Mastering SolidWorks

Revised and Updated: The Definitive Hands-On Guide to Solid Modeling with SolidWorks 2021 Fully updated for SolidWorks 2021, Mastering SolidWorks, Third Edition, thoroughly illuminates solid modeling CAD techniques for developing parts, assemblies, and drawings. Additional specializations, SolidWorks toolboxes, and manufacturing techniques are also covered, including sheet metal, injection molding, and animation. New illustrations reflect SolidWorks 2021 throughout, and this edition fully reflects changes in workflow since SolidWorks 2014. Mastering SolidWorks can develop CAD skills in students with little or no solid modeling expertise, help more advanced students hone specialized skills, and prepare any SolidWorks user for SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) or Professional (CSWP) certification. Written especially for beginners and intermediate users, it will also be valuable to experienced users requiring specialized knowledge, to companies training their own professionals, and to all schools teaching engineering, design, or 3D modeling. Understand SolidWorks as a powerful design/manufacturing system, not just a piece of software Learn key modeling concepts for working efficiently, avoiding errors, and transferring your skills anywhere Rapidly create, assemble, document, and visualize parts Embed “design intelligence” to make parts easier to edit and manufacture Master part modeling: from basic features, drawings, and assemblies to advanced curves, surfaces, and sustainable designs Develop and analyze parts using tolerances and SolidWorks analysis tools Manufacture parts with rapid prototyping, numerical control machining, and injection molding

Table of Contents:
Preface     vi PART I:  COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (CAD) BASICS     1 Chapter 1  Getting Started     3 1.1 Introduction     3 1.2 Engineering Design Process     4 1.3 CAD Process     4 1.4 Manufacturing Process     5 1.5 CAM Process     6 1.6 SolidWorks Installation and Resources     6 1.7 SolidWorks Overview     8 1.8 Customize SolidWorks     11 1.9 Modeling Plan     12 1.10 Part Creation     14 1.11 Examples     15 1.12 Tutorials     22     Tutorial 1-1 Create a Flap     22     Tutorial 1-2 Create a Pin and Bushing Bearing     24     Tutorial 1-3 Create a Pillow Block     25     Tutorial 1-4 Create Drawings     28     Tutorial 1-5 Create an Assembly     29 Problems     32 Chapter 2  Modeling Management     37 2.1 Overview     37 2.2 Types of CAD Models     37 2.3 Planning Part Creation     39 2.4 Part Topology     40 2.5 Parametric Modeling     40 2.6 Customizing SolidWorks     42 2.7 Productivity Tools     43 2.8 Coordinate Systems     43 2.9 Sketch Planes     44 2.10 Sketch Status     46 2.11 Part Feature Tree     47 2.12 Construction Geometry     48 2.13 Reference Geometry     48 2.14 Sketch Entities     50 2.15 Sketch Relations     51 2.16 Equations and Link Values     51 2.17 Geometric Modifiers     53 2.18 Grids     54 2.19 Patterns     54 2.20 Selecting, Editing, and Measuring Entities     58 2.21 Boolean Operations     59 2.22 Templates     61 2.23 Viewing     61 2.24 Model Communication     62 2.25 Tutorials     63     Tutorial 2-1 Create a Coil Spring     63     Tutorial 2-2 Create a Mount Plate     65     Tutorial 2-3 Create a Bracket     66     Tutorial 2-4 Create a Wheel     67     Tutorial 2-5 Create a Tire and a Pin     69     Tutorial 2-6 Create a Caster Assembly     70 Problems     73 Chapter 3  Design Intent     81 3.1 Introduction     81 3.2 Capturing Design Intent     82 3.3 Documenting Design Intent     83 3.4 Comments     83 3.5 Design Binder     84 3.6 Equations     85 3.7 Design Tables and Configurations     85 3.8 Dimension