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Learn SOLIDWORKS 2020

By : Tayseer Almattar
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Learn SOLIDWORKS 2020

By: Tayseer Almattar

Overview of this book

SOLIDWORKS is the leading choice for 3D engineering and product design applications across industries such as aviation, automobiles, and consumer product design. This book takes a practical approach to getting you up and running with SOLIDWORKS 2020. You'll start with the basics, exploring the software interface and working 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 equip you for mechanical design projects. You'll also do practical exercises to get hands-on 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 follow up with the concepts and exercises found in the book. By the end of this book, you'll have gained the skills you need to create professional 3D mechanical models using SOLIDWORKS, and you'll be able to prepare effectively for the Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA) and Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional (CSWP) exams.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Utilizing equations with BOMs

Equations in SOLIDWORKS drawings allow us to create simple calculations within our BOMs. This will allow us to perform operations such as addition, subtraction, and multiplication. In this section, we will learn more about what can we do with drawing equations. We will also use this feature for additional calculations in our BOMs.

What are equations in SOLIDWORKS drawings?

Equations allow us to perform several mathematical equations in our BOMs without leaving the SOLIDWORKS drawing interface. With equations, we can think of our BOMs as simple Excel sheets. With the equations function, we can perform two types of operations: functions and mathematical operations. Here, we will learn what these...