SOLIDWORKS SYLLABUS
Volume: I
Introduction to Solidworks
What is Solidworks?
Application Programming Interface, Kernels, Solidworks Corporation
Solidworks Product Line
What is Feature based, Parametric Solid Modeling?
What is Fully associative solid modeling?
What is Design Intent?
Factors affecting Design Intent
Modeling Methodology
Solidworks User Interface
Menus, Toolbars, Keyboard Shortcuts, mouse buttons
Feature Manager Design Tree, Property Manager, Command Manager
System Feedback, Confirmation Corner
System Options, Document Properties
Volume: II
Introduction to Sketching
How to create a new Solidworks document? File extensions.
Filing the document
Unit setting
How to insert a new sketch?
Different sketch entities and methodology of sketching
Inference lines and Automatic Relations
Cursor feedback, Turn off the active tool, Different Status of sketches
Governing rules for sketches
Adding Sketch Relations and Dimensions (Automatically and Manually)
Adding Fillets and Chamfers to Sketch
Spline tools
Introduction to Basic Part Modeling
What is Base and Boss features?
Choosing the Best Profile
Sketch Plane Selection
Create Extruded Feature (Adding Material) and renaming of Features
Hole wizard
Create Cut Feature (Removing material)
View orientations, Section view and Display options
Filleting and Filleting Rules
Applying Material Property and Textures
How to change Parameters?
Boss Feature with Draft
End Condition
Using Model edges in a sketch and Sketch on a Planar face
Copy & Paste Features
Link Values
Equations
Contour Selection Tool
Volume: III
Part Symmetry
Symmetry in Sketch
Measuring
Symmetry through Relation
Body Symmetry
Thin Feature Creation using Extrusion
Patterning
Linear Pattern
Circular Pattern
Table Driven Pattern
Sketch Driven Pattern
Curve Driven Pattern
Skip Instances, Geometry Pattern, Vary Sketch options
Library Feature
Design Library
Organizing Library
Create Library Feature
Insert Library Feature
Revolved Features
Rules governing sketches of Revolved Features
Revolved Feature creation
Volume: IV
Mass Properties,
Mass Property checking
Custom Properties
Create custom material database
Equations
Renaming the Parameters
COSMOSXpress for Analysis (Finite Element Analysis Tool)
Unit selection
Material selection
Restraint conditions
Loading conditions
Analysis
Factor of Safety Plot
Vonmises Stress Plot
Deformed shape
HTML Report Generation
Updating of model
Shelling and Ribs
Draft Analysis
Rollback Bar
Adding Draft
Shelling
Reference Plane Creation
Rib Creation
Configurations of Parts and Part Editing
Create Design Table
Edit Design Table
Design Table Controls
Manually Adding Configurations
Configuration Manager
Manually Suppress the features
Uses of Configuration
What is wrong?
Check sketch for feature
Dangling Dimensions and relations
Display / Delete Relations
GOTO Option
Reordering of Features
Edit Sketch and Sketch Plane
Parent Child Relation
Volume: V
Bottom Up Assembly
Create New Assembly
Locate Component
Position of the First Component
Degrees of Freedom
State of Component and Instance Number
Insert components
Moving and Rotating of Components
Standard Mating Conditions
Mate Property Manager
Mate Pop-up Toolbar
Mate Group
Mate using Reference Geometry
How to use Part Configuration in Assembly
Create Copies of Instance
Component Hiding and Transparency
Component Property and View Property
Sub Assemblies
Smart Mate Technology
Mass Property Calculation
Static and Dynamic Interference Detection
Edit Dimensions of a Component in Assembly
Physical Dynamics
Physical Simulation (Kinematic Analysis Tool)
Exploded Assemblies and Explode Line Sketch
Animated Exploded Views
Volume: VI
Drawing Creation
Detailing (Create Production Drawing)
Preparations for Detailing
Drawing Sheet Format
Drawing Sheet Setup
View Creation
Model viewer
Standard Three view
Projected view
Auxiliary view
Broken view
Relative view
Cut way view
Flattened view (Sheet Metal Components)
Section view
Offset Section view
Aligned Section View
Detail view
Broken-Out Section view
Cropped view
Empty view
Pre Defined view
View setting
Tangent edge display
Hiding view
View alignment
Center mark and Center lines
Dimensioning
Dimensions and Dimension Manipulations
Driving and Driven dimensions
Dimension Display Options
Align Dimensions
Dimension Properties
Adding Annotations Like Notes, Weld Symbols, Balloons, etc.,
Customizing Sheet Properties
Linked Notes
Insert OLE Objects
Drawing setting
Template Creation
Drawing Settings
Assembly views
Alternate Position view
Hide components
Exploded Assembly view
Auto Ballooning
BOM Creation and BOM template creation
BOM creation with Excel and without Excel
Hole table creation
Revision Table creation
Detached Drawing Creation
Change the Drawing Reference
Generating E-Drawing Data
Animation
Mark up
Dynamic Section
Measuring
Drawing specific options
Assembly specific options
Other file types
Using OLE
