SOLIDWORKS: Become a Certified Associate Today (CSWA)

This lecture covers:

• What is covered in the section: Basic SOLIDWOKRS Interface and Navigation

This lecture will show you:

• Different types of files you can start with SOLIDWOKRS.
• How to start a new part.

This lecture will teach you:

• The major parts of SOLIDWORKS interface.
• What is the command bar, canvas and design tree.

This lecture will teach you:

• The meaning of Document Measurement Units.
• What are the document measurement units and how you can change them.

This lecture will teach you:

• The type of mouse that would work best with SOLIDWORKS.
• Tips on how to use the mouse for easier modelling and navigation.

This lecture address how can the user switch their SOLIDWORKS interface to different schemes.

Here are concluding remarks for the section "Basic SOLIDWORKS Interface and Navigation".

This lecture covers:

• What is covered in the section: Let's Start Sketching

This lecture covers:

• What are sketch planes
• What are the standard three sketching planes
• How to select a plane to start sketching

This lecture covers:

• TIP of always linking to the fixed origin.

This lecture covers:

• How to take the first step to sketch shapes.
• How sketch lines.
• How to sketch rectangles.
• Different methods of sketching rectangles.

This lecture covers:

• How to sketch circles.
• How to sketch arcs.
• What are the major and minor axises of an ellipse.
• How to sketch an ellipse.

This lecture covers:

• How to use dimensions to define your sketches via "Smart Dimension" command.
• What is an under-defined sketch, fully-defined sketch, and over-defined sketch.
• How to know if your sketch is fully defined.

This lecture covers:

• How to use angles to fully define your sketch (using "Smart Dimension")

This lecture covers:

• What are relations in SOLIDWORKS.
• Relations that involve a line, two lines, a point and a line and two points.
• How to use relations to define your sketches. Relations covered here are:
  
  • Horizontal
  • Vertical
  • Merge
  • Midpoint
  • Coincident
  • Parallel
  • Perpendicular
  • Equal

This lecture covers:

• Relations that involve circles and ellipses (curves).
• How to use relations to define your sketches. Relations covered here are:
  
  • Concentric
  • Equal
  • Tangent

This lecture covers:

• Relations that SOLIDWORKS apply automatically.
• How to automatically apply relations in SOLIDWORKS.
• How to know which relation is being applied automatically.

This lecture covers:

• How to know which relations are active.
• How to know which parts of a sketch a relation is linked to.
• How to Delete active relations.

This lecture covers:

• What are construction and centre lines.
• What are construction lines used for.
• How to convert lines/shapes into construction lines/shapes.

This lecture covers:

• What are the sketching commands: Mirror, Offset, Patterns and Trim.
• How would those commands make sketching easier and faster.
• How to use the commands:
  
  • Mirror
  • Offset
  • Pattern
  • Trim

This lecture covers:

• Exercises in which you can apply your sketching skills!

This lecture covers:

• A teaser to the next section in we will start making 3D models.

This lecture covers:

• Concluding remarks on the section: Let's Start Sketching.
• Check self-examination to make sure you understood the topics covered in the section.

This lecture covers:

1. What are the topics covered in the section: Let's Start Applying Basic Features

This lecture covers:

• What are features.
• Three 'starter' steps to apply features.

This lecture covers:

• What are the features Extrude boss, Cut Extrude and Fillets
• How to apply multiple features in one body.
• How to define the feature Extrude boss.
• How to utilize faces as sketch planes.
• How to define the feature Cut extrude.
• How to define the feature Fillet.
• How to apply shortcuts in applying Fillets.
• Previewing the features before apply them.

This lecture covers:

• How to identify features from the design tree.
• How to edit a specific features from the the design tree.
• How changes in features effect different parts in the design.
• How to delete a specific feature from the design tree.
• How to interpret feature deletion pop-up message.
• How could deleting a feature effect the rest of the part.

This lecture covers:

• Review: how to delete a feature.
• What are chamfers
• What is the difference between fillets and chamfers
• How to define chamfers by an Angle and a Distance
• How to define chamfers by two Distances
• How to define chamfers by Vertexes

This lecture covers:

• Interpreting a drawing to model a part.
• How to plan the creation of a model into different steps.
• Drafting a model using the features:
  
  • Extrude Boss.
  • Extrude Cut.
  • Chamfers (defined by distance-distance).
• Review: Applying linear patterns to create sketches.

This lecture covers:

• How to model the same model using different approaches.
• How can the same part modification part have different effect is same looking model.
• How to priorities your modeling approach based on your design intent.

This lecture covers:

• Exercises in which you can apply your basic features skills!

This lecture covers:

• Concluding remarks on the section: Let's Start Applying Basic Features.
• Check self-examination to make sure you understood the topics covered in the section.

The lecture covers:

• What are the topics covered in the section: Let's Start Applying more Complex Features.

This lecture covers:

• What are the features Revolved Boss and Revolved Cut.
• How to plan your sketch to apply the features Revolved Boss and Revolved Cut.
• What is an axis of revelation.
• How the define the features Revolved Boss and Revolved Cut.
• How to utilize the features Revolved Boss and Revolved Cut to model a part from a drawing.

