SolidWorks Productivity Tools Step-By-Step Learning Guide

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

Book Features

• Unlock the full power of SolidWorks design tools with the helpful instructions and tips available only from technical training experts on staff with Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp.
• 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.

Course Outline

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