SOLIDWORKS Essentials - In-depth Drawings
Pluralsight
Course Summary
This course focuses on the drawing creation process from start to finish in SOLIDWORKS. You will learn tools, concepts, and tips for creating better drawings in less time. Software required: SOLIDWORKS 2016.
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Course Description
Drawings are the way to communicate your designs to the world. They provide the ability to express as much information as you need to communicate clearly and efficiently. In this course, SOLIDWORKS Essentials - In-depth Drawings, you will explore how drawings are produced in SOLIDWORKS. In the scenario for this course, you have been tasked with detailing a piece of engineering history, a small steam engine, so that it can be fabricated in today's manufacturing environment. First, you will be exploring the many SOLIDWORKS drawing tools, techniques, and the environment that will help create clearly communicated designs. Next, starting from scratch, you will be creating your own template and adding the needed drawing sheets. Finally, you will add views, dimensions, notes, properties, balloons, and tables to fully document and communicate the design. By the end of this course you'll know how to set up the software and document the design from start to finish using the tools and techniques in SOLIDWORKS. Software required: SOLIDWORKS 2016.
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Course Syllabus
Course Overview- 1m 26s
—Course Overview 1m 26sSystem Options, Document Properties, and Templates- 26m 19s
—Introduction 2m 40s
—Default Options, Drafting Standards and Drawing File Structure 6m 28s
—Sheet Formats: Intro and Borders 3m 41s
—Sheet Formats: Custom Properties 4m 58s
—Sheet Formats: Title Block 4m 50s
—Predefined Views and Saving the Template 3m 41sDrawing Sheets and Views In-depth- 34m 44sDimensions and Annotations- 33m 13sAssembly Drawings, Bills of Material, and Tables- 28m 49sReusing Drawings- 15m 45s