SolidWorks 2010 Bible

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• Part I: SolidWorks Basics Acknowledgments vii


• Chapter 1: Introducing SolidWorks ................................................................................................


• Chapter 2: Navigating the SolidWorks Interface ...........................................................................


• Chapter 3: Working with Sketches ...............................................................................................


• Chapter 4: Creating Simple Parts, Assemblies, and Drawings ......................................................


• Chapter 5: Using Visualization Techniques .................................................................................


• Part II: Building Intelligence into Your Parts


• Chapter 6: Getting More from Your Sketches ..............................................................................


• Chapter 7: Selecting Features ......................................................................................................


• Chapter 8: Patterning and Mirroring ...........................................................................................


• Chapter 9: Using Equations ........................................................................................................


• Chapter 10: Working with Part Configurations ...........................................................................


• Chapter 11: Editing and Evaluation ............................................................................................


• Part III: Working with Assemblies


• Chapter 12: Building Efficient Assemblies ...................................................................................


• Chapter 13: Getting More from Mates ........................................................................................


• Chapter 14: Controlling Assembly Configurations and Display States .........................................


• Chapter 15: Using Component Patterns and Mirrors ..................................................................


• Chapter 16: Modeling in Context ...............................................................................................


• Part IV: Creating and Using Libraries


• Chapter 17: Using Hole Wizard and Toolbox .............................................................................


• Chapter 18: Working with Library Features ................................................................................


• Chapter 19: Using Smart Components ........................................................................................


• Part V: Creating Drawings


• Chapter 20: Automating Drawings: The Basics ...........................................................................


• Chapter 21: Working with Drawing Views .................................................................................


• Chapter 22: Using Annotations and Symbols ..............................................................................


• Chapter 23: Dimensioning and Tolerancing ................................................................................


• Chapter 24: Working with Tables and Drawings ........................................................................


• Chapter 25: Using Layers, Line Fonts, and Colors ......................................................................


• Part VI: Using Advanced Techniques


• Chapter 26: Modeling Multi-bodies ............................................................................................


• Chapter 27: Working with Surfaces ............................................................................................


• Chapter 28: Employing Master Model Techniques ......................................................................


• Part VII: Working with Specialized Functionality


• Chapter 29: Using SolidWorks Sheet Metal Tools .......................................................................


• Chapter 30: Using Imported Geometry and Direct Editing Techniques.......................................


• Chapter 31: Using Weldments ....................................................................................................


• Chapter 32: Using Plastic Features and Mold Tools ..................................................................


• Chapter 33: Animating with MotionManager ............................................................................


• Part VIII: Appendixes


• Appendix A: Finding Help ........................................................................................................


• Appendix B: What’s on the CD-ROM........................................................................................


• Index ........................................................................................................................................


• Part I: SolidWorks Basics Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii


• Chapter 1: Introducing SolidWorks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


• Installing SolidWorks for the First Time ...............................................................................


• Starting SolidWorks for the First Time ..................................................................................


• SolidWorks License Agreement ...................................................................................


• Welcome to SolidWorks..............................................................................................


• Quick Tips ..................................................................................................................


• SolidWorks documentation .........................................................................................


• Tutorials ............................................................................................................


• What’s New .......................................................................................................


• Moving from AutoCAD .....................................................................................


• SolidWorks Help .............................................................................................


• Tip of the Day .................................................................................................


• Hardcopy documentation ..........................................................................................


• Identifying SolidWorks Documents ....................................................................................


• Saving your setup ......................................................................................................


• Using templates .........................................................................................................


• Having multiple document templates available ................................................


• Sharing templates ............................................................................................


• Understanding Feature-Based Modeling ..............................................................................


• Understanding History-Based Modeling ..............................................................................


• Sketching with Parametrics .................................................................................................


• Understanding Design Intent ..............................................................................................


• Editing Design Intent ..........................................................................................................


• Choosing Sketch Relations ........................................................................................


• Selecting Display/Delete Relations .............................................................................


• Using Suppressed sketch relations .............................................................................


• Working with Associativity .................................................................................................


• Tutorial: Creating a Part Template ......................................................................................


• Tutorial: Using Parametrics in Sketches ..............................................................................


• Summary ............................................................................................................................


• Chapter 2: Navigating the SolidWorks Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contents


• Identifying Elements of the SolidWorks Interface ................................................................


