SOLIDWORKS: Advanced Tools

43mAdvanced2017-04-04

Authors

Gabriel Corbett

Product Designer, Instructor, and Speaker

Course details

SOLIDWORKS—a leading 3D solid modeling software—boasts a vast array of tools that can help you build better designs and spot errors that you might ordinarily miss. In this course, get acquainted with some of the more advanced manufacturing verification and simulation tools that are available in SOLIDWORKS, and discover how you can leverage them to efficiently review your assemblies and parts for errors. Instructor Gabriel Corbett walks through a variety of time-saving tools that can help you save money and time on your projects, including Interference Detection, Clearance Verification, Hole Alignment, Costing, Part Reviewer, and part and assembly Performance Evaluation. As he goes step-by-step through each tool, Gabriel shares real world examples that help to provide context for each feature.

Learning objectives
Using the Interference Detection tool
Using the Clearance Verification tool
Using the Draft Analysis tool
Using the Deviation Analysis tool
Comparing documents
Using the DFMXpress Analysis tool
Using the Part Reviewer
Using the Check Active Document tool
Assembly Visualization

Skills covered

SOLIDWORKSDassaultManufacturingProduct and Industrial DesignAdvancedProduct and Manufacturing

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Using the exercise files

1. Advanced Tools - Parts

03 - Draft Analysis
04 - Undercut Analysis
05 - Parting Line Analysis
06 - Deviation Analysis
07 - Symmetry Check
08 - Thickness Analysis
09 - Compare Documents
10 - Costing
11 - DFMXpress Analysis
12 - Part Reviewer

2. Advanced Tools - Assemblies

13 - Interference Detection
14 - Clearance Verification
15 - Hole Alignment
16 - Assembly Visualization
17 - Performance Evaluation
18 - Compare assemblies
19 - Sustainability
20 - Check Active Document

Conclusion

21 - Next steps