This lecture covers:

• What are the features Swept Boss and Swept Cut.
• How many sketch are needed to apply Swept features.
• What is profile sketch and a guide sketch.
• How does profile and guide sketches interact with each other.
• How to create a model using Swept features and a drawing.

This lecture covers:

• What are reference planes.
• How to create new planes different than base planes and faces resulting from features.
• What are some shapes you would need to define new planes for.
• How to specify new plane using one of seven combination:

1. Three points
2. A line and a point
3. Two lines
4. Other Planes
5. A plane and a line
6. A plane and a point
7. A plane and a curve

• What are the features Lofted Boss and Lofted Cut
• How many sketch are needed to apply the Loft features.
• What are profile sketches and guide curves.
• How does profile and guide sketches interact with each other.
• How to create a model using Loft feature and a drawing.

This lecture covers:

• Interpreting a drawing to model a part.
• How to plan the creation of a model into different steps.
• Drafting a model using the features:
  • Revolved Boss
  • Swept Boss
  • New reference planes
  • Extruded Boss
  • Extruded Cut
  • Fillets

This lecture covers:

• Exercises in which you can apply your more complex features skills!

This lecture covers:

• Concluding remarks on the section: Let's Start Applying more Complex Features.
• Check self-examination to make sure you understood the topics covered in the section.

This lecture covers:

• What are the topics covered in the section Let's Explore Material and Mass Properties

This lecture covers:

• How to edit the material for a modeled part.
• How to identify materials properties.
• How to adjust the unit of measurement for material properties.
• How does the model appearance change with different materials.

This lecture covers:

• What are mass properties.
• How to know the mass, volume, surface area and center of mass for your models.
• How does different materials have different mass properties.
• How to change the unit of measurement to view mass properties.

This lecture covers:

• Exercises in which you can apply your mass properties skills!

This lecture covers:

• Concluding remarks on the section: Let's Explore Material and Mass Properties.
• Check self-examination to make sure you understood the topics covered in the section.

The lecture covers:

• What are the topics covered in the section: "Let's Start doing Assemblies.

This lecture covers:

• How to open an assembly file in two ways:
  
  • Through a new file
  • From an open part
• How add different components to an assembly file.

This lecture covers:

• How to create mates between parts.
• Three types of mates: standard, advanced, and mechanical

This lecture cover:

• The fixed part on an assembly.
• The function of the first added part in an assembly.

This lecture covers:

• What are the following Standard mates and how to use them to create an assembly:
  
  • Coincident
  • Parallel
  • Perpendicular
• How to select Mate Relations when creating mates.
• How to use the Move Component command to rotate models.
• The meaning of the sign (-) adjacent to part names in the Design Tree.

This lecture covers:

• What are the following standard mates and how to use them to create an assembly:
  
  • Tangent
  • Concentric
• Fully defining a component vs. leaving parts of it undefined.

This lecture covers:

• How to identify existing relations in a given assembly from:
  
  • Design Tree
  • Part Options
• How to identify the Mate Selections for an existing relation.
• How to delete an existing relation.
• How to modify an existing relation

This lecture cover:

• What are the following standard mates and how to use them to create an assembly:
  
  • Distance
  • Angle
• Different Mate Selections to reach the same mate result.

This lecture covers:

• What is the Standard Mate LOCK and how to use it.

This lecture covers

• How to introduce a new coordinate system. 
• How to find the center of mass in relation to a newly introduced coordinate system.   

This lecture covers:

• Using the skills learned earlier in this section to create an assembly from a given parts. Mates used are:
  
  • Coincident
  • Parallel
  • Distance
  • Angle
  • Concentric
• There are many different ways to reach the same assembly.

This lecture covers:

• Exercises in which you can apply your assemblies skills!

This lecture covers:

• Concluding remarks on the section: Let's Start doing Assemblies.
• Check self-examination to make sure you understood the topics covered in the section.

This lecture covers:

• What are the topics covered in the section: Let's Start doing 2D drawings

This lecture covers:

• How to open a drawing file in two ways
  
  • Opening from nothing
  • Opening from an open part
• How to insert drawings into the canvas

This lecture covers:

• How to adjust the measurement unit setting for a drawings file.
• Important notes to consider related to drawing's file unit of measurement

This lecture covers:

• How to insert orthographic views from a part.
• What is a base view.
• Which views are connected to the base view and which are not.
• How to add separate additional views when needed.
• How to delete a view.

This lecture covers:

• How to adjust the scale of drawings using:
  
  • already defined scales
  • custom defined scales
• The difference between scaling the base drawing and the accompanied drawings
• What is correct scale to pick for your drawings

This lecture covers:

• Displaying dimensions using "Smart Dimension"
• How much information to display in a drawing
• Displaying hole information using "Hole Callout"
• Adjust dimensions displays
• Adjust display style
• Adding Centerlines

This lecture covers:

• The type of information displayed at the bottom of a Drawings file.
• Adjusting the information displayed at the bottom of a Drawing file.

This lecture covers:

• How to export a SOLIDWORKS drawings into an image or a PDF.

This lecture covers:

• How to interpret the following when seen in a drawing:
  
  • Auxiliary View
  • Section View
  • Detail View
  • Brocken-out Section View
  • Crop View

This lecture covers:

• Concluding remarks on the section: Let's Start doing 2D Drawings.
• Check self-examination to make sure you understood the topics covered in the section.