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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)

Creating sketch patterns

Sketch patterns allow us to easily copy a sketch entity multiple times in a pattern formation. Such sketch patterns can be created in a linear or circular formation. In this section, we will cover creating patterns in both formations.

Defining patterns

Patterns are repeated formations that can be commonly found in consumer products, architecture, fabrics, and more. In patterns, we often have a base shape, sometimes called a base cell or patterned entity, which is created from scratch. Then, the basic shape is repeated multiple times. This is then repeated multiple times to form a bigger piece. There are two common types of patterns: linear patterns and rotational patterns. Examples of both types of...