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by Tayseer Almattar
Learn SOLIDWORKS 2020
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Learn SOLIDWORKS 2020
Dedication
About Packt
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Contributors
About the author
About the reviewer
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Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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Introduction to SOLIDWORKS
Introducing SOLIDWORKS
SOLIDWORKS applications
Core mechanical design
Understanding parametric modeling
Exploring SOLIDWORKS certifications
Associate certifications
Professional certifications
Professional advanced certifications
Expert certification
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Interface and Navigation
Technical requirements
Starting a new part, assembly, or drawing file
What are parts, assemblies, and drawings?
Opening a part, assembly, or drawing file
The main components of the SOLIDWORKS interface
The command bar
The design tree
The canvas
The Task Pane
The document's measurement system
The different measurement systems
Adjusting the document's measurement system
Summary
Questions
SOLIDWORKS 2D Sketching Basics
Technical requirements
Introducing SOLIDWORKS sketching
The position of SOLIDWORKS sketches
Simple sketches versus complex sketches
Sketch planes
Getting started with SOLIDWORKS sketching
Getting into the sketching mode
Defining sketches
Geometrical relations
Sketching lines, rectangles, circles, arcs, and ellipses
The origin
Sketching lines
Sketching rectangles and squares
Sketching circles and arcs
Sketching ellipses and using construction lines
Fillets and chamfers
Under defined, fully defined, and over defined sketches
Under defined sketches
Fully defined sketches
Over defined sketches
Summary
Questions
Special Sketching Commands
Technical requirements
Mirroring and offsetting sketches
Mirroring a sketch 
Defining
Offsetting a sketch 
Deleting an offset
Customization options
Creating sketch patterns
Defining patterns 
Linear sketch patterns
Circular sketch patterns
Trimming in SOLIDWORKS sketching
Understanding trimming 
Using power trimming
Summary
Questions
Basic Primary One-Sketch Features
Technical requirements
Understanding features in SOLIDWORKS
Understanding SOLIDWORKS features and their role in 3D modeling
Simple models versus complex models 
Sketch planes for features
Understanding and applying extruded boss and cut
What are extruded boss and extruded cut? 
Applying extruded boss
Applying extruded cut and building on existing features
Modifying and deleting extruded boss and extruded cut
Editing a feature – changing the height of the cylinder from 50 mm to 100 mm
Deleting a feature – removing the extruded cut feature that goes through the cylinder 
Understanding and applying fillets and chamfers
Understanding fillets and chamfers
Applying fillets
Applying chamfers
Modifying fillets and chamfers
Understanding and applying revolved boss and cut
What are revolved boss and cut?
Applying revolved boss
Applying revolved cut
Modifying revolved boss and revolved cut
Summary
Questions
Basic Secondary Multi-Sketch Features
Technical requirements
Reference geometries – additional planes
Understanding planes, reference geometries, and why we need them
Defining planes in geometry 
Defining a new plane in SOLIDWORKS
Understanding and applying swept boss and swept cut
What are swept boss and swept cut?
Applying swept boss
Swept boss feature options
Applying swept cut
Modifying swept boss and swept cut
Understanding and applying lofted boss and lofted cut
What are lofted boss and lofted cut?
Applying lofted boss 
Lofted boss feature options
Applying lofted cut
Modifying lofted boss and cut
Guide curves 
Summary
Questions
Materials and Mass Properties
Technical requirements
Reference geometries – defining a new coordinate system
What is a reference coordinate system and why are new ones needed?
How to create a new coordinate system
Assigning materials and evaluating and overriding mass properties
Assigning materials to parts
Viewing the mass properties of parts
Viewing mass properties
Finding the mass of the model in grams
Finding the center of mass in relation to the origin in millimeters
Finding the center of mass in relation to the new coordinate system in millimeters
Finding the mass of the model in pounds
Overriding mass properties 
Summary
Questions
Standard Assembly Mates
Technical requirements
Opening assemblies and adding parts
Defining SOLIDWORKS assemblies
Starting a SOLIDWORKS assembly file and adding parts to it
Starting an assembly file
Adding parts to the assembly file
Understanding mates
Understanding and applying non-value-oriented standard mates 
Defining the non-value-oriented standard mates
Applying the coincident and perpendicular mates
Applying the coincident mate
Applying the perpendicular mate
Applying the parallel, tangent, concentric, and lock mates
Applying the parallel mate
Applying the tangent mate
Applying the concentric mate
Applying the lock mate
Under defining, fully defining, and over defining an assembly 
Finding the definition statuses of the parts 
Which assembly definition status is better? 
