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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)

Interpreting engineering drawings

Being able to interpret engineering drawings is an essential part of creating them. In this section, we will cover essential drawing competencies, including how to interpret different types of lines and different types of drawing views. We will start by understanding lines, then views, and then projections. Interpreting drawings is a skill that grows with time as we are exposed to more drawings. We will learn about some key standards that are followed when generating drawings. Those common standards will help us interpret drawings regardless of their source. First, we will start by interpreting the most essential drawing element: lines.

Interpreting lines

In simple terms, we can look at...