Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2013

SOLIDWORKS 2022 Advanced Techniques picks up where SOLIDWORKS 2022 Intermediate Skills leaves off. Its aim is to take you from an intermediate user with a basic understanding of SOLIDWORKS and modeling techniques to an advanced user capable of creating complex models and able to use the advanced tools provided by SOLIDWORKS. The text covers parts, surfaces, SimulationXpress, sheet metal, top-down assemblies and core and cavity molds.

Every lesson and exercise in this book was created based on real world projects. Each of these projects has been broken down and developed into easy and comprehensible steps. Furthermore, at the end of every chapter there are self test questionnaires to ensure that you have gained sufficient knowledge from each section before moving on to more advanced lessons. This book takes the approach that in order to understand SOLIDWORKS, inside and out, you should create everything from the beginning and take it step by step.

Who this book is for

This book is for the intermediate to advanced user who has already completed the SOLIDWORKS Basic Tools book and may have also completed the SOLIDWORKS Intermediate Skills book. People who are very familiar with SOLIDWORKS and its add ins will also find this book to be a valuable resource.

Table of Contents

Introduction: SOLIDWORKS 2022 User Interface
1. Introduction to 3D Sketch
2. Plane Creation
3. Advanced Modeling
4. Sweep with Composite Curve
5. Advanced Modeling with Sweep & Loft
6. Loft vs. Sweep
7. Loft with Guide Curves
8. Using Surfaces
9. Offset Surface & Ruled Surface
10. Advanced Surfaces
11. Surfaces vs. Solid Modeling
12. SimulationXpress
13. Sheet Metal Parts
14. Sheet Metal Forming Tools
15. Sheet Metal Conversions
16. Working with Sheet Metal STEP Files
17. Advanced Weldments
18. Creating a Core & Cavity
19. Non Planar Parting Lines
20. Top-Down Assembly - Part 1
21. Top-Down Assembly – Part 2
22. External References & Repair Errors
23. Using Appearances
CSWP Mechanical Design Exam Preparation
Glossary
Index
SOLIDWORKS 2022 Quick-Guides

David Planchard is the founder of D&M Education LLC. Before starting D&M Education, he spent over 27 years in industry and academia holding various engineering, marketing, and teaching positions and degrees. He holds five U.S. patents and one international patent. He has published and authored numerous papers on Machine Design, Product Design, Mechanics of Materials, and Solid Modeling. He is an active member of the SolidWorks Users Group and the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). David holds a BSME, MSM with the following Professional Certifications: CCAI, CCNA, CCNP, CSWA, CSWP, CSDA, CSWSA-FEA. David is a SolidWorks Solution Partner, an Adjunct Faculty member and the SAE advisor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the Mechanical Engineering department.

Marie Planchard is the Director of World Education Markets at DS SolidWorks Corp. Before she joined SolidWorks, Marie spent over 10 years as an engineering professor at Mass Bay College in Wellesley Hills, MA. She has 14 plus years of industry software experience and held a variety of management and engineering positions. Marie holds a BSME, MSME and CSWP, CSDA, CSWSA-FEA. She is an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

David and Marie Planchard are co-authors of the following books:

• A Commands Guide for SolidWorks 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008
• Assembly Modeling with SolidWorks 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2005-2004, 2003 and 2001Plus
• Drawing and Detailing with SolidWorks 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001/2001Plus
• Engineering Design with SolidWorks with Multimedia CD 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001Plus, 2001 and 1999
• Engineering Graphics with SolidWorks and Video Instruction 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
• SolidWorks: The Basics with Multimedia CD 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003
• SolidWorks Tutorial with Video Instruction 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2001/2001Plus
• The Fundamentals of SolidWorks: Featuring the VEXplorer robot, 2008 and 2007
• Official Certified SolidWorks Associate Examination Guide, Version 4, 2012, 2011, 2010 Version 3; 2011, 2010, 2009, Version 2; 2010, 2009, 2008, Version 1; 2007
• Official Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) Certification Guide with Multimedia DVD, 2011, 2010
• Official Guide to Certified SolidWorks Associate Exams: CSWA, CSDA, and CSWSA-FEA, Version 1; 2013, 2012
• Applications in Sheet Metal Using Pro/SHEETMETAL & Pro/ENGINEER