Tutorial SolidWorks 2014

01. Introduction

1. Introduction To SolidWorks 2014
   
2. What You Will Learn
   
3. User Interface

02. Sketching Basics

1. Sketching Overview
   
2. The Sketching Environment
   
3. Lines
   
4. Rectangles
   
5. Circles And Arcs
   
6. Automatic Relations
   
7. Manually Adding Relations
   
8. Smart Dimensions
   
9. Numeric Sketch Input
   
10. Fully Defined Sketches
    
11. Over Defined Sketches
    
12. Construction Geometry
    
13. Testing Your Sketching Skills

03. Intermediate Sketching

1. Polygons
   
2. Slots
   
3. Fillets
   
4. Chamfers
   
5. Trim and Extend
   
6. Offset Entities
   
7. Convert Entities
   
8. Mirror Entities
   
9. Sketch Patterns
   
10. Sketch Tools
    
11. Copy And Paste Sketch Geometry
    
12. Text
    
13. Sketching On Faces
    
14. Repair Sketch
    
15. Rapid Sketch

04. SolidWorks Features Basics

1. Features Overview
   
2. The Features Environment
   
3. Extruded Boss And Base
   
4. Extruded Cut
   
5. Fillets
   
6. Chamfers
   
7. Revolved Boss And Base
   
8. Revolved Cut
   
9. Shell
   
10. Sweep Boss And Base
    
11. Lofted Boss And Base
    
12. Mirror
    
13. Testing Your Skills - Basic Features - Part 1
    
14. Testing Your Skills - Basic Features - Part 2
    
15. Testing Your Skills - Basic Features - Part 3

05. Intermediate SolidWorks Features

1. Linear Pattern
   
2. Circular Pattern
   
3. Curve Driven Pattern
   
4. Sketch Driven Pattern
   
5. Fill Patterns
   
6. Ribs
   
7. Hole Wizard
   
8. Reference Planes
   
9. Reference Axes
   
10. Reference Coordinate System

06. Modelling A Part

1. Where to Begin
   
2. Selecting A Plane
   
3. Design Intent
   
4. Feature Manager Design Tree
   
5. Parent And Child Relationships
   
6. Editing Parts
   
7. Instant 3D
   
8. Materials
   
9. Measure Tool
   
10. Mass Properties

07. Assembly Basics

1. Assembly Overview
   
2. The Assembly Environment
   
3. Feature Manager Tree
   
4. Inserting Components
   
5. Positioning Parts
   
6. Hide And Show Components
   
7. Mates Overview
   
8. Coincident Mate
   
9. Parallel Mate
   
10. Perpendicular Mate
    
11. Tangent Mate
    
12. Concentric Mate

08. Intermediate Assemblies

1. Distance Mate
   
2. Angle Mate
   
3. Width Mate
   
4. Smart Mates
   
5. Interference Detection
   
6. Collision Detection
   
7. Dynamic Clearance
   
8. Testing Your Skills - Assemblies - Part 1
   
9. Testing Your Skills - Assemblies - Part 2

09. Drawings

1. Drawing Overview
   
2. The Drawing Environment
   
3. Model View
   
4. Standard View
   
5. Projected View
   
6. Auxiliary View
   
7. Section View
   
8. Detail View
   
9. Broken-Out Section
   
10. Break
    
11. Crop View
    
12. Alternate Position View
    
13. View Alignment
    
14. Scale

10. Drawing Annotations

1. Dimension Overview
   
2. Driving Dimensions
   
3. Driven Dimensions
   
4. Dimension Format
   
5. Center Marks
   
6. Center Lines
   
7. Notes
   
8. Bill of Materials
   
9. Balloons
   
10. Drawing Templates

01. Touring the interface

1. Launcha the solidworks for the first time
   
2. Accessing and customizing the ribbon bar
   
3. Touring the shortcut bar and identifying essential keys
   
4. Saving-renaming and managing files
   
5. Working with the new view cube or view selector
   
6. New features

02. Getting Started with 3D

1. Understanding the 3d World
   
2. Creating your first part
   
3. The virual parametric prototyping environment
   
4. The Feature Manger and Feature based modeling
   
5. History based modeling and the rooback bar

03. Basic Solid Modeling

1. Starting a new sketch
   
2. The six steps used in almost all modeling features
   
3. The line and centerline tools
   
