SolidWorks 2016 Learn by doing 2016 - Part 2

SOLIDWORKS 2016: Learn by Doing-Part 2

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Surface Design

TUTORIAL 1 (Extruded Surfaces)

TUTORIAL 2 (Revolved Surfaces)

TUTORIAL 3 (Swept Surfaces)

TUTORIAL 4 (Lofted Surfaces)

Tutorial 5 (Planar Surfaces)

TUTORIAL 6 (Creating a Ruled Surface using the Tangent to Surface option)

TUTORIAL 7 (Creating a Ruled Surface using the Normal to Surface option)

TUTORIAL 8 (Creating a Ruled Surface using the Tapered to Vector option)

TUTORIAL 9 (Creating a Ruled Surface using the Perpendicular to Vector option)

TUTORIAL 10 (Creating a Ruled Surface using the Sweep option)

TUTORIAL 11 (Offset Surface)

TUTORIAL 12 (Knitting Surfaces)

Creating a Solid by Knitting Surfaces

TUTORIAL 13 (Trimming Surfaces)

Trimming a Surface using the Standard option

Trimming Surfaces using the Mutual option

TUTORIAL 14 (Extending Surfaces)

TUTORIAL 15 (Untrimming a Surface)

TUTORIAL 16(Deleting Holes)

TUTORIAL 17 (Filled Surface)

TUTORIAL 18

TUTORIAL 19 (Converting a Surface to Solid)

TUTORIAL 20 (Thickening the Surface)

Tutorial 21 (Deleting Faces)

TUTORIAL 22 (Replacing Faces)

TUTORIAL 23 (Cutting with Surfaces)

TUTORIAL 24 (Thickened Cut)

TUTORIAL 25 (Freeform Surfaces)

TUTORIAL 26 (Boundary Surfaces)

TUTORIAL 27 (Flatten Surface)

Chapter 2: Mold Tools

TUTORIAL 1

Performing Draft Analysis

Applying Shrinkage allowance

Inserting Mold Folders

Creating a Parting Line

Creating Shut-off Surfaces

Creating Parting Surfaces

Creating the Tooling Split

Performing the Undercut analysis

Creating side cores

Creating your own surfaces

Chapter 3: Weldments

TUTORIAL 1

TUTORIAL 2

Adding Structural members

Trimming the Structural Members

Creating Gussets

Creating Base Plates

Mirroring Gussets and Base plates

Creating Fillet Beads

Creating Weld Beads

TUTORIAL 3 (Creating End Caps)

TUTORIAL 4 (Working with Cut lists)

Adding Cut list to the Weldment Drawing

Adding Columns to the Cut list table

Creating Bounding box

Adding a Weld table to the Weldment Drawing

Adding a Weld Symbols

Creating Sub Weldments

TUTORIAL 5 (Creating Custom Profiles for structural members)

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Chapter 1: Surface Design

SOLIDWORKS Surface modeling tools can be used to create complex geometries that are very difficult to create using solid modeling tools. In addition, you can also use these tools to fix broken imported parts. In this chapter, you will learn the basics of surfacing tools that are mostly used. The surfacing tools are available on the Surfaces Command Manager. You can also find these tools on the menu bar (click Insert > Surface on the Menu bar).

If the Surfaces CommandManager is not displayed by default, you can customize it. Right-click on any of the tabs of the CommandManager and select Surface from the shortcut menu.

SOLIDWORKS offers a robust set of surface design tools. A surface is an infinitely thin piece of geometry. For example, consider a box shown in Figure. It has six faces. Each of these faces is a surface, an infinitely thin piece of geometry that acts as a boundary in 3D space. Surfaces can be simple or complex shapes.

In solid modeling, when you create solid features such as an Extruded Boss or a Revolved Boss, SOLIDWORKS creates a set of surfaces forming a closed volume. This airtight closed volume is considered as a solid body. Although, you can design a geometry using solid modeling tools, but the surface modeling tools give you more flexibility.

Creating Basic Surfaces

In this section, you will learn to create basic surfaces using the Extruded Surface, Revolved Surface, Swept Surface, and Lofted Surface tools. These tools are similar to that available in solid modeling.

TUTORIAL 1 (Extruded Surfaces)

To create an extruded surface, first create an open or closed sketch.

Click the Extruded Surface button on the Surfaces Command Manager.

Select the sketch. The Surface-Extrude Property Manager appears and is similar to the Boss-Extruded Property Manager.

Enter a value in the Depth box available in the Direction 1 section.

Click OK on Property Manager to create the extruded surface. You will notice that the extrusion was not capped at the ends. You can check the Cap end option to cap the ends

TUTORIAL 2 (Revolved Surfaces)

To create a revolved surface, first create an open or closed profile and the axis of revolution.

Click the Revolved Surface button on the Surfaces Command Manager.

Select the sketch. The preview of the revolved surface appears.

Enter the angle of revolution in the Direction 1 Angle box and click OK.