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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)

Generating orthographic and isometric views

The drawing views that we will use the most for our drawings are the orthographic and isometric views. These views are the simplest to interpret. In this section, we will create a drawing file and input orthographic and isometric views into it. We will also cover the scales and display styles for our drawing. We will start by selecting our targeted model. Then, we will create and adjust the views so that we can coordinate our ideas.

Selecting a model to plot

SOLIDWORKS' drawing tools are based on parts or assemblies that have already been modeled. A drawing file will be linked to the parts or assemblies it communicates with. Thus, after opening a drawing file, our first step...