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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 applying lofted boss and lofted cut

Lofted boss and lofted cut allow us to create a shape by sketching sections of it. In this section, we will discuss the features of the lofted boss and lofted cut. These features are opposites, and so we require more than one sketch if we wish to apply them. We will learn about their definitions, how to apply them, and how to modify them.

What are lofted boss and lofted cut?

With lofted boss and lofted cut, we are able to add or remove materials based on multiple cross-sections. Let's talk about them in more detail:

  • Lofted boss: This adds materials by linking different cross-sections together. This includes the start and end of the shape. If we choose to, we can...