SolidWorks Applications

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1. SCHOOL

   1. Syllabus

   2. Student Survey

2. EFFICIENCY

   1. SETTINGS

   2. TEMPLATES

      • DWG TEMPLATE

      • ADVANCED TEMPLATES

   3. CUSTOMIZATION

   4. MACROS

   5. LIBRARY

   6. TASK SCHEDULER

3. PART MODELING

   1. BLOCKS

   2. REFERENCE IMAGES

   3. SELECT OTHER

   4. IN-CONTEXT PARTS/FEATURES

   5. DEFEATURE

4. GRAPHICS

   1. COLORS

      • COPY APPERANCE

      • REMOVE APPERANCE

      • APPEARANCE TAB

   2. FACE P2M IMAGES

   3. MATERIALS

   4. RENDERING

   5. VISUALIZE

   6. ANIMATION

5. ASSEMBLIES

   1. TREEHOUSE

   2. CLEANUP

   3. LAYOUT DESIGN

   4. COMPOSER

   5. eDRAWINGS

   6. TOOLBOX

6. SHEET METAL

   1. CONVERT

   2. BASE

   3. ADVANCED

   4. DRAWINGS

   5. DXF EXPORT

7. WELDMENTS

   1. BUILT IN WELDMENTS

   2. CUSTOM PROFILES

8. MOLDS

   1. 2-PART MOLDS

   2. MOLD TOOLS

9. CAM

• Week 1

  • Homework A00

  • Read through EFFICIENCY topic

• Week 2

  • Settings, Files, Templates

  • A00, A01, A02, A03, A04

• Week 3

  • Properties, Macros, Libraries

  • Project 1

  • A05, A06, A07, A08

• Week 4

  • Model Sources, Sketch from Image, Blocks

  • A09, A10, A11, A12

• Week 5

  • Text, Holes, Fasteners, Appearances

  • Project 2

  • A13, A14, A15, A16

• Week 6

  • Configurations, Design Tables, Layouts

  • A20

• Week 7 

  • Sheet Metal

  • Project 3

  • A25

• Week 8

  • A30

  • Midterm

• Week 9

  • Project 4

  • A34

• Week 10

  • Weldments

  • A38

• Week 11

  • A41

• Week 12

  • Mold Making

  • Project 5

  • A44

• Week 13

  • A47

• Week 14 

  • Project 6

  • A50

• Week 15 

  • Final Examination 

  • SolidWorks Certification

Click the link to see the recorded video on YouTube

• MIDTERM/FINAL: 100pts ea

• CERTIFICATION PASS: 100pts/ea

• HW A01-A50: 10 pts ea

• PROJECTS P01-P06: 50pts ea

• A = 900+, B = 800-899, C = 700-799, D = 600-699, F = 0-599 

• Everyone in this course typically does quite well given they put in the required hours.  A typical A-student is applying 4-6 hours at a minimum in at-home-work.

• TEMPLATES

• https://mycourses.spcollege.edu/ 

• https://help.solidworks.com/2020/english/SolidWorks/sldworks/r_welcome_sw_online_help.htm?verRedirect=1 

• http://www.vertanux1.com/instructional-manuals.html 

• https://www.solidworks.com/sw/resources/solidworks-tutorials.htm 

• https://www.sdcpublications.com/Textbooks/SOLIDWORKS-2023-Advanced-Techniques/ISBN/978-1-63057-551-9/

• https://www.sdcpublications.com/Textbooks/Certified-SOLIDWORKS-Professional-Advanced-Preparation/ISBN/978-1-63057-566-3/

• https://www.sdcpublications.com/Textbooks/SOLIDWORKS-2023-Basic-Tools/ISBN/978-1-63057-548-9/

• https://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/software-training-certification.htm

• https://www.codestack.net/