SOLIDWORKS Hands-on Essential Training

Name: SOLIDWORKS Hands-on Essential Training
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Learn Solidworks 3D Modeling Step by Step -You'll learn commands & tools for 3D Part Modeling, Assemblies and drawings.

Created byAsim Bashir

Last updated 3/2025

English

What you'll learn

In this Solidworks course, you'll get up to speed on creating complex parts, assemblies and drawings. We'll cover all the key tools and techniques.
We'll look at modeling 3D features by extruding or evolving sketches into 3D parts. Followed by creating more complex objects using the sweep, loft etc. tools.
Parts will be modified using a suite of tools that includes Fillets, Chamfers, Ribs, Draft, Shell, plus so much more. We'll cover best practices for assemblies.
we'll see how to create drawings to relate the final parts in assemblies to a manufacturer, complete with an itemized bill of materials and drawing notes.
This course is for anyone looking to get into the world of 3D design and will benefit new users as well as those transitioning from other software packages.

Course content

17 sections • 111 lectures • 10h 0m total length

Launching Solidworks for the first time9:37
Navigating in the 3D Workspace8:55
Solidworks Custom Templates7:13
Saving, Renaming and Managing Files in SOLIDWORKS4:06
Discover how to save, rename, and manage SolidWorks files across assemblies, subassemblies, parts, and drawings. Avoid changing file locations or names to prevent missing parts and assembly errors.
Measuring in SOLIDWORKS3:15

Creating Sketches7:48
Understanding Sketch Relationships4:16
Using the Extrude Feature10:00
Using the Extrude Cut Feature7:18
Explore the extrude cut feature in SolidWorks, including blind, through all, and up-to options, plus offset, mid plane, and draft controls and selected body behavior.
Creating Revolved Feature6:21
Making Revolved Cuts6:06
Learn how to use the revolved cut in SOLIDWORKS to remove material by revolving around an axis, with options for degree, direction, and selecting all bodies.
Applying Materials and Colors4:11
Finding Mass Properties in Solidworks4:03
System Options, Units and Templates4:58
Working with Smart dimension tool8:00
Master the SolidWorks Smart Dimension tool to define sketches, using two-click or three-click methods, set units and origin references, and measure angles and circle diameters.
Selecting Colors2:25
Creating Reference Coordinate Systems2:41

Line and Centerline tools10:19
Using the Rectangle tool4:57
Circles and Arcs4:13
Drawing Slots4:11
Learn to create and modify slots in a SolidWorks sketch, including straight and arc slots, set dimensions, convert slot types, and use offset entities and caps.
Sketching Polygons4:08
Creating Text6:01
Using Equations and Linked Variables7:00
Using the Spline Tool5:04
Equation Driven Tool2:47
Sketch Ink2:14
Creating ellipse, conics and parabollas4:22

Trimming and Extending a Sketch7:12
Creating Offset Geometry6:13
Learn to use the offset tool in SolidWorks to create geometry with offset entities, bi directional options, caps, and construction geometry for circles, rectangles, and slots.
Moving , Copying Rotating and Scaling6:51
Master move, copy, rotate, scale, and stretch entities to manipulate sketches with the move entities tool, preserving relations and using center of rotation.
Erasing, Undoing and Redoing Actions3:25
Using the Mirror Tool3:33
Creating Repeating Patterns in a Sketch6:42
Improve Sketches by using Construction Lines4:04
Improve sketches by using construction lines and center lines to enforce symmetry and equal relations, reducing dimensions and creating scalable, well-defined sketches in SolidWorks.
Using the Convert Entities Tool4:06
Use the convert entities tool in SolidWorks to bring existing faces, planes, or holes into your sketch and save time in assemblies.
Adding Fillets and Chamfers to Sketches4:22
Learn to add fillets and chamfers in SolidWorks sketches and parts, using sketch fillets and sketch chamfer tools, with dimensional controls, constraints options, and relation management.

Loft Tool12:09
Lofted Shapes with Guide Curves3:15
Making Lofted Cuts3:25
Creating Swept Shapes4:09
Making Swept Cuts3:25
Using the Wrap Command4:15
Boundary Boss/Bass3:57
Learn how to use boundary boss, a powerful base command in SolidWorks, to guide an extrusion from a circle along sketch lines, perform pierce operations, and mirror the resulting body.
Intersect Tool5:29
Working with Configurations4:45
Surface Tools3:47
Explore surface tools in SOLIDWORKS, including extruded, swept, and revolve surfaces, with profiles, paths, and axes of rotation; note surfaces create thin surfaces, not solid bodies.
Using Surfaces to Build Solid Models3:21
Move Copy Bodies with Direct Editing Tool5:46
Move Face with Direct Editing tool3:42
Combine in Direct Editing Tool4:14
Explore the combine command in SolidWorks’ direct editing tool to add, subtract, or find the common part between two bodies; you’ll learn practical uses for assembly and molding workflows.
Split in Direct Editing Tool5:15
Project Curve3:47
Slice Tool4:29
Introduction to Sheet metal Tools3:31
Introduction to Weldments4:07
Learn to use the Weldments workflow in SolidWorks with the Wellman tool to create custom tube frames from standard profiles, select sizes, position profiles, and edit features.
Using Markup2:47

Requirements

You should be able to use a Windows PC at a basic level.
Installation of solidworks into your PC/Laptop is required.
No prior knowledge needed. You just need the desire to learn and create awesome 3D Models.

Description

In this Solidworks course, you'll get up to speed on creating complex parts, assemblies and drawings. We'll cover all the key tools and techniques so you can focus on your design and not the software. We'll start with the basic sketch tools and create two-dimensional sketches that will become the foundation for 3D objects. Next, we'll look at modeling 3D features by extruding or evolving sketches into 3D parts. Followed by creating more complex objects using the sweep, loft, and surface tools. Parts will be modified using a suite of tools that includes Fillets, Chamfers, Ribs, Draft, Shell, plus so much more. And that's just the beginning. We will cover the best practices for putting parts together into assemblies and building robust structures. Finally, we'll see how to create drawings to relate the final parts in assemblies to a manufacturer, complete with an itemized bill of materials and drawing notes. This course is for anyone looking to get into the world of 3D design and will benefit new users as well as those transitioning from other software packages. Are you ready to upgrade your skills and learn one of the most powerful 3D CAD design software packages in the industry? Join me in this course for SOLIDWORKS Hands-on Essential Training.

Who this course is for:

This course is for anyone looking to get into the world of 3D design and will benefit new users as well as those transitioning from other software packages.

SOLIDWORKS Hands-on Essential Training

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Introduction to SOLIDWORKS5 lectures • 33min

SOLIDWORKS Quick Start4 lectures • 28min

Basic Part Modeling12 lectures • 1hr 8min

Sketch Tools11 lectures • 55min

Modifying Sketches9 lectures • 46min

Reference Geometry4 lectures • 14min

Part Modifications7 lectures • 41min

Advanced Part Modeling20 lectures • 1hr 30min

Hole Wizard4 lectures • 21min

Blocks3 lectures • 16min

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