SolidWorks 2014 for Designers & Engineers

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1 SolidWorks 2014 for Designers & Engineers Introduction to SolidWorks 2014 Niranga Silva B.Sc. Eng. (Hons.), M.Eng. 1 Learning Objectives Understand how to start SolidWorks. Learn about the system requirements to run SolidWorks. Learn about various modes of SolidWorks. Learn about various CommandManagers of SolidWorks. Understand various important terms in SolidWorks. Save files automatically in SolidWorks. Change the color scheme in SolidWorks. 2 Scion Engineering & Analytics 1

2 Introduction to SolidWorks 2014 Developed by the SolidWorks Corporation, USA A feature-based and parametric solid-modeling mechanical design An automation software First CAD package to use the Microsoft Windows graphic user interface Part Mode A feature-based parametric environment in which you can create solid models Assembly Mode Bottom-up assembly Top-down assembly Drawing Mode Generative drafting Interactive drafting 3 System Requirements Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista Intel or AMD Processors 1 GB RAM minimum (2 GB recommended) A certified OpenGL workstation graphics card and driver Mouse or any other compatible pointing device Internet Explorer version 6.x or higher 4 Scion Engineering & Analytics 2

3 Getting Started With SolidWorks Figure 1 Starting SolidWorks using the taskbar shortcut menu 5 Figure 2 The SolidWorks License Agreement dialog box 6 Scion Engineering & Analytics 3

4 Figure 3 The SolidWorks 2010 window and the SolidWorks Resources task pane 7 Figure 4 The New SolidWorks Document dialog box 8 Scion Engineering & Analytics 4

5 Figure 5 The components of a new part document 9 Menu Bar And SolidWorks Menus Figure 6 The Menu Bar Figure 7 The SolidWorks menus CommandManager Part Mode CommandManagers Sketch CommandManager Figure 8 The Sketch CommandManager 10 Scion Engineering & Analytics 5

6 Features CommandManager Figure 9 The Features CommandManager DimXpert CommandManager Figure 10 The DimXpert CommandManager Sheet Metal CommandManager Figure 11 The SheetMetal CommandManager 11 Mold Tools CommandManager Figure 12 The Mold Tools CommandManager Evaluate CommandManager Figure 13 The Evaluate CommandManager Surfaces CommandManager Figure 14 The Surfaces CommandManager 12 Scion Engineering & Analytics 6

7 Direct Editing CommandManager Figure 15 The Direct Editing CommandManager Data Migration CommandManager Figure 16 The Data Migration CommandManager 13 Assembly Mode CommandManagers Assembly CommandManager Layout CommandManager Figure 17 The Assembly CommandManager Figure 18 The Layout CommandManager 14 Scion Engineering & Analytics 7

8 Drawing Mode CommandManagers View Layout CommandManager Figure 19 The View Layout CommandManager Annotation CommandManager Figure 20 The Annotation CommandManager Customized CommandManager 15 Toolbar Most of the tools can be chosen from the CommandManager or from the SolidWorks menus Pop-up Toolbar Figure 21 The pop-up toolbar View (Heads-Up) Toolbar Shortcut Bar Figure 22 The View (Heads-Up) toolbar 16 Scion Engineering & Analytics 8

9 Mouse Gestures Figure 23 Tools displayed by using Mouse Gesture in different environment 17 Dimensioning Standard and Units ANSI, ISO, DIN, JIS, BSI, and GOST Important Terms And Their Definitions Feature-based Modeling Parametric Modeling Figure 24 Body of pipe housing Figure 25 Design after modifications 18 Scion Engineering & Analytics 9

10 Bidirectional Associativity Figure 26 Drawing views of the body part before modifications 19 Figure 27 Drawing views after modifications 20 Scion Engineering & Analytics 10

11 Windows Functionality SWIFT Technology Geometric Relations Automatic Relations Add Relations Blocks Library Feature Equations Collision Detection What s Wrong Functionality 21 2D Command Line Emulator SimulationXpress Figure 28 The crane hook analyzed using SimulationXpress 22 Scion Engineering & Analytics 11

12 Physical Dynamics Physical Simulation Seed Feature FeatureManager design tree Absorbed Features Child Features Dependent Features 23 Auto-Backup Option Saves the SolidWorks document automatically after a regular interval of time Selecting Hidden Entities Can be select these entities using the Select Other option Color Scheme Color scheme used in this course is neither the default color scheme nor the predefined color scheme 24 Scion Engineering & Analytics 12

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