SOLIDWORKS 2024 Advanced Techniques

• The perfect follow up to SOLIDWORKS Intermediate Skills
• Uses a step by step tutorial approach with real world projects
• Comprehensive coverage of advanced SOLIDWORKS tools and techniques
• Covers parts, surfaces, SimulationXpress, sheet metal, top-down assemblies and core and cavity molds
• Features a quick reference guide and a Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional practice exam

SOLIDWORKS 2024 Advanced Techniques picks up where SOLIDWORKS 2024 Intermediate Skills leaves off. Its aim is to take you from an intermediate user with a basic understanding of SOLIDWORKS and modeling techniques to an advanced user capable of creating complex models and able to use the advanced tools provided by SOLIDWORKS. The text covers parts, surfaces, SimulationXpress, sheet metal, top-down assemblies and core and cavity molds.

Every lesson and exercise in this book was created based on real world projects. Each of these projects has been broken down and developed into easy and comprehensible steps. Furthermore, at the end of every chapter there are self test questionnaires to ensure that you have gained sufficient knowledge from each section before moving on to more advanced lessons. This book takes the approach that in order to understand SOLIDWORKS, inside and out, you should create everything from the beginning and take it step by step.

Who this book is for

This book is for the intermediate to advanced user who has already completed the SOLIDWORKS Basic Tools book and may have also completed the SOLIDWORKS Intermediate Skills book. People who are very familiar with SOLIDWORKS and its add ins will also find this book to be a valuable resource.

Table of Contents

     Introduction: SOLIDWORKS 2024 User Interface
1.   Introduction to 3D Sketch
2.   Plane Creation
3.   Advanced Modeling
4.   Sweep with Composite Curve
5.   Advanced Modeling with Sweep & Loft
6.   Loft vs. Sweep
7.   Loft with Guide Curves
8.   Using Surfaces
9.   Offset Surface & Ruled Surface
10. Advanced Surfaces
11. Surfaces vs. Solid Modeling
12. SimulationXpress
13. Sheet Metal Parts
14. Sheet Metal Forming Tools
15. Sheet Metal Conversions
16. Working with Sheet Metal STEP Files
17. Advanced Weldments
18. Creating a Core & Cavity
19. Non Planar Parting Lines
20. Top-Down Assembly - Part 1
21. Top-Down Assembly – Part 2
22. External References & Repair Errors
23. Using Appearances
     CSWP Mechanical Design Exam Preparation
     Glossary
     Index
     SOLIDWORKS 2024 Quick-Guides