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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 – defining a new coordinate system

By default, SOLIDWORKS provides us with one coordinate system. This system is centered on the origin. The origin is also the starting point of the three axes: X, Y, and Z. In certain cases, we require another base of a coordinate system. In this section, we will explore why we need new coordinate systems and how to define them. This will help us calculate different properties, such as the center of mass from a different perspective, which is a key skill that's required for collaborative work and a SOLIDWORKS professional.

What is a reference coordinate system and why are new ones needed?

In SOLIDWORKS, we can understand reference geometries as ones we can...