Module 1: SKETCH
- Introduction to Solidworks & its interface.
- Navigation into applications (template selection) and display controls.
- Plane selection for sketch
- Sketch : Line,Rectangle,slot, , circle ,arc, polygon, polygon, spline, ellipse, conic, fillet, chamfer,text, point
- plane, trim entities, extend entities, convert entities and offset entities,mirror entities,
- Linear sketch pattern, circular sketch pattern,move entities.Sketch Constraints: geometric/dimensional, Display /delete relations
- Repair sketch, instant 2D, shaded sketch contours
- Edit sketch plane
- Exercises
Module 2: PART DESIGN/SOLID MODELING
- Introduction to feature based solid modeling
- Interface customization and navigation.
- Parent child relationship between features (dependencies).
- Use Feature Manager Design Tree
- Extruded Boss/Base & Extruded Cut
- Revolved Boss/Base & Revolved cut
- Hole Wizard & thread
- Swept Boss/Base & Swept cut
- Lofted Boss/Base & lofted cut
- Boundary Boss/Base & Boundary cut
- Rib
- Fillet/Chamfer/Draft/Shell/Wrap/intersect
- Feature creation order, reordering the tree structure.
- Mirror/Patterns
- Reference Geometry
- Evaluate: measure
- Exercises
Module 3: ASSEMBLY DESIGN
- Introduction to assembly concepts (top down, bottom up, ) & Solidworks assembly interface.
- Insert component, Standard mates
- Pattern component, mirror component, copy with mates, suppress/ unsupress
- Move component/rotate component , show hidden components
- Exercises
Module 4: DRAFTING
- Introduction to drafting (Interactive, Generative) & Solidworks drafting interface.
- Sheet format /Size
- Sheet setup, sheet background Frame & title block, (template)
- View Layout: Projections orthographic, isometric, sections, details, broken-out section,Break view,Crop view,view related modifications
- Annotation – Smart Dimension, Dimension edition, tolerances and Dimension properties,format painter, Note, cirular pattern,Ballon, Auto Ballon,magnetic line, surfcae finish, weld symbol,Gemetrical Tolerance, Datum Feature,Datum Target,Blocks, Center Mark Area Hatch/Fill, Rivision Cloud, Tables-General table , Hole Table, Bill of Material.
- Drawing – Add Sheets, Rebuild
- Exercises
Value Addition