• Using the CommandManager and toolbars ................................................................


• CommandManager ..........................................................................................


• Using toolbars .................................................................................................


• Tool tips ..........................................................................................................


• Managing toolbars ...........................................................................................


• Workflow customization .................................................................................


• Controlling menus ....................................................................................................


• Changing cursors ......................................................................................................


• Working with models in the FeatureManager and PropertyManager windows ..........


• Using the FeatureManager ...............................................................................


• Using the PropertyManager .............................................................................


• Getting around the Task pane ...................................................................................


• Getting familiar with the Status bar ...........................................................................


• Assigning tags ..................................................................................................


• Making use of Quick Tips................................................................................


• Using the 2D Command Line Emulator ....................................................................


• Making the Interface Work for You .....................................................................................


• Customizing colors ...................................................................................................


• Exploring default selection colors ....................................................................


• Selecting Background options wisely ...............................................................


• Customizing strategies...............................................................................................


• Considering hotkey approaches .......................................................................


• Organizing hotkeys .........................................................................................


• Using mouse gestures ......................................................................................


• Using the keyboard .........................................................................................


• Minimizing icons .............................................................................................


• Contemplating device approaches ...................................................................


• Using touch and multi-touch support..............................................................


• Accessing macros .............................................................................................


• Saving custom interface settings ......................................................................


• Working with multiple document windows ..............................................................


• Managing windows ..........................................................................................


• Changing windows ..........................................................................................


• Getting to Know the Interface .............................................................................................


• Copying the existing settings .....................................................................................


• Setting interface items to their default settings ...........................................................


• Customizing the CommandManager .........................................................................


• Customizing menus ..................................................................................................


• Changing interface colors ..........................................................................................


• Adding hotkeys .........................................................................................................


• Combining macros with hotkeys ...............................................................................


• Summary ............................................................................................................................


• Chapter 3: Working with Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contents


• Opening a Sketch ................................................................................................................


• Identifying Sketch Entities ..................................................................................................


• The Sketch toolbar ....................................................................................................


• The Dimensions/Relations toolbar ...........................................................................


• Inferencing in Sketch ........................................................................................................


• Exploring Sketch Settings .................................................................................................


• Using Sketch Blocks ..........................................................................................................


• Working with Reference Geometry ...................................................................................


• Creating planes .......................................................................................................


• Working with axes ..................................................................................................


• Using coordinate systems ........................................................................................


• Using points as reference geometry .........................................................................


• Tutorial: Learning to Use Sketch Relations ........................................................................


• Tutorial: Using Blocks and Belts ........................................................................................


• Tutorial: Reference Geometry ............................................................................................


• Summary ..........................................................................................................................


• Chapter 4: Creating Simple Parts, Assemblies, and Drawings  . . . . . . . .


• Discovering Design Intent .................................................................................................


• Is the part symmetrical? ..........................................................................................


• What are the primary or functional features? ...........................................................


• In what ways is the part likely to change? ................................................................


• What is the manufacturing method? ........................................................................


• Will there be secondary operations? ........................................................................


• Will there be other versions? ...................................................................................


• Creating a Simple Part .......................................................................................................


• Deciding where to start ...........................................................................................


• Building in symmetry ..............................................................................................


• Making it solid ........................................................................................................


• Using Instant 3D .....................................................................................................


• Making the first extrude feature ..............................................................................


• Relative size or direct dimensions ..................................................................


• Creating the offset .........................................................................................


• Sketch techniques ..........................................................................................


• Hole Wizard ..................................................................................................


• Cutting a slot .................................................................................................


• Fillets and chamfers .......................................................................................


• Tutorial: Creating a Simple Assembly ................................................................................


• Tutorial: Making a Simple Drawing ...................................................................................


• Summary ..........................................................................................................................


• Chapter 5: Using Visualization Techniques  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contents


• Manipulating the View ......................................................................................................


• Using arrow keys .....................................................................................................


• Using the middle mouse button ..............................................................................


• Using mouse gestures ..............................................................................................


• Using the View toolbar ............................................................................................


• Adding scrollbars and splitters ................................................................................


• Using the Magnifying Glass .....................................................................................


• Clicking the Triad axes ............................................................................................


• Using the View Tools ........................................................................................................


• Camera views ..........................................................................................................


• Zebra Stripes ...........................................................................................................


• View Orientation .....................................................................................................


