SOLIDWORKS ADVANCED
Length
10 weeks
1 session per week
4 hours per session
Total Class: 40 hours
Audience
This training program has been developed for the SolidWorks® user who has mastered the basics of parametric solid model design but needs to continue building skills for working with imported models, surface modeling, FEA using CosmoWorks®, model analysis with FlowWorks® and MotionWorks®, design presentation and publishing using animation, PhotoWorks®, and creating e-Drawings®.
About SolidWorks
SolidWorks® has become a worldwide industry leader in affordable 3-D feature based parametric solid modeling software for mechanical design and engineering. SolidWorks® utilizes an intuitive windows user interface, one of the best in the industry, and is based on the powerful Parisolid® kernel. Users of Pro-E®, Unigraphics®, CATIA®, and other high-end CAD software are discovering the portability, shorter learning curve, and expanded power and capability of SolidWorks®
Recommended Prerequisites
Previous experience with SolidWorks at the intermediate level
Topic
WORKING WITH IMPORTED MODELS
- Understanding the file types for imported models
- Importing a solid model
- Understanding what the model is in SolidWorks
- Editing an imported solid
- Building dimensional data from an imported solid model
- Using an imported solid model in a design drawing
- Using an imported model in an assembly
SURFACE MODELING
- Working with surfaces
- Advanced filleting
- Deleting faces
- Dome features
- Offset surfaces
- Extend surfaces
- Intersection curves and splines
- Filling in gaps
- Repairing imported surfaces
ADVANCED SOLID MODELING
- Working with multiple bodies
- Developing sweep paths using 3-D sketching
- Developing complex shapes with lofting
- Creating cuts using surfaces
- Advanced lofting techniques
- Core and Cavity modeling
DESIGN PUBLICATION AND ANALYSIS
- Creating design presentations using PhotoWorks & e-Drawings
- FEA analysis using CosmoWorks
- Flow analysis using FlowWorks
- Motion analysis using MotionWorks