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Introduction to SolidWorks
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1. Feature-based approach
Just as an assembly is made up of a number of individual piece parts, a
SolidWorks model is also made up of individual constituent elements.
These elements are called features.
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2. Parametric
The dimensions and relations used to create a feature are captured and
stored in the model. This not only enables you to capture your design intent, it
also enables you to quickly and easily make changes to the model.
Solid Modeling
A solid model is the most complete type of geometric model used in
CAD systems. It contains all the wire frame and surface geometry necessary to
fully describe the edges and faces of the model.
Fully Associative
A SolidWorks model is fully associative to the drawings and assemblies
that reference it. Changes to the model are automatically reflected in the
associated drawings and assemblies. Likewise, you can make changes in the
context of the drawing or assembly and know that those changes will be reflected
back in the model.
Constraints
Geometric relationships such as parallel, perpendicular, horizontal,
vertical, concentric, and coincident are just some of the constraints supported in
SolidWorks. In addition, equations can be used to establish mathematical
relationships among parameters. By using constraints and equations, you can
guarantee that design concepts such as through holes or equal radii are captured
and maintained.
Design Intent
Design intent is your plan as to how the model should behave when it is
changed. For example, if you model a boss with a blind hole in it, the hole should
move when the boss is moved. Likewise, if you model a circular hole pattern of
six equally spaced holes, the angle between the holes should change
automatically if you change the number of holes to eight. The techniques you use
to create the model determine how and what type of design intent you capture.
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Factors of Design Intent
In order to use a parametric modeler like SolidWorks efficiently, you
must consider the design intent before modeling. Design intent is your
plan as to how the model should behave when it is changed. The way in
which the model is created governs how it will be changed.
Equations
Used to relate dimensions algebraically, they provide an external way to force
changes.
Added Relations
Added to the model as it is created, relations provide another way to connect
related geometry. Some common relations are concentric,tangent, coincident,
and collinear.
Dimensioning
The way in which a sketch is dimensioned will have an impact upon its design
intent. Add dimensions in a way that reflects how you would like to change them.
Case a) A sketch dimensioned like this will keep the holes 20mm from each end
regardless of how the overall plate width, 100mm, is changed.
Case b) Baseline dimensions like this will keepthe holes positioned relative to the
left edge of the plate. The positions of the holes are not affected by changes in
the overall width of the plate.
Case c) Dimensioning from the edge and from center to center will maintain the
distance between the hole centers and allow it to be changed that way.
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How Features Affect Design Intent
Design intent is affected by more than
just how a sketch is dimensioned. The choice of
features and the modeling methodology are
also important. For example, consider the
case of a simple stepped shaft as shown at
the right. There are several ways a part like
this could be built
Changing the thickness of one layer has a ripple effect, changing the
position of all the other layers that were created after it.
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File References
SolidWorks creates files that are compound documents that contain
elements from other files. File references are created by linking files rather than
duplicating information in multiple files. Referenced files do not have to be stored
with the document that references them. In most practical applications, the
referenced documents are stored in multiple locations on the computer or
network. SolidWorks provides several tools to determine the references that exist
and their location.
Linked Objects
When an object is linked, information is updated only if the source file
is modified. Linked data is stored in the source file. The destination file stores
only the location of the source file (an external reference), and it displays a
representation of the linked data.Linking is also useful when you want to include
information that is maintained independently, such as data collected by a
different department.
Embedded Objects
When you embed an object, information in the destination file doesn't
change if you modify the source file. Embedded objects become part of
the destination file and, once inserted, are no longer part of the source
file.
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File Reference Example
The many different types of external references created by SolidWorks
are shown in the following graphic. Some of the references can be
linked or embedded.
System Feedback
Feedback is provided by a symbol
attached to the cursor arrow indicating what you
are selecting or what the system is expecting you
to select. As the cursor floats across the model,
feedback will come in the form of symbols, riding
next to the cursor. The illustration at the right
shows some of the symbols: vertex, edge, face
and dimension.
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Status of a Sketch
Sketches can be in one of five definition states at any time. The status
of a sketch depends on geometric relations between geometry and the
dimensions that define it. The three most common states are:
Note :The two other states are No Solution Found and Invalid Solution
Found. They both indicate that there are errors that must be repaired.
