SOLIDWORKS ADVANCED

Course Description

This training program has been developed for SolidWorks users who have mastered the basics of parametric solid model design but need 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. 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®

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®.

Prerequisites

Previous experience with SolidWorks at the intermediate level

Topics and Course Content

This course will cover topics such as:

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

Learning Goals and Results

At the conclusion of the course, the participants will be able to:

• Build better designs and find errors that they might ordinarily miss
• Use some of the more advanced manufacturing verification and simulation tools that are available in SolidWorks
• Leverage them to efficiently review the assemblies and parts for errors.
• Use Interference Detection, Clearance Verification, Hole Alignment, Costing, Part Reviewer
• Part and assemble Performance Evaluation

Time Investment

This class is 40 hours of classroom time taken in 4-hour sessions over the course of 10 consecutive weeks.

Please Note: Course content and time investment can also be customized to an individual company’s needs.