🧩 SolidWorks Essentials – 3D CAD for Mechanical Design

What Will You Learn?

• 🎯 What You Will Learn:
• 🔹 Module 1: Introduction to SolidWorks
• Understanding SolidWorks interface and navigation
• Opening, saving, and managing files
• Design intent, feature history, and parametric modeling
• Templates and document properties
• ✏️ Module 2: Sketching Fundamentals
• 2D sketch tools: lines, circles, arcs, polygons, splines
• Sketch constraints: horizontal, vertical, perpendicular, tangent
• Dimensions and relations to control geometry
• Construction geometry and best sketching practices
• 🧱 Module 3: Basic 3D Modeling
• Extrude, Revolve, Sweep, and Loft features
• Cut features and holes: cut-extrude, hole wizard
• Fillet, chamfer, and shell tools
• Using patterns: linear, circular, mirror
• 🧩 Module 4: Working with Assemblies
• Creating and managing assemblies
• Mating components: coincident, concentric, parallel, tangent, etc.
• Exploded views and motion analysis basics
• Assembly interference and collision detection
• 📑 Module 5: Engineering Drawings
• Creating 2D drawings from 3D parts/assemblies
• Adding views: orthographic, isometric, section, detail
• Dimensioning, annotations, and tolerances
• Title blocks, BOM (Bill of Materials), and custom properties
• 🛠️ Module 6: Design Modification and Parametrics
• Design tables and equations
• Configurations for variants of a part
• Rebuilding and troubleshooting failed features
• Best practices for model reuse and design changes
• 🌐 Module 7: Advanced Modeling & Import/Export
• Working with imported geometry and repair tools
• Using 3D ContentCentral and other design libraries
• Exporting to STEP, IGES, STL for manufacturing and 3D printing
• Intro to surfacing and weldments
• 🧪 Final Capstone Project
• Design a mechanical part or assembly using SolidWorks
• Create a complete drawing package
• Include an exploded view and Bill of Materials
• Submit for evaluation and feedback