Solidworks 2014 - Advanced Techniques: Advanced Lvel Tutorials: Parts, Surfaces, Sheet Metal, Simulationxpress, Top-down Assemblies, Core & Cavity Molds

SolidWorks 2014 Part II - Advanced Techniques picks up where SolidWorks 2014 Part I - Basic Tools 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 have been broken down and developed into easy and comprehensible steps for the reader. Furthermore, at the end of every chapter there are self test questionnaires to ensure that the reader has 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, the reader should create everything from the beginning and take it step by step.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to 3D Sketch
2. Plane Creation
3. Advanced Modeling 5/8 Spanner
4. Sweep with Composite Curves Helical Ext. Spring
5. Using Variable Pitch
6. Advanced Modeling with Sweep & Loft
7. Loft vs. Sweep Water Meter Housing
8. Loft with Guide Curves Waved Washer
9. Advanced Sweep - Wire Form
10. Using Surfaces Advanced Modeling
11. Lofted Surface Remote Control Casing
12. Advanced Surfaces Offset Surface & Ruled Surface
13. Using the Deform Feature
14. Using Filled Surfaces
15. Boundary and Freeform Surfaces
16. Sweep with Solid Body
17. Surfaces vs. Solid Modeling Safety Helmet
18. Using PhotoView 360
19. SimulationXpress 5/8 Spanner
20. Sheet Metal Parts Post Cap
21. Sheet Metal Parts Vents
22. Sheet Metal Forming Tools Button with Slots
23. Designing Sheet Metal Parts Mounting Tray
24. Sheet Metal Conversions
25. Sheet Metal Gussets
26. Flat Pattern Stent
27. Stent Sample - Sheet Metal Approach
28. Working with Sheet Metal STEP Files
29. Adding Parts to the Toolbox Library
30. Weldments Structural Members
31. Top-Down Assembly
32. Core & Cavity Assembly Level
33. Core & Cavity Part Level
34. Top-Down Assembly - Miniature Vise
35. Top-Down Assembly Water Control Valve
36. External References & Repair Errors