SolidWorks 2014 Essential Training

SolidWorks is the world leader in 3D software for product development and design. Start creating manufacturing-ready parts and assemblies, as well as detailed drawings and bills of materials. In this course, author Gabriel Corbett shows how to create 2D sketches that will become the basis for your 3D models. You'll use the Extrude and Revolve tools to turn 2D sketches into 3D parts, then create more complex geometry with sweep and lofts. Then learn how to use the cut features to remove material and shape parts, and use mirroring, patterning, and scaling to modify parts. Next, you'll combine parts into movable assemblies and subassemblies. Finally, you'll create accurately annotated drawings, complete with itemized bills of materials that relate the final parts and assemblies to a manufacturer.
Topics include:

Creating your first part
Starting a new sketch
Adding and removing relationships and dimensions
Sketching polygons
Creating offset geometry
Moving, copying, and rotating elements
Working with planes, axes, and the coordinate system
Using Revolve and Loft to create 3D objects
Trimming with the Revolve, Loft, and Sweep cuts
Creating smooth and angled corners with fillets and chamfers
Designing with sketch blocks
Working with subassemblies
Creating threaded parts
Integrating Excel to manage design tables
Adding dimension notations to a drawing
Rendering an image of a part or assembly