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High-level Classes Outline
Starting Point: I do not know anything about SOLIDWORKS
Class 1: Interface and Navigation
Class 2: SOLIDWORKS Sketching
Class 3: Basic Features 1
Class 4: Basic Features 2
Class 5: Materials and Mass Properties
Class 6: Basic Assemblies
Class 7: Drawings Basics
Mid-Point: I have all the skills expected from a Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA)
Class 8: Advanced Features 1
Class 9: Advanced Features 2
Class 10: Design Tables and Configurations
Class 11: Assemblies Advanced Mates
Class 12: Assemblies Deep-Dive
Final-Point: I have all the skills expected from a Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional (CSWP)
Class 1: Interface and Navigation
- How to start a new part.
- What is represented in the command bar, canvas and design tree.
- How to select different measurement systems for your files.
- How to utilize the mouse through right clicks, zooming and rotating the model through the scroll wheel.
Class 2: SOLIDWORKS Sketching
- How to select a plane to sketch on.
- How to link your sketches to the origin.
- How to sketch basic shapes like lines, rectangles, circles, arcs, and ellipses.
- How to use dimensions to define your sketches.
- How to use relations to define your sketches.
- What are under-defined, fully-defined, and over-defined sketches.
- How does SOLIDWORKS apply relations automatically.
- How to know and delete active relations.
- What are construction and centre lines and how to utilize them.
- How to use the commands: mirror, offset, patterns, and trim.
Class 3: Basic Features 1
- What are features.
- What are the features Extrude Boss, Cut Extrude, Fillets and Chamfers.
- How to apply the features Extrude Boss, Cut Extrude, Fillets and Chamfers.
- How to edit existing features and sketches.
- How to delete existing features.
- What do you mean by Design Priorities?! and how could that affect our modelling.
Class 4: Basic Features 2
- What are the features Revolved boss and Revolved cut and how to apply them.
- What are the features Swept boss and Swept cut and how to apply them.
- What are the features lofted boss and lofted cut and how to apply them.
- What specifies a new reference plane.
- How to create new reference planes.
- How many planes are needed to apply sweep and loft features.
Class 5: Materials and Mass Properties
- How to apply materials to parts in SOLIDWORKS.
- How to find/view the properties of the materials in different units of measurement.
- How to find the mass properties for your parts.
- How to change the unit of measurement when viewing the mass properties.
Class 6: Basic Assemblies
- How to open an assembly file from nothing or from a part.
- What are the three types of mates in a SOLIDWORKS assembly: Standard, Advanced, Mechanical.
- Which part is fixed by default in an assembly.
- What are and how to use the standard mates: Coincident, Parallel, and Perpendicular.
- What are and how to use the standard mates: Tangent and Concentric.
- How to identify existing mates.
- How to delete and/or modify existing mates.
- What are and how to use the standard mates: Distance and Angle.
- What is and how to use the standard mate: LOCK.
Class 7: Drawings Basics
- How to open a drawings file from nothing or from a part.
- How to adjust the measurement units' system in your drawing file.
- How to create standard Orthographic and Isometric views from a part.
- How to delete and add additional drawing views.
- How to adjust the drawing scale for your drawing views.
- How to communicate design information in your drawings using Smart Dimension, Hole Callout, and Centrelines.
- How to adjust the display style for a Drawing View.
- How to modify the information table at the bottom of a drawing file.
- How to export a drawing file into a PDF or an image.
- How to interpret: Auxiliary View, Section View, Detail View, Broken-out Section View and Crop View.
Class 8: Advanced Features 1
- What is the feature Draft and how to apply it.
- What is the feature Shell and how to apply it.
- What is the Hole Wizard and what is/are the wizard's advantages
- How to set the hole specifications in the Hole Wizard.
- How to link more than one dimension to each other.
Class 9: Advanced Features 2
- What are equations, how to set them, and what are their advantages.
- What is feature mirroring and how to apply it.
- What are features end conditions and how to use them.
- What are multi-body parts, how to make them and what are their advantages.
- What is the difference between a multi-body part and an assembly.
- What is a feature scope, when can we use it and how.
- What is the feature rib and how to apply it.
Class 10: Design Tables and Configurations
- What are design tables and how to set them up.
- What are the advantages of using design tables.
- How to modify a design table.
- How to add variables to design tables.
- How to include suppressed and un-suppressed features in a design table.
- How to add configurations to an existing model.
Class 11: Assemblies Advanced Mates
- What is the advanced mate Profile Centre and how to apply it.
- What are the advanced mates Symmetric and width and how to apply them.
- How to set up a distance or an angular movement range.
- How to set movements to follow a certain path using Path mate.
- What is Linear/Linear Coupler mate and how to apply it.
Class 12: Assemblies Deep Dive
- How to link dimensions in different parts to each other using in-context features.
- What are Assembly Features and how to apply them.
- What is the design intent/message we give when using Assembly Features.
- How to detect and simulate collisions in an assembly.
- How to find out if two parts interfere with each other and by how much.
- How to replace a part in an assembly.