SiolidWorks Courses

CAD Productivity Tools
Step-By-Step Self-Paced Learning Guide

Prerequisites: SolidWorks Essentials: Parts and Assemblies

Description: A self-study guide to improving your productivity with SolidWorks software. Learn the fundamentals of CAD Productivity Tools at your own speed, and become more productive using FeatureWorks, SolidWorks Utilities, and SolidWorks Toolbox.

Features:
  • Unlock the full power of SolidWorks design tools with the helpful instructions and
        tips available only from technical training experts on staff with SolidWorks
        Corporation.
  • Build your skills and confidence quickly with 16 easy-to-understand tutorials and
        practice exercises, each building upon the previous lesson.
  • Reinforce your new skills with the accompanying CD, which features time-saving
        project files for tutorials and practice exercises.
  • Learn at your own pace - review each lesson as often as you want or quickly move
        on to the next lesson.
  • Follow along with more than 475 full-color images and screen captures that serve
        as easy-to-understand visual cues.


  • The topics covered in this guide are:
    Chapter 1: Introduction
    What is the FeatureWorks software?
    What is the Toolbox software?
    What is the SolidWorks Utilities software?
    Starting FeatureWorks, Toolbox and Utilities
    Getting Help
    Chapter 2: Using FeatureWorks
    Stages in the Process
    Importing the Geometry
    Automatic Feature Recognition
    The FeatureWorks Process
    Interactive Feature Recognition
    Recognized Features Manager
    Editing the Recognized Features
    Volume Features
    Chapter 3: Using SolidWorks Utilities
    SolidWorks Utilities Tools
    Compare Features
    Report Manager
    Compare Geometry
    Geometry Analysis
    Find, Modify, Suppress and Simplify
    Modify
    Simplify
    Power Select
    Symmetry Check
    Feature Paint
    Chapter 4: Using SolidWorks Toolbox
    Tools
    Toolbox Browser
    Add to Library
    3D Content Central
    Structural Steel
    Beam Calculator
    Grooves
    Bearing Calculator
    Cams