Advanced Part Modeling

Updated for SolidWorks 2006

Length: 2 days
 

Prerequisites: SolidWorks Essentials: Parts and Assemblies
 

Description: Advanced Part Modeling teaches you how to build freeform shapes using SolidWorks mechanical design automation software.

 

The topics covered in this course are:

 

Lesson 1: Multibody Solids

 

Multibody Solids
Bridging
Extrude From
Local Operations
Combined Bodies
Common Bodies
Tool Body
Symmetry
Indent Feature
Using Cut to Create Multibodies
Saving Solid Bodies as Parts and Assemblies
Feature Scope
Splitting a Part into Multibodies
Creating an Assembly
Using Split Part with Legacy Data

 

Lesson 2: Sweeps

 

Introduction
Case Study: Bottle
Sweeping and Lofting: What’s the Difference?
Sweeping
Creating a Curve Through a Set of Points
Sweeping
The Label Shape
Working with a Non-planar Path
Variable Radius Filleting
Analyzing Geometry
Filleting the Label Outline
Selecting Edges
Performance Considerations
Modeling Threads
Using Twist
Sweeping Along Model Edges
3D Sketches

 

Lesson 3: Lofts

 

Basic Lofting
Using Derived and Copied Sketches
Copying a Sketch
Derived Sketches
Advanced Lofting
Other Techniques
Using Flex

 

Lesson 4: Surface Modeling

 

Working with Surfaces
Similarities between Solid and Surface Modeling

Splines

Trimmed Surfaces

Ruled Surface

Lofting Surfaces

Modeling the Lower Half

Filling in Gaps

Design Changes

Finishing Touches

Rapid Prototyping

Intersection Curves and Splines

 

Lesson 5: Core and Cavity

 

Case Study: A Simple Two Plate Mold
Analyzing Draft on a Model
Draft Analysis Colors
Scale the Plastic Part to Allow for Shrikage

Determine the Parting Lines
Manual Selection Of Parting Lines
Automation
Modeling the Parting Surfaces

Smoothing the Parting Surface
Interlocking the Mold Tooling
Creating the Mold Tooling
Case Study: Plastic Bezel of a Cordless Drill
Creating New Draft Faces

Complex Shutt-off Surfaces

Interlocking Surfaces
Case Study: Multiple Parting Directions
Trapped Molding Areas
Side Cores
Lifters
Core Pins

Case Study: Electrode Design

Electrode Clearance

Keeping the Sharp Edges