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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)

Summary

In this chapter, we learned about a variety of relatively advanced features for building more complex models. We covered the draft, shell, and rib features. We also learned about using the Hole Wizard to create industry-standard holes and covered how to mirror features to save us time that would otherwise be spent remaking features. At the end of this chapter, we learned about multi-body parts, their advantages, and how to utilize them.

Knowledge of the topics covered in this chapter is what separates professional users of SOLIDWORKS from amateurs. Mastering this chapter's topics helps us to save time and allows us to create complex shapes faster while capturing more specific design intents.

In the next chapter, we will cover equations, configurations, and design tables. These skills will allow us to create models that are more connected and will allow us to have...