AN INTRODUCTION TO

SOLIDWORKS AND CAD

DESIGN ESSENTIALS

www.pa-ips.com

SOLIDWORKS & CAD DESIGN ESSENTIALS

Solidworks is a CAD/CAE software and a leader in 3D

mechanical design, providing intuitive 3D CAD, data

validation and data management capabilities that

allows your product design team to design better

products.

12

3

SOLIDWORKS INTERFACE

4

5

1=Menu bar2=Command manager3=Feature manager design tree4=Status bar5=Head up view toolbar6=Graphic area

6

OVERVIEW OF SOLIDWORKS ADD-ON SOLUTIONS

• SWIFT:

Instant 3D(simply the creation and modification

of 3D geometry)

Live section view,

Automatic dimensioning and tolerance

create difficult fillets and drafts quickly

select edges and apply the right corner

treatments

Analyze and resolve conflicts

Detect over dimensioning and present alternative

dimensioning, find tolerance stack-up problems

TIMESAVING INNOVATION 2D & 3D Transition

Heads-up User interaction

Design configurations

a built-in library and online via 3D Content Central.

Insert parts and their related features in one step

DESIGN COMMUNICATION

PhotoWorks & eDrawings

DRAWING CREATION Create drawings(cross-sectional, isometric and detail views) Revise drawing and Compare drawing Assembly drawing

PART MODELING

2D concept to 3D Part Model Complex Surface Creation Weldment Design and Analysis Sheet Metal design

ASSEMBLY DESIGN 2D Concept to 3D Assembly Large Assembly tools (Select and open specific components of

assemblies) Physical simulation Mode design Electrical Routing Piping

DESIGN VALIDATION Optimizing Analysis, Fatigue Analysis, Dynamic Analysis, Drop

test Analysis, Frequency Analysis, Nonlinear Analysis, Sheet

Metal Analysis, Static Analysis, Motion Analysis, Fluid Flow

Analysis, Airflow and cooling Analysis, Thermal Analysis,

Tracking Analysis Result.

CAD PRODUCTIVITY

CAD data import

Hole Misalignment Check

Design for manufacturing checker

Design Automation

DATA MANAGEMENT

Design Workflow Data sharing and management Bills Of Materials management

Examples of other CAM/CAE Software

• NX• AUTODESK INVENTOR• CATIA• SOLID EDGE• RHINOCEROS 3D• CREO ELEMENTS/PRO• T-FLEX• ASCONKOMPAS-3D• ALIBRE

COMPARISON BETWEEN SOLIDWORKS AND AUTODESK INVENTOR

SolidWorks Autodesk Inventor1. It’s able to cut and past Inventor does not allow this Autocad geometry straight from Autocad drawing.

2. It can export to pdf without Requires additional software to additional software. export to pdf.

3. Solidworks sketcher is easier Sketcher not easier to use to use than inventor. compared to Solidworks.

4. It has a simpler and better Mating objects is complicated presented information required compared to solidworks. for mating objects easily.

Head Office:#30, Psychiatric Road, Opposite Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Rumuigbo, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.Tel: 08183628138, 08036639132Email: training@pa-ips.comWebsite: www.pa-ips.com