SOLIDWORKS 2024 Essential Training

Course details

SOLIDWORKS is the premier product-design software—enabling you to deliver innovative solutions to market faster. In this course, Gabriel Corbett teaches you how to build ready-to-manufacture parts and assemblies as well as detailed drawings and itemized bills of materials in SOLIDWORKS 2024. Learn how to create 2D sketches and then extrude, revolve, loft, and sweep these features into 3D objects. Find out how to make cuts and create standard holes, and explore more advanced modeling techniques using blocks, mirroring, and the SOLIDWORKS pattern tools. Then review best practices for putting parts together in assemblies and creating detailed drawings. Join Gabriel in this course and learn to use all the core design tools in SolidWorks and have the design fundamentals to pave the way to higher level concepts and designs.

Concepts

Introduction

Learn 3D CAD modeling with SOLIDWORKS 2024

Introduction to SOLIDWORKS

Launching SOLIDWORKS for the first time
Navigating in the 3D workspace
SOLIDWORKS templates
Saving, renaming, and managing files
Measuring
Interface improvements for SOLIDWORKS 2024

SOLIDWORKS Quick Start

Creating your first 3D part
Building your first assembly
Making your first CAD drawing
Basic steps for 3D modeling

Basic Part Modeling

Creating sketches
Understanding relationships
Using the Extrude feature
Using the Extruded Cut feature
Creating revolved features
Making revolved cuts
Applying materials, colors, and finishes
Finding mass properties
System options, units, and templates
Working with dimensions
Selecting colors
Creating reference coordinate systems

Sketch Tools

Line and Centerline tools
Using the Rectangle tool
Circles and arcs
Drawing slots
Working with ellipses and conics
Sketching polygons
Creating text
Using equations and linked variables
Using the Spline tool
Equation driven curve
Sketch Ink
Copying and patterning sketch text

Modify Sketches

Trimming and extending a sketch
Creating offset geometry
Moving, copying, rotating, and scaling
Erasing, undoing, and redoing actions
Using the Mirror tools
Creating repeating patterns in a sketch
Using construction lines
Using the Convert Entities tool
Adding fillets and chamfers to sketches

Reference Geometry

Working with planes
Making an axis
Creating a coordinate system
Concept sketches
Markup view

Part Modifications

Adding fillets to a part
Chamfering edges
Applying draft
Using the Shell command
Using the Mirror command
Creating linear patterns
Creating circular patterns

Advanced Part Modeling

Loft tool
Lofted shapes with guide curves
Making lofted cuts
Creating swept shapes
Making swept cuts
Using the Wrap command
Boundary Boss Base
Intersect tool
Working with configurations
Surface tools
Using surfaces to build solid models
Direct editing - Move Copy Bodies
Direct editing - Move Face
Direct editing - Combine
Direct editing - Split
Project Curve
Slice tool
Introduction to Sheet Metal tools
Introduction to Weldments
Review of available tool sets

Hole Wizard

Getting started with the Hole Wizard
Best practices for using the Holewizard
Positioning holes in 3D
Hole Wizard Slots
External Threaded Stud Wizard

Blocks

Using sketch blocks
Creating blocks
Designing with blocks

Building Assemblies

Starting an assembly
Copying, moving, and rotating parts
Mating parts together in an assembly
Working with subassemblies
Making linear patterns
Creating circular patterns
Using the Toolbox
Downloading internet parts
Using the Q key for quick references

Advanced Mates

Creating component Mates
Mating parts with Advanced Mates
Mating parts with Path Mate
Mechanical Mates
Mating parts by aligning planes
Magnetic Mates
Asset Publisher for Magnetic Mates

In-Context Modeling

Linking sketches to other parts
Using layout sketches
Using the Hole Wizard in context

Using Design Tables

Using design tables
Working with complex calculations
Selecting component configurations
Building assemblies with design tables
Adding to design tables

Part Drawings

Working with drawing templates
Drawing options and sheet properties
Choosing the correct projection angle
Adding model views to a drawing

Dimensioning

Creating general dimension notations
Creating ordinate dimensions
Dimensioning holes and curved features
Using the Autodimension tool

Add General Annotations

Adding annotations
Adding special views to your drawings
Adding custom properties
Linking drawing notes
Using the Design Library
Using Equations for Custom Properties

Assembly Drawings

Adding assemblies to drawings
Including a bill of materials
Adding balloons on an assembly drawing
Making an exploded view
Adding in custom properties and revision
Detailing Mode

Conclusion

Next steps