SOLIDWORKS 2018: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users

SOLIDWORKS 2018: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate User textbook is designed for instructor-led courses as well as for self-paced learning. It is intended to help engineers and designers interested in learning SOLIDWORKS for creating 3D mechanical design. This textbook is a great help for new SOLIDWORKS users and a great teaching aid in classroom training. This textbook consists of 14 chapters, total 782 pages covering major environments of SOLIDWORKS: Sketching environment, Part modeling environment, Assembly environment, and Drawing environment, which teach you how to use the SOLIDWORKS mechanical design software to build parametric models and assemblies, and how to make drawings of those parts and assemblies. This textbook also includes a chapter on creating multiple configurations of a design.

This textbook not only focuses on the usages of the tools/commands of SOLIDWORKS but also on the concept of design. Every chapter of this textbook contains tutorials which instruct users how things can be done in SOLIDWORKS step by step. Moreover, every chapter ends with hands-on test drives which allow users to experience themselves the ease-of-use and powerful capabilities of SOLIDWORKS.

Main Features of the Textbook

• Comprehensive coverage of tools
• Step-by-step real-world tutorials with every chapter
• Hands-on test drives to enhance the skills at the end of every chapter
• Additional notes and tips
• Customized content for faculty (PowerPoint Presentations)
• Free learning resources for faculty and students
• Additional student and faculty projects
• Technical support for the book by contacting [email protected]

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to SOLIDWORKS
Chapter 2. Drawing Sketches with SOLIDWORKS
Chapter 3. Editing and Modifying Sketches
Chapter 4. Applying Geometric Relations and Dimensions
Chapter 5. Creating First/Base Feature of Solid Models
Chapter 6. Creating Reference Geometries
Chapter 7. Advanced Modeling – I
Chapter 8. Advanced Modeling – II
Chapter 9. Patterning and Mirroring
Chapter 10. Advanced Modeling – III
Chapter 11. Working with Configurations
Chapter 12. Working with Assemblies – I
Chapter 13. Working with Assemblies – II
Chapter 14. Working with Drawings