Names     85 3.9 Feature Names     85 3.10 Folders     86 3.11 Tutorials     86     Tutorial 3-1 Design Intent via Two Modeling Plans     86     Tutorial 3-2 Design Intent via Three Modeling Plans     89     Tutorial 3-3 Design Intent via Design Specifications     91     Tutorial 3-4 Design Intent via Mating Conditions     93 Problems     95 PART II:  BASIC PART MODELING     97 Chapter 4  Features and Macros     99 4.1 Introduction     99 4.2 Features     100 4.3 Spur Gears     103 4.4 Design Library and Library Features     109 4.5 Configurations and Design Tables     110 4.6 Macros     111 4.7 Tutorials     114     Tutorial 4-1 Create Sweep Features     114     Tutorial 4-2 Create Loft Features     116     Tutorial 4-3 Use the Hole Wizard     118     Tutorial 4-4 Create Compression Spring     119     Tutorial 4-5 Create Spiral     120     Tutorial 4-6 Create Features     121     Tutorial 4-7 Use the Smart Fasteners Wizard     122     Tutorial 4-8 Create a Bolt     123 Problems     126 Chapter 5  Drawings     135 5.1 Introduction     135 5.2 Engineering Drafting and Graphics Communication     136 5.3 ASME Abbreviation Rules     137 5.4 ASME Drafting Rules     138 5.5 ASME Dimensioning Rules     139 5.6 Dimensions     142 5.7 Drawing Content and Layout     144 5.8 Angles of Projection     145 5.9 Views     146 5.10 Sheets     148 5.11 Title Blocks     149 5.12 Drafting Control     150 5.13 Tolerances     150 5.14 Bills of Materials     151 5.15 Model and Drawing Associativity     151 5.16 Design Checker     151 5.17 Tutorials     152     Tutorial 5-1 Create Drawing Views     152     Tutorial 5-2 Insert Annotations     153     Tutorial 5-3 Fill Title Block     153     Tutorial 5-4 Create Assembly Drawing with Bill of Materials     154     Tutorial 5-5 Use Model-Drawing Associativity     155 Problems     156 Chapter 6  Assemblies     157 6.1 Introduction     157 6.2 Assembly Mates     158 6.3 Bottom-Up Assembly Modeling     159 6.4 Top-Down Assembly Modeling     159 6.5 The Assembly Tree     164 6.6 Assembly Drawings     164 6.7 Assembly Exploded Views and Animations     164 6.8 Assembly Motion Study     165 6.9 Interference and Collision Detections     166 6.10 Assembly Design Tables     166 6.11 Tutorials     166     Tutorial 6-1 Create a Cam and a Follower Assembly     167     Tutorial 6-2 Create a Working Hinge Assembly     168     Tutorial 6-3 Mate Two Gears with a Gear Mate     169     Tutorial 6-4 Create a Functional Rack and Pinion     171     Tutorial 6-5 Create a Functional Ball Screw     173     Tutorial 6-6 Study Universal Joint Motion     174     Tutorial 6-7 Create a Motion Study     176     Tutorial 6-8 Detect Collision and Interference     178     Tutorial 6-9 Create a Design Table     179     Tutorial 6-10 Create a Part in the Context of an Assembly     180 Problems     183 Chapter 7  Rendering and Animation     195 7.1 Introduction     195 7.2 Scenes and Lighting     196 7.3 Rendering Models     197 7.4 Decals     198 7.5 Textures     199 7.6 Materials     199 7.7 Appearance and Transparency     201 7.8 Background and Scenes     201 7.9 Cameras and Camera Sleds     201 7.10 Animation     201 7.11 Tutorials     202     Tutorial 7-1 Apply Colors to Objects     202     Tutorial 7-2 Apply a Background and a Scene     203     Tutorial 7-3 Apply Lights to a Scene     204     Tutorial 7-4 Add Material and Transparency     205     Tutorial 7-5 Add a Camera to a Scene     206     Tutorial 7-6 Create a Motion Study     207     Tutorial 7-7 Create a Camera-Sled Based Animation     210 Problems     213 PART III:  ADVANCED PART MODELING     215 Chapter 8  Curves     217 8.1 Introduction     217 8.2 Curve Representation     218 8.3 Line Parametric Equation     219 8.4 Circle