SolidWorks

Course objectives

• Demonstrate the basic menu structure and graphical user interface used within SolidWorks
• Demonstrate competency in creation of basic sketches
• Apply dimensions and constraints to sketches
• Develop basic techniques for creating “Sketched Features”
• Apply basic techniques for creating “Reference Features”
• Create and modify solid parts
• Create and modify solid assemblies
• Produce and modify basic Engineering Drawings (derived from Solid Model)

Course objectives

• Define intermediate-level drawing tools and techniques
• Apply engineering standards and common practices to a project using SolidWorks tools
• Build multiple part/assembly configurations that interact with Design Tables, Drawings and Bills-of-Materials (Parts Lists)
• Create and edit user-defined Drawing Templates & Sheet Formats
• Apply common types and styles of drawing views to the subject model in all model configurations

Course objectives

• Learn advanced-level Assembly Design and Solid Modeling Techniques.
• Apply commonly accepted engineering standards & practices to a given project using specialized SolidWorks tools
• Build multiple part and assembly configurations that interact with Design Tables, Bills-of-Materials (Parts Lists), and complex Detail/Assembly Drawings
• Utilize SolidWorks Sheet Metal Module in a Top-Down Assembly Environment
• Create and edit/manipulate very large, complex assemblies ("unlimited" number of parts) containing multi-level, nested configurations as a method

Course objectives

• Create surfaces using splines and points
• Manipulate surfaces features
• Apply surface construction tools
• Examine surface information
• Apply surface replacement tools
• Create surfaces from boundary curves
• Employ variable section sweeps
• Apply imported geometry 

Course objectives

• Identify the need, application, and limitations of SolidWorks Simulation to 3D designs
• Apply software-specific graphical user interface
• Create sensitivity studies and complete von Mises stress analysis studies
• Recall and apply simulation product studies and visualization animation
• Derive and optimize project models for analysis