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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)

Generating a standard BOM

In this section, we will learn how to generate a standard BOM using the tools provided by SOLIDWORKS drawings. We will start by inserting views of our model into the drawing and then generate a BOM. A standard BOM is our starting point when generating those bills within SOLIDWORKS drawing tools. After generating the standard bill, we will be able to modify it further so that it matches our specifications.

Inserting an assembly into a drawing sheet

A BOM often accompanies assemblies. This is because the BOMs will indicate the parts that exist in the assembly. Hence, we will start by adding a drawing of the assembly to our sheet. Inserting an assembly works the same way as we insert a part. We can...