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Learn SOLIDWORKS 2020

By : Tayseer Almattar
Book Image

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)

Reference geometries – additional planes

By default, SOLIDWORKS provides us with three planes that we can start sketching on. In addition, we can use any other straight surface as a plane. However, sometimes, we need planes that are different. In this case, we need to introduce our own planes. In this section, we will discuss how we can create additional planes in our 3D space. We will also introduce reference geometries.

Understanding planes, reference geometries, and why we need them

Reference geometries are like the origin points we need for the different planes that we use for sketching. They are used as a base for sketches, features, and coordinate locations. In SOLIDWORKS, reference geometries include planes,...