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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 features mirroring

Sometimes, we need to create a feature or a set of features and then try to duplicate that on the other side of the model. We can accomplish this by mirroring the features. In this section, we will discuss what mirroring is from a feature perspective. We will also learn how to use this feature to mirror other features.

What is mirroring for features?

Mirroring features works the same way as mirroring entities of a sketch. It enables us to duplicate a feature or a set of features by reflecting them on a plane.

The following screenshot highlights the effect of mirroring features. The figure on the left highlights a model with a set of features while the model on the right highlights...