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1. Part 1: Getting Started

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to SOLIDWORKS FREE CHAPTER

• Introducing SOLIDWORKS
• Exploring the 3DEXPERIENCE platform
• Understanding parametric modeling
• Exploring SOLIDWORKS certifications
• Summary
• Questions
• Further reading

3. Chapter 2: Interface and Navigation

• Technical requirements
• Main components of the SOLIDWORKS interface
• The document’s measurement system
• Summary
• Questions

4. Part 2: 2D Sketching

5. Chapter 3: SOLIDWORKS 2D Sketching Basics

• Technical requirements
• Getting started with SOLIDWORKS sketching
• Sketching lines, rectangles, circles, arcs, and ellipses
• Under-defined, fully defined, and over-defined sketches
• Summary
• Questions

6. Chapter 4: Special Sketching Commands

• Technical requirements
• Mirroring and offsetting sketches
• Creating sketch patterns
• Trimming in SOLIDWORKS sketching
• Summary
• Questions

7. Part 3: Basic Mechanical Core Features – Associate Level

8. Chapter 5: Basic Primary One-Sketch Features

• Technical requirements
• Understanding and applying extruded boss and cut
• Understanding and applying fillets and chamfers
• Understanding and applying revolved boss and revolved cut
• Summary
• Questions

9. Chapter 6: Basic Secondary Multi-Sketch Features

• Technical requirements
• Reference geometries – additional planes
• Understanding and applying Swept Boss and Swept Cut
• Understanding and applying Lofted Boss and Lofted Cut
• Summary
• Questions

10. Part 4: Basic Evaluation and Assemblies – Associate Level

11. Chapter 7: Materials and Mass Properties

• Technical requirements
• Reference geometries – defining a new coordinate system
• Assigning materials and evaluating and overriding mass properties
• Summary
• Questions

12. Chapter 8: Standard Assembly Mates

• Technical requirements
• Opening assemblies and adding parts
• Understanding and applying non-value-oriented standard mates
• Understanding and applying value-driven standard mates
• Utilizing materials and mass properties for assemblies
• Summary
• Questions

13. Part 5: 2D Engineering Drawings Foundation

14. Chapter 9: Introduction to Engineering Drawings

• Understanding engineering drawings
• Interpreting engineering drawings
• Summary
• Questions
• Further reading

15. Project 1: 3D Modelling a Pair of Glasses

• Technical requirements
• Understanding the project
• 3D modeling the individual parts
• Creating the assembly
• Summary

16. Chapter 10: Basic SOLIDWORKS Drawing Layout and Annotations

• Technical requirements
• Opening a SOLIDWORKS drawing file
• Exploring and generating orthographic and isometric views
• Communicating dimensions and design
• Utilizing the drawing sheet’s information block
• Exporting the drawing as a PDF file or image
• Summary
• Questions

17. Chapter 11: Bills of Materials

• Technical requirements
• Understanding BOMs
• Generating a standard BOM
• Adjusting information in the BOMs
• Utilizing equations with BOMs
• Utilizing parts callouts
• Summary
• Questions

18. Part 6: Advanced Mechanical Core Features – Professional Level

19. Chapter 12: Advanced SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Core Features

• Technical requirements
• Understanding and applying the draft feature
• Understanding and applying the shell feature
• Understanding and utilizing the Hole Wizard
• Understanding and applying features mirroring
• Understanding and applying the rib feature
• Understanding and utilizing multi-body parts
• Understanding and applying linear, circular, and fill feature patterns
• Summary
• Questions

20. Chapter 13: Equations, Configurations, and Design Tables

• Technical requirements
• Understanding and applying equations in parts
• Understanding and utilizing configurations
• Understanding and utilizing design tables
• Summary
• Questions

21. Part 7: Advanced Assemblies – Professional Level

22. Chapter 14: SOLIDWORKS Assemblies Advanced Mates

• Technical requirements
• Understanding and using the profile center mate
• Understanding and using the width and symmetric mates
• Understanding and using the distance range and angle range mates
• Understanding and using the path mate and linear/linear coupler mates
• Summary
• Questions

23. Chapter 15: Advanced SOLIDWORKS Assembly Competencies

• Technical requirements
• Understanding and utilizing the Interference Detection and Collision Detection tools
• Understanding and applying assembly features
• Understanding and utilizing configurations and design tables for assemblies
• Summary
• Questions

24. Project 2: 3D Modeling an RC Helicopter Model

• Technical requirements
• Understanding the project
• 3D modeling the individual parts
• Creating the assembly
• Summary

25. Chapter 16: Introduction to SOLIDWORKS Cloud Services

• Technical requirements
• Introducing SOLIDWORKS Cloud Services
• Getting started with SOLIDWORKS Cloud Services
• Saving and sharing your 3D models
• Marking up on designs
• How to edit and save your work after feedback
• Summary
• Questions

26. Assessments

27. Index

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