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Sketch Type Description Special Considerations
Open contour creates a None required.
thin feature with
constant thickness.
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Basic sketcher
1 2 3 4 5 6
40
A A
R300
200 40
125
80°
R250
B B
R5
R50
84
15
C C
100
D
TITLE:
Exercise
25 DWG NO.
40 A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2 P-13
1 2 3 4 5 6
A 5 A
5
30 90°
25
135
18
20
4 Holes 90
120
B B
15 30
30
C C
100
30
20
100
D R20 TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:1
P-14
1 2 3 4 5 6
R20
50
100
135
160
A A
25
65
0
20
40
0
0
R32 R10
R15 20
R8
R40
R8
R15 120 60 R15
B R14 B
R38
90
110 R8
144
44
26 140
70 R14
160 C
C
22
R5
38 38 R10
96
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN mm
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2
P-15
1 2 3 4 5 6
80
45
A
15 15.00° A
R30
16 R50
120°
10 80
B
20 B
30 R8
R20
10 10
R10
R19
35
C C
65
40
25
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
40 A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2 P-16
1 2 3 4 5 6
35
A A
10 10
35 3 R19
45
73 114
15 R11
16 R5
3 R10
B
R20 B
15
R15 24
116
R10
R20
57
38
17
12
C
C
15 64
R35
R55
R65
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2 P-17
Part Modeling
1 2 3 4 5 6
A R19 A
7 THRU ALL 13
R16
R4 50 19 5 R4
R6
19 12
38 R4
B 27 B
3 38
38
152
C 2x 7 THRU ALL C
13
13
38
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN mm
D
13 TITLE:
R4
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2 P-21
1 2 3 4 5 6
A A
15 15 30
20
10
35
B B
10
60
120
C C
20.20
60
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN mm
D
TITLE:
Exercise
20 45 DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2
P-22
1 2 3 4 5 6
15 70 16
A A
16
40
75
B B
22 60.00°
12
100 30
12
C C
64
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN mm
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2
P-23
1 2 3 4 5 6
A A
R15
10 10
25
R6
43
R10
B B
12
2 10 10
25
166
C
C 50 20 12.40 THRU
25
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2 P-24
1 2 3 4 5 6
R19
A A
28
34
75
B
62 B
C C
D
6 TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:1 P-25
1 2 3 4 5 6
A R25 100 20 A
R12
18 THRU
80
60
20
B B
150
C 35 C
R20
75
2x 20 THRU
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN mm
R25
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2 P-26
1 2 3 4 5 6
25
A A
30
15
15
B B
65 101
C 40 C
D
R33 TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2 P-27
1 2 3 4 5 6
38
22
86
B B
R25
171
203
C C
25
286
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2 P-28
1 2 3 4 5 6
A R12 3 Holes A
16
0
44 R2
75
B B
50
44
12
11
22
20
C C
40 37.50
10
64
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2
P-29
1 2 3 4 5 6
64
R1
8
A A
92
23
20
B B
18
82
36
18 C
C
12
22
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2 P-30
1 2 3 4 5 6
44
37
25 2x 5 20
A A
10
12
20
16
B B
20
31.500
100
37
31
12
C C
44
20
6
50
62
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:1
P-31
1 2 3 4 5 6
14
42
19
B B
38
19 10 THRU
2x 12THRU
C C
20
40 22 2x 25
4xR3.18
38
D
TITLE:
Exercise
Note: DWG NO.
All fillets and Rounds are R2 mm unless otherwise noted A4
1 2 SCALE:1:1 P-32
1 2 3 4 5 6
A
40 30 A
10 25
10
30 50
120
B B
90R30
30 50
10
15 60
100
C C
60
50 40
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN mm
D
TITLE:
Exercise
10 12 10
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2
P-33
1 2 3 4 5 6
10
A 88 A
110 166
B 50 B
32
74
32
C R38 C
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
56 A4
1 2 SCALE:1:5
P-34
1 2 3 4 5 6
R13
75 55
A A
12
R18 55
70 R25
28
7 12 75
32
B
11 B
25
95 45 24
65
40 35
C C
35
45 23 70
D
TITLE:
Exercise
50 DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2 P-35
1 2 3 4 5 6
20
A
R10 10 THRU 3
A
10 R11 44
R5 R19
43 18 15
24 R10
15 3
38
B B
38
12 64 15
C C
10 88 94
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2 P-36
1 2 3 4 5 6
45
A A
104 15
DETAIL B
SCALE 1 : 1
B 60 B
20 35 35
5
45
35
73 15 R20
C C
35
28 3 R15
10 R20
16 THRU ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN mm
87
R10
D 90°
TITLE:
Exercise
R35
DWG NO.
