SOLIDWORKS includes a suite of specialized tools for surfacing, sheet metal, weldments, mold design, and routing. This learning path provides a brief introduction to these additional areas of the software.
The lessons in this learning module provide a quick introduction to parts, assemblies, and drawings in SOLIDWORKS.
This learning path contains exercises so you can improve your proficiency with the SOLIDWORKS CAD software before taking the Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA) exam. We offer over 30 practice exercises in areas such as Sketching, Features and Parts, Assemblies, and Additional Tools. TIP: For best results, be sure to complete the CSWA Exam Prep Course before attempting these practice exercises.
Review the part and assembly practice exams to prepare for the CSWA exam.
DraftSight is a feature-rich CAD tool for every type of design. This course will take you through the basics of DraftSight, from managing drawings with the 3DEXPERIENCE to using core tools that can complete any design and publish to a hard copy of PDF. Learn how to create and modify designs, clarify with dimensions, and use blocks to simplifying the drawing content.
Learn about how SOLIDWORKS Simulation can help you analyze the dynamic structural response of your parts or assemblies to the transient load or excitation. Review the basic functionality and available modules, understand the difference between static and dynamic responses of structures. Understand the transient time history and harmonic simulation modules.
This learning path offers an introduction to using SOLIDWORKS Motion to analyze the kinematic or dynamic behavior of your SOLIDWORKS assembly model.
Learn about SOLIDWORKS Product Data Management (PDM) to help you get your design data under control and substantially improve the way your teams manage and collaborate on product development.
Learn about SOLIDWORKS Simulation, a powerful and intuitive structural analysis tool for product engineers. Discover the SOLIDWORKS Simulation product suite, tour the user interface, learn how to test assemblies and thin structures, and much more.
Working with Large Assemblies can be a challenge, but with the proper tools and techniques they can be managed. Learn about what happens when you open an assembly, choosing the best assembly mode, the available assembly techniques and some helpful settings and tips.
This learning path is designed to help new administrators get started with SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard. The learning path includes modules to help administrators: Understand the components that comprise PDM Standard. Install PDM Standard. Create a PDM vault and a client local view. Use PDM operations to validate the vault. Create Users and Groups, and assign permissions. Perform a complete backup of a PDM Standard vault.
Learn about how SOLIDWORKS Simulation can help you analyze the nonlinear static structural behavior of your part and assembly models. Review the basic functionality, review the difference between small linear displacement and large nonlinear displacement, use force control and displacement control methods, and see the effects of material nonlinearity and mesh quality on the stress results.
Learn about SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation, which enables anyone to simulate a wide range of real world problems involving dynamics of fluids. Understand how to setup a Flow Simulation project, get familiar with the user interface, prepare assemblies for fluid simulations, define boundary conditions, goals and other important parts of the project, mesh geometries using both automated and manual approaches, postprocess results, and much more.
Learn about some of the basic functionalities of SOLIDWORKS Electrical. Become familiar with the SOLIDWORKS Electrical user interface, learn how to work with projects, create different types of schematic drawings, add symbols and components, connect them using wires and cables, and use macros and black boxes to expedite your design work.
Complete this learning path to learn more about the fundamentals of 3D Modeling and 2D Constraints functionalities available in the DraftSight Premium and Enterprise Plus products exclusively. Learn more at: https://www.draftsight.com
Learn about SOLIDWORKS Visualize, which enables anyone to create professional, photo-quality images and animations. Understand how to setup a Visualize project, tour the user interface, add appearances, scenes, textures, and decals to your model, animate your assemblies, and much more.
Prepare for the Certified Additive Manufacturing exam. Learn about the SLA, SLS, and FDM processes of 3D printing, and how it’s rapidly changing the manufacturing world. This learning path will cover the basics of setting up and running successful parts from your FDM or SLA printer. Once you’re done with the learning path, head over to SOLIDWORKS.com/Certification for information on how to take the CSWA-AM exam so you can demonstrate your knowledge of this technology.
Learn about some of the tools that you can use with weldments in SOLIDWORKS parts.
Learn about the basics of using weldments in SOLIDWORKS parts.
Learn about using surfaces in SOLIDWORKS.
Learn about SOLIDWORKS Utilities, which is a set of tools that lets you examine in detail the geometry of a solid model, and make comparisons to other models.
Learn about SOLIDWORKS Utilities, which is a set of tools that lets you examine in detail the geometry of a solid model, and make comparisons to other models.
Learn about SOLIDWORKS MBD, which is an integrated drawingless manufacturing solution for SOLIDWORKS 3D design software.
Learn about SOLIDWORKS Inspection to streamline the creation of inspection documents by leveraging your existing 2D legacy data, regardless of whether files are SOLIDWORKS, PDFs, or TIFFs.