Parametric Equation     220 8.5 Spline Parametric Equation     221 8.6 Two-Dimensional Curves     222 8.7 Three-Dimensional Curves     223 8.8 Curve Management     224 8.9 Tutorials     224     Tutorial 8-1 Create a 2D Curve by Using an Explicit Equation     224     Tutorial 8-2 Create a 2D Curve by Using a Parametric Equation     225     Tutorial 8-3 Create a 3D Curve by Using a Parametric Equation     225     Tutorial 8-4 Create a 3D Curve by Using 3D Points     227     Tutorial 8-5 Create a 3D Curve by Using 3D Sketching     228     Tutorial 8-6 Create a 3D Curve by Using Composite Curves     229     Tutorial 8-7 Create a 3D Curve by Projecting a Sketch onto a Curved Face     231     Tutorial 8-8 Create a 3D Curve Using Projected Curves     232     Tutorial 8-9 Create a Stethoscope Model     241 Problems     244 Chapter 9  Surfaces     249 9.1 Introduction     249 9.2 Surfaces     249 9.3 Using Surfaces in Solid Modeling     252 9.4 Surface Representation     254 9.5 Plane Parametric Equation     255 9.6 Ruled Surface Parametric Equation     257 9.7 Surface Visualization     260 9.8 Surface Management     260 9.9 Tutorials     261     Tutorial 9-1 Create Basic Surfaces: Extrude, Revolve, Loft, Sweep, Knit, and Radiate     261     Tutorial 9-2 Create Basic Surfaces: Planar, Filled, Boundary, and Offset     263     Tutorial 9-3 Visualize Surfaces     264     Tutorial 9-4 Create an Artistic Bowl     265     Tutorial 9-5 Use Surface Intersections     268     Tutorial 9-6 Create a Tablespoon     269     Tutorial 9-7 Create a Computer Mouse     271     Tutorial 9-8 Create a Baseball Hat     273     Tutorial 9-9 Create a Hair Dryer     277     Tutorial 9-10 Create an Oil Container     279 Problems     282 Chapter 10  Sheet Metal and Weldments     289 10.1 Introduction     289 10.2 Sheet Metal     289 10.3 Sheet Metal Features     291 10.4 Sheet Metal FeatureManager Design Tree     296 10.5 Sheet Metal Methods     297 10.6 Weldments     299 10.7 Weldment Features     301 10.8 Weld Symbols     305 10.9 Tutorials     306     Tutorial 10-1 Create Sheet Metal     306     Tutorial 10-2 Create a Sheet Metal Drawing     308     Tutorial 10-3 Create a Sheet Metal Part from a Solid Body     309     Tutorial 10-4 Create a Sheet Metal Part from a Flattened State     310     Tutorial 10-5 Create a Weldment     311     Tutorial 10-6 Create a Weldment Drawing     313 Problems     316 Chapter 11  Sustainable Design     319 11.1 Introduction     319 11.2 Design and Society     321 11.3 Guidelines and Principles     321 11.4 Life Cycle Assessment     323 11.5 Impact Metric     325 11.6 Implementation     327 11.7 Design Activities     327 11.8 Sustainable Design Tools     328 11.9 SolidWorks Sustainability     329 11.10 Tutorials     332     Tutorial 11-1 Redesign a Steel Washer     332 Problems     335 PART IV:  PART DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS     337 Chapter 1 2 Tolerances     339 12.1 Introduction     339 12.2 Tolerance Types     340 12.3 Tolerance Concepts     340 12.4 ASME Tolerance Rules     343 12.5 Tolerancing Tapers     347 12.6 Limits of Dimensions     348 12.7 Tolerance Accumulation     353 12.8 Statistical Tolerancing     354 12.9 True Position     356 12.10 Geometric Tolerances     357 12.11 Datum Target Symbols     359 12.12 Tolerance Interpretation     360 12.13 Tolerance Analysis     362 12.14 SolidWorks Tolerance Analysis     364 12.15 Tutorials     367     Tutorial 12-1 Create Conventional Tolerances     367     Tutorial 12-2 Create Geometric Tolerances     369     Tutorial 12-3 Define Datum Targets     370     Tutorial 12-4 Tolerance a Taper     371     Tutorial 12-5 Perform Tolerance Stack-up Analysis     372 Problems     374 Chapter 13  Analysis