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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)

Special Sketching Commands

Mastering SOLIDWORKS sketching is not only about sketching shapes such as rectangles and ellipses; it also depends on other supporting functions such as mirroring, patterns and trimming. These special commands will greatly enhance our ability to sketch complex shapes faster. In this chapter, we will introduce sketching commands such as mirroring, offsets, patterns and trimming. We will also cover examples where we will use multiple shapes and commands to create relatively complex sketches. Even though we can continue without using these commands, they will greatly enhance the efficiency of our sketching creation process.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Mirroring and offsetting sketches
  • Creating sketch patterns
  • Trimming in SOLIDWORKS sketching