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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 using the path mate and linear/linear coupler mates

In this section, we will explore the path mate and linear/linear coupler advanced mates. Both mates will help us to introduce dynamic movements into our assemblies. We will learn what these mates are, what they do, and how to apply them.

Defining the path mate

The advanced mate's path mate allows us to restrict the movement of a specific part to follow a designated path. For example, in the following screenshot, we can have tiles follow a path such as the one shown in the diagram:

To apply the path mate relationship, we are required to have a path to follow and a point/vertex to follow that path. Next, we will apply the path mate command to an assembly...