• The Standard Views toolbar ....................................................................................


• Annotation views ....................................................................................................


• Getting the Most from RealView ........................................................................................


• Using RealView basic components ..........................................................................


• Applying appearances .............................................................................................


• Appearance overrides ....................................................................................


• Other entity colors ........................................................................................


• The Display pane ...........................................................................................


• Automatic color features ................................................................................


• Remove appearances .....................................................................................


• Using Display States ..........................................................................................................


• Using Edge Settings ..........................................................................................................


• Using Assembly Visualization ............................................................................................


• Tutorial: Applying Visualization Techniques .....................................................................


• Tutorial: Using Assembly Visualization .............................................................................


• Summary ..........................................................................................................................


• Part II: Building Intelligence into Your Parts


• Chapter 6: Getting More from Your Sketches  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


• Editing Sketch Relations ...................................................................................................


• Display/Delete Relations ..........................................................................................


• SketchXpert ............................................................................................................


• Copying and Moving Sketch Entities.................................................................................


• Move entities ...........................................................................................................


• Rotate entities ..........................................................................................................


• Copy entities ...........................................................................................................


• Scale entities............................................................................................................


• Modify Sketch .........................................................................................................


• Copy and paste ....................................................................................................... Contents


• Simple drag .............................................................................................................


• Derived sketch ........................................................................................................


• Using Sketch Pictures ........................................................................................................


• Three views .............................................................................................................


• Compensate for perspective ....................................................................................


• Estimate sharp edges ...............................................................................................


• Auto Trace ..............................................................................................................


• Using Sketch Text .............................................................................................................


• Using Colors and Line Styles with Sketches ......................................................................


• Color Display mode ................................................................................................


• Line color ................................................................................................................


• Edit sketch or curve color .......................................................................................


• Line thickness and line style ....................................................................................


• Using Other Sketch Tools .................................................................................................


• RapidSketch ............................................................................................................


• Sensors ....................................................................................................................


• Metadata for sketches ..............................................................................................


• Construction geometry ............................................................................................


• Tutorial: Editing and Copying ...........................................................................................


• Tutorial: Controlling Pictures, Text, Colors, and Styles .....................................................


• Tutorial: Using Metadata ...................................................................................................


• Tutorial: Sketching Calculator ...........................................................................................


• Summary ..........................................................................................................................


• Chapter 7: Selecting Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


• Identifying When to Use Which Tool................................................................................


• Using the Extrude feature ........................................................................................


• Solid feature ..................................................................................................


• Thin feature ...................................................................................................


• Sketch types ..................................................................................................


• Understanding Instant 3D .......................................................................................


• Creating extrudes with Instant 3D .................................................................


• Editing geometry with Instant 3D ..................................................................


• Working with the Revolve feature ...........................................................................


• End conditions ..............................................................................................


• Contour selection ..........................................................................................


• Introducing loft .......................................................................................................


• Entities that you can use in a loft ...................................................................


• The similarities between lofts and splines ......................................................


• The need for surfaces .....................................................................................


• Loft end constraints .......................................................................................


• Isoparameter U-V lines ..................................................................................


• Guide curves .................................................................................................


• Centerline lofts .............................................................................................. Contents


• SelectionManager ..........................................................................................


• Loft options ...................................................................................................


• Controlling Sweep features ......................................................................................


• Simple sweep ................................................................................................


• Sweep with guide curves ...............................................................................


• Pierce relation ................................................................................................


• Cut Sweep with a solid profile .......................................................................


• Creating Curve Features ....................................................................................................


• Working with helix features ....................................................................................


• Tapered helix ................................................................................................


• Variable pitch helix .......................................................................................


• Spiral .............................................................................................................


• Creating projected curves ........................................................................................


• Sketch On Faces ............................................................................................


• Sketch On Sketch ..........................................................................................


• Making Curve Through XYZ Points .........................................................................


• Building Curve Through Reference Points ...............................................................


• Putting together a Composite curve .........................................................................


• Using Split lines ......................................................................................................


• Equation Driven Curve............................................................................................


• Understanding Fillet Types ...............................................................................................


• Creating a constant radius fillet ...............................................................................


• Selecting entities to fillet ................................................................................


• Tangent propagation .....................................................................................


• Dealing with a large number of fillets ............................................................


• Multiple Radius Fillet ....................................................................................


• Round corners ...............................................................................................


