Course Code: sworkscstm
Duration: 21 hours
Prerequisites:

Solidworks licence

Overview:

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Course Outline:

1. Understanding the User Interface
(menus, windows, drawing tools, editing tools, etc.)
2. File Structure
(templates, file properties, file references)
3. Sketching
(creating, editing, copying sketches; sketch constraints: dimensioning, equations, added
relations, automatic relations, mirror, bending, etc.)
4. Features
(Extrude, Fillet, Holes, etc.)
5. Parameterization and Automation
6. Patterning
7. Configuration Manager
8. Editing/Repairing, Design Changes
(modeling techniques)
9. Assembly Modeling
(creating assemblies, inserting components or subassemblies, applying constraints,
relationships between components, editing, modifying, copying, assembly structure,
patterning, etc.)
10. Advanced Constraints
11. Standard Components from Library
(using libraries)
12. Multibody Design
(creation, connections between bodies, editing, modifications, etc.)
13. Drawings & Detailing
(drawings, details, symbols, annotations, views, break views, bill of materials tables,
exploded views, etc.)
14. Motion Simulation
(simulating the movement of bodies or assemblies)

Additionally (not necessarily in-depth):
 3D Sketching, curves/spirals, using mathematical functions for curves/surfaces
 FEA (Finite Element Analysis)
(setting up simulations, applying boundary conditions, mesh refinement/discretization,
static/dynamic analysis, interpreting results, geometry optimization)