: Lofts

• Basic Lofting
• Using Derived and Copied Sketches
• Copying a Sketch
• Derived Sketches
• Advanced Lofting Other Techniques

Lesson 5: Surfaces

• Working with Surfaces
• Advanced Filleting
• Deleting Faces
• Dome Feature
• Offset Surfaces
• Extend Surface
• Hiding Bodies
• Intersection Curves and Splines
• Filling in Gaps
• Repairing Imported Surfaces

Lesson 6: Core and Cavity

• Mold Tooling Design
• Analyzing Draft on a Model
• Draft Analysis Colors
• Creating New Drafted Faces
• Scale to Allow for Shrinkage
• Determine the Parting Lines
• Shutting Off Holes or Windows
• Automation
• Modeling the Parting Surfaces
• Interlocking the Mold Tooling
• Creating the Mold Tooling
• Other Options for Tooling Design

Prerequisites

Students attending this course are expected to have the following

• Has attended SolidWorks Essentials or has an equivalent level of knowledge
• Has at least 1 month of experience using the software
• Reviewed the following SolidWorks on-line tutorials:
  • 3D Sketching
  • Fillets
  • Lofts
  • Revolves and Sweeps