In this learning path, you will learn how to use the platform management tools and the Platform Manager role to setup and configure the 3DEXPERIENCE platform for SOLIDWORKS users. You will create and configure a design environment, review setup and permissions, map properties, configure revisions, and control lifecycle status.
Review additional resources available to SOLIDWORKS users and platform administrators. Access platform help topics. Connect to SOLIDWORKS specific communities. Explore resources provided in the SOLIDWORKS community wiki.
Explore and configure the platform settings for revision and lifecycle control. Understand revision naming rules. Examine the settings used to configure revision schemes. Review access rules for lifecycle and collaboration commands. Explore a SOLIDWORKS lifecycle scenario using the default revision scheme.
Explore and configure the platform settings for content access rules and maturity. Understand the lifecycle of SOLIDWORKS content. Examine the settings to configure access to content. Add a transition to a maturity graph. Add a control rule to a transition.
Configure platform options and settings used for naming and numbering SOLIDWORKS platform content when saved. Turn on the platform Auto-name setting and understand its interaction with specific SOLIDWORKS Save options. Configure the platform Content Naming Rules used for naming SOLIDWORKS content. Understand and configure an Enterprise Item Number. Set an Enterprise Item Number in SOLIDWORKS. Map the SOLIDWORKS property ‘Engineering Partnumber’ to a SOLIDWORKS drawing title block.
Configure the SOLIDWORKS specific platform configuration options and settings. Explore the SOLIDWORKS Save options. Understand the SOLIDWORKS Open options.
Create platform attributes and map SOLIDWORKS properties to platform content. Review platform content types generated from SOLIDWORKS files. Add and deploy attributes to platform content. Map SOLIDWORKS properties to content attributes. Validate attribute mappings.
Review the administrator roles and apps used to create a design environment for SOLIDWORKS users. Review the administrator dashboards and platform manager role. Add to a custom administrator dashboard. Create a User Group. Create a 3DSwym community and add members. Create and share a dashboard. Create a collaborative space and add members.
This learning module is designed to get you up and running with the DELMIA Shop Floor Machining app quickly. It covers all the basics from preparing the CAD data in SOLIDWORKS to generating G-Code in DELMIA Shop Floor Machining.
Prepare for the Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA) exam. Learn about sketching, basic features, mass properties, assemblies, reference geometry, drawings, and other topics prior to taking the CSWA exam. Click CSWA Practice Exercises Learning Path if you would like to go through some practice exercises.
3D Creator is a role on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform that contains the xDesign app for 3D modeling. You can quickly get started with creating a new physical product, sketching, adding features, creating reference geometry, using patterns, editing models, and creating assemblies. In addition, you can learn about the flexibility of super features, working with multibody parts, and using direct editing tools.
3D Sculptor is a role on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform that contains the xShape app for 3D modeling. Create complex surfaces using intuitive push-pull interaction. Use images and sketches as templates to create 3D surface modeling. Automatically convert subdivision surfaces to geometry when finished.
Learn the basics of SOLIDWORKS drawings, and add drawing views, annotations, BOM tables, and balloons. Add drawing views using the View Palette. Create section and detail views. Insert model dimensions from the part. Add a Bill of Materials table. Automatically generate balloons.
Learn the basics of SOLIDWORKS assembly design, by opening an assembly and adding components and mates. Open an existing assembly. Insert components into an assembly. Mate components using common types. Understand degrees of freedom and show assembly motion. Open components from the assembly. Hide and show components.
Learn the basics of SOLIDWORKS design, and build a SOLIDWORKS feature-based, parametric, solid model using sketches and features. Create a new sketch. Sketch geometry like lines and circles. Add relations and dimensions. Revolve and extrude sketches to create features. Shell to create a thin walled model. Test the design with dimensional changes.
Learn the basics of using the 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS role, with the SOLIDWORKS Connected app, to creating new, open existing, and saving documents to the platform.
Learn about the basics of using a Structure System to create structures.
Create a cut list to organize the bodies in a structure part. Add custom properties to the components of a structure so the properties appear in the cut list. Create and edit a cut list. Edit custom properties. Edit the material of the bodies in a structure.
Learn to shorten, extend, or add corner treatments to a structure using the Corner Management tool. Learn to trim and extend structural members. Add simple and complex corner treatments.
Structure System is an advanced weldment environment that lets you create and modify structural members of different profiles in a single feature. Add primary members using sketches, points, edges, reference planes, and surfaces. Add secondary members using primary members and reference planes.
Learn some of the basics of modeling parts in SOLIDWORKS, including design intent and editing sketches and parts.
An introduction to the many types view manipulation for parts, assemblies, and drawings. Explore the different types of views. Understand how to manipulate views using menus, the keyboard, mouse, and reference triad.
Are you new to SOLIDWORKS CAD? This brief learning path will help you create your first sketch, part, assembly, and drawing.
An introduction to the basics of SOLIDWORKS and the user interface. Explore the definition of SOLIDWORKS. Understand how Design Intent is used. Explore the SOLIDWORKS user interface. Access the SOLIDWORKS Options.