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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)

Advanced SOLIDWORKS Assemblies Competencies

Working with assemblies is more than just putting parts together and linking them with mates. In this chapter, we will learn about aspects of assemblies that are beyond that. First, we will learn about the Interference and Collision Detection, through which we can identify when parts are interfering or colliding with each other. Then, we will cover features within the assembly file scope. Finally, we will learn about configurations and design tables within the assemblies context. These will enable us to generate and manage multiple variations of an assembly within one file. Overall, the goal of this chapter is to acquire additional skills to make our assemblies more flexible and able to cater to more specific applications.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Understanding and utilizing the Interference and Collision...