• Keep edge/Keep surface .................................................................................


• Keep features .................................................................................................


• Creating variable radius fillets .................................................................................


• Applying the values .......................................................................................


• Straight versus smooth transitions .................................................................


• Other reasons to use the variable radius fillet ................................................


• Using face Fillets .....................................................................................................


• Continuous curvature Face Fillets .................................................................


• Face Fillets with Help Point ...........................................................................


• Single hold line fillet ......................................................................................


• Double hold line fillet ....................................................................................


• Constant width fillet ......................................................................................


• Applying a full round fillet ......................................................................................


• Building a setback fillet ...........................................................................................


• Selecting a Specialty Feature ............................................................................................. Contents


• Using the Dome feature ...........................................................................................


• Using the Wrap feature ...........................................................................................


• Scribe ............................................................................................................


• Emboss ..........................................................................................................


• Deboss ...........................................................................................................


• Flex feature .............................................................................................................


• Applying the Deform feature ...................................................................................


• Point deform .................................................................................................


• Curve to curve deform...................................................................................


• Surface push deform ......................................................................................


• Indent feature ..........................................................................................................


• Tutorial: Bracket Casting ...................................................................................................


• Tutorial: Creating a Wire-Formed Part ..............................................................................


• Summary ..........................................................................................................................


• Chapter 8: Patterning and Mirroring  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


• Patterning in a Sketch .......................................................................................................


• Debunking more sketch myths ................................................................................


• Patterning a sketch ..................................................................................................


• Linear Sketch Pattern.....................................................................................


• Circular Sketch Pattern ..................................................................................


• Mirroring in a Sketch ........................................................................................................


• Mirror Entities .........................................................................................................


• Dynamic Mirror ......................................................................................................


• Symmetry sketch relation ........................................................................................


• Mirroring in 3D sketches .........................................................................................


• Exploring the Geometry Pattern Option ............................................................................


• Patterning Bodies ..............................................................................................................


• Patterning Faces ................................................................................................................


• Patterning Fillets ...............................................................................................................


• Understanding Pattern Types ............................................................................................


• Linear Pattern ..........................................................................................................


• Circular Pattern .......................................................................................................


• Curve Driven Pattern...............................................................................................


• Sketch Driven Pattern..............................................................................................


• Table Driven Pattern ...............................................................................................


• Fill Pattern ..............................................................................................................


• Cosmetic Patterns .............................................................................................................


• Mirroring in 3D ................................................................................................................


• Mirroring bodies .....................................................................................................


• Mirroring features ...................................................................................................


• Mirroring entire parts ..............................................................................................


• Tutorial: Creating a Circular Pattern ................................................................................. Contents


• Tutorial: Mirroring Features ..............................................................................................


• Tutorial: Applying a Cosmetic Pattern ...............................................................................


• Summary ..........................................................................................................................


• Chapter 9: Using Equations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


• Understanding Equations ..................................................................................................


• Creating equations ..................................................................................................


• Naming dimensions .......................................................................................


• Building the equation ....................................................................................


• Using comments ............................................................................................


• Using driven dimensions .........................................................................................


• Using equation tricks ..............................................................................................


• IIF .................................................................................................................


• SWITCH .......................................................................................................


• Using Link Values .............................................................................................................


• Using Global Variables ......................................................................................................


• Using Expressions .............................................................................................................


• Tutorial: Using Equations .................................................................................................


• Summary ..........................................................................................................................


• Chapter 10: Working with Part Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


• Controlling Items with Configurations ..............................................................................


• Finding configurations ............................................................................................


• Deleting configs .............................................................................................


• Sorting configs ...............................................................................................


• Activating configurations .........................................................................................


• Creating configurations ...........................................................................................


• A new config .................................................................................................


• Configuration properties and options ............................................................


• Advanced options ..........................................................................................


• The Modify dialog box ..................................................................................


• Negative dimensions .....................................................................................


• Using the Modify Configurations dialog box ...........................................................


• Using Table Views .........................................................................................


• Adding custom properties with the Modify Configurations dialog box ..........


• Using Custom Property Managers ...........................................................................


• Derived configurations ............................................................................................


• File size considerations ............................................................................................


• Controlling dimensions ...........................................................................................


• Controlling suppression ..........................................................................................


• Controlling custom properties .................................................................................


• Controlling sketch relations ....................................................................................


• Controlling sketch planes ........................................................................................