Viewing and adjusting active mates
Modifying existing mates
Understanding and applying value-driven standard mates 
Defining value-driven standard mates
Applying the distance and angle mates
Applying the distance mate
Applying the angle mate
Utilizing materials and mass properties for assemblies 
Setting a new coordinate system for an assembly
Material edits in assemblies
Assigning materials to parts in the assembly environment
Evaluating mass properties for assemblies
Summary
Questions
Introduction to Engineering Drawing
Understanding engineering drawings
Interpreting engineering drawings
Interpreting lines
Interpreting views
Orthogonal views
Auxiliary view
Section views
Detail views
Break-out section views
Crop views
Axonometric projections
Summary
Questions
Basic SOLIDWORKS Drawing Layout and Annotations
Technical requirements
Opening a SOLIDWORKS drawing file
Generating orthographic and isometric views
Selecting a model to plot
Generating orthographic and isometric views
Parent and child views
Adding views via the View Palette
Deleting views 
Adjusting the drawing scale and the display
Adjusting the scale of our drawing
Changing the drawing scale for the front parent view
Changing the drawing scale of the isometric child view 
Understanding scale ratios
 Different display types
Communicating dimensions and design
Using the smart dimension
The centerlines, notes, and hole callout annotations
Centerlines
Notes 
Hole callout
Utilizing the drawing sheet's information block
Editing the information block
Adding new information to the information block 
Exporting the drawing as a PDF or image
Exporting a drawing as a PDF file 
Exporting the drawing as an image 
Summary
Questions
Bills of Materials
Technical requirements
Understanding BOMs
Understanding a BOM
Generating a standard BOM
Inserting an assembly into a drawing sheet 
Creating a standard BOM
Adjusting information in the BOMs
Adjusting listed information in the BOM
Changing a title in the BOM
Changing a column category 
Sorting information in our BOMs 
Adding new columns
Utilizing equations with BOMs
What are equations in SOLIDWORKS drawings? 
Functions 
Mathematical operations
Inputting equations in a table
Applying a mathematical operation 
Applying an equation function
Utilizing parts callouts 
Summary
Questions
Advanced SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Core Features
Technical requirements
Understanding and applying the draft feature
What are drafts? 
Applying drafts
Understanding and applying the shell feature
What is a shell? 
Applying a shell
Multi-thickness settings
Understanding and utilizing the Hole Wizard
What is the Hole Wizard and why use it? 
Identifying a hole in SOLIDWORKS 
Utilizing the Hole Wizard
Understanding and applying features mirroring
What is mirroring for features? 
Utilizing the Mirror command to mirror features
Understanding and applying the rib feature
Understanding ribs
Applying the Rib command
Understanding and utilizing multi-body parts 
Defining multi-body parts and their advantages
Generating and dealing with a multi-body part
Feature scope applications
Separating different bodies into different parts
Summary
Questions
Equations, Configurations, and Design Tables
Technical requirements
Understanding and applying equations in parts
Understanding equations
Applying equations in parts
Modifying dimensions with equations 
Equations within the equations manager
Design intent with equations
Understanding and utilizing configurations 
What are configurations?
Applying configurations
Understanding and utilizing design tables 
What are design tables?
Setting up a design table
Editing a design table
Editing directly from the design table
Editing the design table by modifying the model 
Summary
Questions
SOLIDWORKS Assemblies and Advanced Mates
Technical requirements
Understanding and using the profile center mate
Defining the profile center advanced mate
Applying the profile center mate
Understanding and using the width and symmetric mates
Defining the width advanced mate
Applying the width advanced mate 
Defining the symmetric advanced mate
Applying the symmetric advanced mate
Understanding and using the distance range and angle range mates
Defining the distance range and angle range
Applying the distance range mate 
Applying the angle range mate
Understanding and using the path mate and linear/linear coupler mates
Defining the path mate
Applying the path mate 
Defining the linear/linear coupler
Applying the linear/linear coupler
Fine-tuning the linear/linear coupler mate
Summary
Questions
Advanced SOLIDWORKS Assemblies Competencies
Technical requirements
Understanding and utilizing the Interference and Collision Detection tools
Interference Detection
Interferences in practice 
Collision Detection
Understanding and applying assembly features
Understanding assembly features
Applying assembly features
Understanding and utilizing configurations and design tables for assemblies
Using manual configurations
Design tables 
Summary
Questions
Assessments
Answers to questions
Chapter 1 – Introduction to SOLIDWORKS
Chapter 2 – Interface and Navigation
Chapter 3 – SOLIDWORKS 2D Sketching Basics
Chapter 4 – Special Sketching Commands
Chapter 5 – Basic Primary One-Sketch Features
Chapter 6 – Basic Secondary Multi-Sketch Features
Chapter 7 – Materials and Mass Properties
Chapter 8 – Standard Assembly Mates
Chapter 9 – Introduction to Engineering Drawing
Chapter 10 – Basic SOLIDWORKS Drawing Layout and Annotations
Chapter 11 – Bills of Materials
Chapter 12 – Advanced SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Core Features
Chapter 13 – Equations, Configurations, and Design Tables
Chapter 14 – SOLIDWORKS Assemblies and Advanced Mates
Chapter 15 – Advanced SOLIDWORKS Assemblies Competencies
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