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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)

Understanding BOMs

A BOM is an essential part of any engineering drawing representing an assembly. This is because it shows relevant information about the different parts that are present in our final product. Before we make BOMs, we need to understand what they are and their purpose. In this section, we will learn about BOMs and introduce the BOMs we will create in this chapter. Let's start.

Understanding a BOM

BOMs are often part of engineering drawings, specifically with drawing sheets of assemblies. They show more specific information about the product we are working on. For example, a typical list of materials might contain the following information:

  • Names of the parts in the assembly
  • Part numbers
  • Quantity of...