4. Using the circular tool
   
5. Adding and removing relationships and dimensions
   
6. System options units and templates
   
7. Understanding relationship types

04. More Drawing Tools

1. Drawing rectangles
   
2. Creating arcs in a sketch
   
3. Drawing splines in a sketch
   
4. Sketching polygons

05. Sketch Editing Tools

1. Trimming and extending portions of a sketch
   
2. Creating offset geometry
   
3. Moving copying rotating and scaling elements
   
4. Erasing undoing and redoing actions
   
5. Using the mirror tools
   
6. Creating repeating patterns in a sketch
   
7. Using construction lines to build robust sketches
   
8. Applying fillets and chamfers to a sketch
   
9. Working with slots
   
10. Adding text to parts
    
11. Using the convert Convert Entities Command

06. Reference Geometry

1. Working with Planes
   
2. Placing and using axes
   
3. Placing an coordinates system

07. Building 3d Geometry

1. Extruding a sketch into a 3D object
   
2. Using Revolve to create 3D parts
   
3. Using Loft to create complex shapes
   
4. Refining a loft shape with guide curves
   
5. Using the sweep to create wire and pipe shapes

08. Removing Material

1. Modifying parts using the Extruded cut tool
   
2. Working with the Revolved Cut tool
   
3. Using the lofted Cut tool
   
4. Cutting holes and grooves with the Swept Cut tool

09. Refining Geometry

1. Using fillets and chamnfers to smooth corners
   
2. Creating repeating rectangular patterns
   
3. Creating a circular pattern
   
4. Mirroring objects
   
5. Using the shell and draft tools
   
6. Scaling parts

10. Blocks

1. Working with resuable sketches and blocks
   
2. Creating blocks
   
3. Designing with blocks

11.Assembly- Putting it All Together

1. Understanding the tools for beginning a new assembly
   
2. The basic steps in creating an assembly
   
3. Mating parts together in an assembly
   
4. Working with subassemblies
   
5. Linear and circular assembly patterns
   
6. Downloading premade parts from the Internet
   
7. Using Toolbox

12. Advance Mates

1. Mating parts with coincident-parallel and distance mates
   
2. Mating parts with width mates
   
3. Mating parts with parth mates
   
4. Mating parts by aligning planes

13. Hole wizard

1. Getting started with the Hole wizard
   
2. Positioning holes in layout sketches

14. In-Context Modeling

1. Linking sketches to other parts
   
2. Linking to layout sketches
   
3. Using the Hole Wizard in context

15. Creating Threads on Parts

1. Understanding threading concepts
   
2. Using a helix and swept Path to create a thread
   
3. Understanding internal threads

16. Equations Design Tables

1. Using equations to drive a sketch
   
2. Working with complex calculations
   
3. Integrating Microsoft Excel to manage design
   
4. Building assemblies using part configurations

17. Part Drawings

1. Working with drawing templates
   
2. Setting up drawing options and sheet properties
   
3. Choosing the correct projection angle
   
4. Adding model view to a drawing

18. Dimensioning

1. Creating general dimension notations
   
2. Creating ordinate and running dimensions
   
3. Dimensioning holes and curved features
   
4. Using the autodimension tools

19. Adding General Annotations

1. Creating holes and callouts
   
2. Adding center marks and centerlines to a drawing
   
3. Adding item notes
   
4. Making drwaing revisions

20. Asswembly Drawings

1. Adding assemblies to drawings
   
2. Including a bill of materials
   
3. Adding ballons to specify parts on an assembly drawing
   
4. Adding a title Block and sheet properties
   
5. Building and Exploded View for an assembly Drawing

21. Excercise Files