Tools     377 13.1 Introduction     377 13.2 Data Exchange     378 13.3 Mass Properties     381 13.4 Animation and Motion Analysis     385 13.5 Flow Simulation     386 13.6 Finite Element Method     386 13.7 Finite Element Analysis     389 13.8 SolidWorks Simulation     391 13.9 Von Mises Stress     391 13.10 Tutorials     396     Tutorial 13-1 Export Native SolidWorks Files     396     Tutorial 13-2 Import IGES and STEP Files into SolidWorks     396     Tutorial 13-3 Calculate Mass Properties of a Solid     397     Tutorial 13-4 Perform Motion Analysis Using a Motor     398     Tutorial 13-5 Perform Static Linear FEA on a Part     403     Tutorial 13-6 Perform Thermal FEA on a Part     405     Tutorial 13-7 Perform Flow Analysis on a Hose     406 Problems     408 PART V:  PART MANUFACTURING     409 Chapter 14  Rapid Prototyping     411 14.1 Introduction     411 14.2 RP Applications     412 14.3 RP Overview     414 14.4 RP Concepts     414 14.5 SolidWorks Triangulation     417 14.6 RP Steps     418 14.7 RP Building Techniques     419 14.8 Bottle Prototype     420 14.9 Tutorials     421     Tutorial 14-1 Generate Part Prototype File     421     Tutorial 14-2 Generate Assembly Prototype File     422     Tutorial 14-3 Read Back an STL File     423 Problems     425 Chapter 15  Numerical Control Machining     427 15.1 Introduction     427 15.2 Basics of Machine Tools     428 15.3 Basics of Machining     430 15.4 Turning     438 15.5 Drilling     438 15.6 Milling     439 15.7 Electrical Discharge Machining     439 15.8 Manufacturing of Design     441 15.9 SolidWorks DFMXpress     442 15.10 Basics of NC Machining     445 15.11 G-Code and M-Code Programming     447 15.12 CAM Add-In Software     449 15.13 Tutorials     449     Tutorial 15-1 Drill Holes     450     Tutorial 15-2 Mill Faces     452     Tutorial 15-3 Mill Pockets     455     Tutorial 15-4 Mill Slots     457 Problems     460 Chapter 16  Injection Molding     463 16.1 Introduction     463 16.2 Basics of Injection Molding Machines     464 16.3 Basics of Injection Molding     465 16.4 Basics of Mold Design     467 16.5 Basics of Part Design     470 16.6 Phases of Mold Design     471 16.7 SolidWorks Mold Design     472 16.8 Tutorials     473     Tutorial 16-1 Create a Block Mold     473     Tutorial 16-2 Create a Sandbox Mold     477     Tutorial 16-3 Create a Hemisphere Mold     481     Tutorial 16-4 Create an Easter Egg Mold     484     Tutorial 16-5 Generate a Mold Drawing     487 Problems     488 Appendix A  ANSI and ISO Tolerance Tables     491 Appendix B  SolidWorks Certification     505 B.1 Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA)     505 B.2 Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP)     506 B.3 CSWP-Surfacing     506 B.4 CSWP-Sheet Metal     507 B.5 CSWP-Weldments     507 B.6 CSWP-Simulation     507 B.7 CSWP-Mold Making     508 B.8 Testing Resources     508 B.9 Sample Test Questions     509 Index     517

About the Author :
Ibrahim Zeid, Professor of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Northeastern University, is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. His research focuses on mechanics, personalized medicine, simulation, and complex networks analysis. His honors include Northeastern’s Excellence in Teaching Award and SAE’s Ralph R. Teetor National Educational Award. Nathan Brown, research engineer and instructor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Louisville, teaches SolidWorks, 3D modeling, and manufacturing processes at the graduate level. A Certified SolidWorks Associate, his extensive CAD experience includes developing custom, anatomically accurate pelvic limb 3D computer models to investigate and correct ligament injuries and deficiencies in dogs.