See official SPC Schedule: HERE

(SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE)

WEEK 1

1. SYLLABUS 

2. SURVEY

3. SCHEDULE

4. OPEN SOFTWARE

5. SAVING

6. USER INTERFACE

WEEK 2

1. NAVIGATING

2. DESIGN TREE

3. SKETCHING

4. SUBMITTING HOMEWORK

WEEK 3

1. PARAMETRICS

2. UNITS

3. SNAPS & RELATIONS

4. SMART DIMENSIONS

5. MEASURE

6. EXTRUDE

WEEK 4

1. INSERT DRAWING VIEWS

2. TRIM/EXTEND

3. DRAWING TEMPLATES

4. MIRROR

WEEK 5

1. DRAWING VIEWS

2. REVOLVE

3. WHEEL BASE - MIRROR

4. EXTRUDE-CUT/REVOLVE-CUT

5. DRAWING ANNOTATIONS

6. DIMENSION DRAWING

7. EXAMINATION 01 - SKETCHING

WEEK 6

1. FILLET/CHAMFER

2. MODELING CHECKLIST

3. EXAMINATION 02 - EXTRUDE

WEEK 7

EXAMINATION 03 - REVOLVE

WEEK 8

1. HOLE WIZARD

2. LINEAR/CIRCULAR PATTERN

3. MIDTERM_REVIEW

4. MIDTERM_REVIEW

WEEK 9

1. BALL JOINT ARM

2. BRACKET -TANGENTS

WEEK 10

1. CONTOUR SELECTION

2. REFERENCE PLANE

3. THREAD

4. HELIX

5. Thread Command

6. SWEEP

7. LOFT

WEEK 11

1. GEAR, SPUR

2. INSERT COMPONENTS

3. COINCIDENT MATE

WEEK 12

1. CONCENTRIC MATE

2. BOM

3. EXPLODED VIEWS

4. COMPONENT PROPERTIES

5. BALL JOINT - TEE

6. PINION

WEEK 13

1. CIRCULAR BASE

2. CONFIGURATIONS

3. BUILDING BLOCK CONFIGURATIONS

4. TOOL BLOCK

5. SCREWDRIVER

6. BLOCK, MACHINED 

7. SHELL

8. RIB

WEEK 14

1. PARALLEL MATE

2. TANGENT MATE

3. DISTANCE MATE

4. ANGLE MATE

5. WIDTH MATE

6. LIMITS MATE

7. CUSTOM TABLE

8. TAKE HOME FINAL

WEEK 15

THANKSGIVING BREAK

WEEK 16

1. CAM MATE

2. SLOT MATE

3. HINGE MATE

4. GEAR MATE

5. RACK & PINION MATE

WEEK 17 (OpTIONAL)

1. Certified SolidWorks Exam

• HOMEWORK - 30ea@15pts - PDF of 4 std. Views

• QUIZ - 8ea@10pts (10-15min/ea)

• EXAMS - 6ea@75pts

• PROJECT - 100pts

  • P00 - PROJECT IDEAS

  • P01 - PART MODEL - 20pts

    • (Individual Only)

  • P02 - PART DRAWING - 20pts

    • (Individual Only)

  • P03 - CONFIGURED PART DRAWING - 20pts

    • (Individual Only)

    • (See Building Block)

  • P04 - TLA MODEL - 20pts 

    • (Groupable)

  • P05 - TLA DWG - 20pts

    •  (Groupable)

• MIDTERM - 100pts 

  • Midterm Prep MIDTERM_PREP_1 and MIDTERM_PREP_2

• FINAL - 100pts

• CSWA - PASS 600pts, FAIL 100pts

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

• TEMPLATES

• https://mycourses.spcollege.edu/ 

• https://help.solidworks.com/2024/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-2024-Basic-Tools/ISBN/978-1-63057-625-7/

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

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Week 10 SPRING BREAK

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Week 16

Week 17 - IN-CLASS CSWA EXAMINATION