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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)

Understanding and applying the shell feature

In this part, we will cover the shell feature. As its name suggests, the shell feature enables us to create a shell out of an existing shape without much effort. In our everyday lives, we interact with shells in multiple products such as cans, laptops, and phone exteriors. In this section, we will explore what the shell feature is and how to apply it.

What is a shell?

The shell feature enables us to make a shell of an existing model. It makes it easy to create objects such as cans and containers in a simple way. The following screenshot shows a box with the effect of the Shell command:

Now that we know what the shell feature does, we can apply it to create a specific model, which...