R65 R55 A4
60
1 2 SCALE:1:2
P-37
1 2 3 4 5 6
65
18 12 12
36
27 R18
A
R49 30 A
23
R10
54 38 54 54
69
R20 38
60
B B
18 144
12 12
R15 12
30 48 12
12 38
M14X2.0 - 6H 28
25 54
C C
24
48
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN mm
24
D
60
TITLE:
Exercise
144
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2 P-38
1 2 3 4 5 6
70
50
A A
40
66
B B
185
10
R3
C C
75
100 3
20 140
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN mm
D
TITLE:
Exercise
Note: Unmentioned fillets are R3 mm DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:5 P-39
1 2 3 4 5 6
B
0.5d
4x 0.2d+3
A R(d/9) A
0.25d+0.75
2d+50
2.5d+75
1.5d+25
B B
d
d+3
PCD
C C
1.25d+20
SECTION B-B
B
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN mm
D
NOTE:
1.Intially take d=45mm TITLE:
1 2 SCALE:1:5
P-40
1 2 3 4 5 6
75
57 63.50 50
12
A A
25
100
R20 16
B D D B
38
3.00°
R66
63.50
16
3.00° 3.00°
C C
3.00°
D
TITLE:
12 Exercise
SECTION D-D DWG NO.
SCALE 1 : 1 A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2
P-21
1 2 3 4 5 6
16.00 .63
R2.25 F
A A
5.00 F
J SECTION F-F
SCALE 1 : 2
B B
R0.69
R0.63
R.10 R.25
C C
2.00
.75
1.50
R.75
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN inch
R.75 .05
D
SECTION J-J
SCALE 1 : 1 TITLE:
Exercise
DETAIL L
SCALE 2 : 3 DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:5
P-42
1 2 3 4 5 6
.06 R.10
A A
R.25
3.25
110.00° 1.13
V V 2.00
B .06 DETAIL M B
SCALE 1 : 1
SECTION N-N
SCALE 1 : 2
.02
7.63 .10
4.50
1.50
U
C U SECTION V-V
C
1.00 SCALE 1 : 1
N N
R.03
M ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN inch
.45
1.00
D
TITLE:
M52
A A
75
170
75
60
B R150 B
22 R75
R10
175 226
R18
R62
65 60
C R10 R50 C
R150
10
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:10 P-24
1 2 3 4 5 6
Configuration Modelling
A A
220
B B
180
C C
• For Machined Long and Forged Long the total Length 220mm has to Exercise
be changed to 180mm DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:5 P-25
1 2 3 4 5 6
Center H
State@
C to C
Side R
Bolt H
End R
Holes
A A
R0.625
(EndR) 0.063
0.500 Default 0.5 1.875 0.625 1.5 3 U
(RD1)
(BoltH) G1 1 3 1.25 2.25 4.5 S
G2 0.75 2.5 1 2 4 U
G3 0.625 2 0.875 1.75 3.5 U
G4 0.5 1.875 0.625 1.5 3 S
B
G5 0.375 1.25 0.5 1.25 2.5 U B
G6 0.25 1 0.375 1 2 S
(CtoC)
3.000
R1.500
(SideR)
C C
1.875
(CenterH)
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:1
P-46
1 2 3 4 5 6
C'Bore Depth
Thru Hole Dia
C'Bore Dia
Main OD
RD3
RD2
RD1
A A
0.364 (D2) Groove 1 5.25 0.125 2.25 2.625 1.125 0.5312 0364
(C'Bore Depth) Groove 2 5.375 0.125 2.375 2.75 1.125 0.5312 0.364
Groove 3 5.5 0.1875 2.5 2.875 1.125 0.5312 0.364
B B
0.250
(D3)
(Main OD)
(C'Bore Dia.)
