SOLIDWORKS Advanced Course: Complete CSWP Preparation

Master feature conditions for extruded boss base and extruded cut in SolidWorks CSWP, exploring true all, through all, up to vertex, up to surface, offset from surface, and midplane.

Learn to apply draft features in SolidWorks to create tilted surfaces, using draft rules, neutral planes, and both blind and extruded boss bases, with multiple sketch and face options.

Explore draft types in SolidWorks, focusing on neutral plane drafts and step drafts, with hands-on guidance to define direction of pull, select faces, and apply split lines.

Learn how to use the shell tool to hollow parts from the inside, set thickness on selected faces, and apply multi-thickness options for varying wall thickness in SolidWorks.

Create a multi-body part in SolidWorks, merging and isolating bodies to form five separate parts, then save each body as a separate part file, noting it is not an assembly.

Use the SolidWorks mirror tool to create symmetrical copies around a plane or surface, selecting faces, planes, features, or bodies, and resolve gaps and merging issues for accurate CSWP results.

Demonstrates creating a rib from a single line on the front plane, then adjusting thickness, first side, second side, direction, and draft, including how mirror result affects multi-body parts.

Use hole wizard to create standard holes, including counterbore and countersink, with ISO or symmetric standards, and define size, depth, head clearance, and multi-face placement via 3-D sketch.

Learn to use feature scope in SolidWorks to apply an extrude cut to selected bodies within a multi-body part, using one sketch and one feature.

Link dimensions in a SolidWorks sketch using equations so one dimension drives others, then see changes propagate automatically in a cube-like extruded box.

Define global variables and equations directly in the sketch or before modeling in the equations folder, then apply them to dimensions and extrusion depth.

Calculate mass properties and center of mass, create a new coordinate system with reference geometry, and evaluate mass properties and center of mass relative to that system in SolidWorks.

Learn to model complex parts in SolidWorks using global variables and equations, apply materials, and compute mass properties through a sequence of extrudes, cuts, and features.

Learn to create and manage design tables in SOLIDWORKS to generate multiple configurations from a single part using Excel, including adding dimensions, copying configurations, and deleting options.

Learn to modify a SolidWorks design table by adding extrusion depth and adjusting configurations A and C, including increasing depth from 20 to 40 mm and suppressing or unsuppressing features.

Encourage learners to leave an honest review after enjoying the CSWP course to help other students decide, with the option to update the review later.

Learn to create and manage configurations in SolidWorks without a design table, using the configuration manager to modify dimensions, suppress features, and assign configuration-specific materials such as copper.

Open a model, create and compare configurations, and calculate mass properties across A, B, C and derived B1 and A1. Use design table, suppress features, adjust sketches, and verify masses.

Define angular and distance ranges in SolidWorks assemblies using advanced mates to constrain movement from 20 to 70 degrees and 5 to 40 millimeters between chosen faces.

Explore advanced profile center to align two faces and replace three coincident mates, while noting edge requirements: usable with full circular edges or faces with leaner edges.

Explore advanced mate tools to create concentric and centered relations for accurate positioning. Use the symmetric tool to mirror parts about a plane and understand face selection for symmetry.

Explore collision and interference detection in SolidWorks by simulating two parts; observe stop at collision, color changes, and sound, and measure interference volume with the evaluation tool.

Learn how to replace a part in an assembly using replace components and preserve concentric and centered mates, and troubleshoot errors by adjusting mates and missing faces.

Learn to use the measurement tool in the assembly (and part file) to measure distance, angles, surface area, thickness, and length, with units like millimeters, inches, and radians.

Use the path mate to make a ring follow a bed along a center point, applying distance or percent along constraints and orienting with axis or edge references.

Learn how to link two cylinders with a linear coupler in SolidWorks, setting a ratio to move them together from defined starting positions using the advanced mate.

Learn how assembly features create holes in the assembly that do not affect individual parts, and why you might build parts first, then assemble, before adding the hole.

Learn how to work with subassemblies by inserting a subassembly into an assembly, treating it as a rigid body, then making the subassembly flexible to allow movement with concentric mates.

Learn to use in-context features and external references to link and automatically synchronize dimensions across parts in an assembly.

Create a SolidWorks assembly by inserting base, piston, housing, and arm, fix to origin, create a coordinate system, and calculate the center of mass using mass properties and mates.

Learn to model a part in SolidWorks, set up global variables, apply material 1060 alloy, and use sketches, extrudes, cuts, fillets, and a swept boss base to calculate mass properties.

Open the part and manage configurations in the configuration manager, creating configuration C with brass. Calculate masses 517.51, 374.65, and 232.13 across B and derived B2 with A values.

Learn assembly techniques in SolidWorks by building parts, applying mates, and calculating center of mass relative to a coordinate system, using mass properties and interference detection.

Create a SolidWorks model using global variables A and B and equations X and Y. Modify geometry, switch materials between plain carbon steel and 2014 alloy, and assess mass properties.

Learn to model a multi-feature SolidWorks CSWP part by defining global variables A and B, applying extrudes, holes, and a mirror, then compute mass with alloy steel via the equations manager.

Manage configurations A, B, and C, derive C2 and D from A via a design table. Apply Castelo steel to configuration C, suppress holes, extrude features, and compute mass properties.

Modify SolidWorks sketches by changing radii and thickness, offset entities, repair errors, and ensure sketch integrity. Extrude and compute mass properties to verify results (623.14 g, 578.65 g, 696.76 g).

Construct part a1 in SolidWorks by sketching and extruding a 55 mm circle, adding hole and radius, then compute mass properties and prepare assembly with concentric and centerline mates.

Insert and assemble parts in SolidWorks, define concentric and symmetric relations, set 50 mm gap and 15 percent positioning, evaluate center of mass, enable collision, and measure the final angle.

Navigate the speedboat lecture within the CSWP course to sharpen SOLIDWORKS skills for CSWP readiness.