5.000
2.250
2.500
2.125
(D1)
1.125
(RD1)
(RD2)
C
B B C
0.531
(Thru Hole Dia.) 0.125
(RD3)
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2
P-47
Assembly
Modeling
1 2 3 4 5 6
4 Cover_Pl&Lug_& 2
5 Plate_& 1
6 Shaft_& 1
5
B B
1
ASSEMBLED VIEW
C 6 C
EXPLODED VIEW
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:10
P-51
1 2 3 4 5 6
4 3 Handle_& 1
4 Knob_& 1
5 #10-32 (1.5" LONG) 1
6
6 #4-40 (.625" LONG) 2
1
B B
ASSEMBLED VIEW
C C
D
EXPLODED VIEW TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:5
P-52
1 2 3 4 5 6
B B
2
4
C C
ASSEMBLED VIEW
D
EXPLODED VIEW
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:1
P-53
1 2 3 4 5 6
4 Arrow 3
5 Nozzle 2
6 Main Body 1
B B
ASSEMBLED VIEW
EXPLODED VIEW
C
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:5
P-54
Sheet Metal
1 2 3 4 5 6
NOTE:
Material - Steel
A Gauge - 14 or thickness - 0.9 A
12
B B
45
18
C C
5
E 6
D DETAIL E
6
TITLE:
SCALE 2 : 1 Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:1 P-57
1 2 3 4 5 6
45.25 5 NOTE:
Material - Steel
Gauge - 18 or thickness - 1.21
33.36 Bend radius - 1.27
A 10 A
Relief - 0.5
15
R5
100 10
5
145
B B
185.83 30
163
123.76
100.45 35
90.00° C
C
40
50
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:5
P-58
1 2 3 4 5 6
NOTE:
152.48 Material - Steel
Thickness - 1.21
A A
Bend radius - 1.27
Relief - 0.5
90.00° 105
92.90 75 90
20 36.25°
20
B B
35 75
150
32.46
C C
60
20
179.75
35
g
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN mm
de
90
up
10
D 75 TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
20
1 2 SCALE:1:5
P-59
1 2 3 4 5 6
NOTE:
Material - Steel
Thickness - 1.21
A A
Bend radius - 1.27
Relief - 0.5
5 4.87 10
5 5
12 6
B B
40
1
12 UP 90.00° R 1.27
UP 90.00° R 1.27
28
C 5 C
75
UP 90.00° R 1.27
ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN mm
30
15
D
TITLE:
Exercise
15
DWG NO.
25 A4
1 2 SCALE:1:1
P-60
1 2 3 4 5 6
100
25
R5
3 3 6
A A
15
25
18
10
UP 90.00° R 1.91
UP 90.00° R 1.91
75 100
118
2x
B B
UP 90.00° R 1.91
UP 90.00° R 1.91
5
8
3 3
110
145
185
C C
25
1 2 SCALE:1:2 P-61
1 2 3 4 5 6
NOTE:
Material - Steel
12
Gauge - 15 or thickness - 1.21
50
52 Bend radius - 1.905
A 3 Relief - 0.5 A
75
100 80
B 8 B
91
90
.
R1
UP 70.00° R 1.91
1.71
9.50 4.75 0.75
90
DOWN 90.00° R 1.91
DOWN 90.00° R 1.91
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:2 P-62
Weldments
1 2 3 4 5 6
A 1 2 LEG ASSEMBLY A
1 2
2 2
B B
3
4
C C
D
TITLE:
Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:16 P-65
1 2 3 4 5 6
3
5 2
2
B B
4
2
2
1" 2
1/2"
1'-6" 2"
C C
5 1/2"
7/16" 135.00°
2"
SCALE 1:4
3'-6 7/8"
1"
D
TITLE:
1/2" Exercise
DWG NO.
A4
1 2 SCALE:1:16 P-66
1 2 3 4 5 6
A
A 6'-8"
A
G G SECTION A-A
SCALE 1 : 8
2'-9"
B B
DETAIL D 1 1/2"
1 1/4"
1"
3/4"
C
1'-9" C
3'-2 1/2" 4
SECTION G-G
1/2"
D 1/2"
TITLE:
4" Exercise
DWG NO.
1/2" A4
ANSI 2 x 2 x 0.125 AI L ANGLE 4"
1 2 SCALE:1:16 P-67