CAD Productivity Tools

Step-By-Step Self-Paced Learning Guide

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Description: A self-study guide to improving your productivity with SolidWorks® software. Learn the fundamentals of CAD Productivity Tools at your own speed, and become more productive using FeatureWorks®, SolidWorks Utilities, and SolidWorks Toolbox®.

Features:

• Unlock the full power of SolidWorks design tools with the helpful instructions and tips available only from technical training experts on staff with SolidWorks Corporation.
• Build your skills and confidence quickly with 16 easy-to-understand tutorials and practice exercises, each building upon the previous lesson.
• Reinforce your new skills with the accompanying CD, which features time-saving project files for tutorials and practice exercises.
• Learn at your own pace - review each lesson as often as you want or quickly move on to the next lesson.
• Follow along with more than 475 full-color images and screen captures that serve as easy-to-understand visual cues.

Prerequisites: SolidWorks Essentials: Parts and Assemblies

The topics covered in this guide are:

What is the FeatureWorks® software?
What is the Toolbox® software?
What is the SolidWorks® Utilities software?
Starting FeatureWorks, Toolbox and Utilities
Getting Help

Chapter 2: Using FeatureWorks

Stages in the Process
Importing the Geometry
Automatic Feature Recognition
The FeatureWorks Process
Interactive Feature Recognition
Recognized Features Manager
Editing the Recognized Features
Volume Features

Chapter 3: Using SolidWorks® Utilities

SolidWorks® Utilities Tools
Compare Features
Report Manager
Compare Geometry
Geometry Analysis
Find, Modify, Suppress and Simplify
Modify
Simplify
Power Select
Symmetry Check
Feature Paint

Chapter 4: Using SolidWorks Toolbox®

Tools
Toolbox Browser
Add to Library
3D Content Central®
Structural Steel
Beam Calculator
Grooves
Bearing Calculator
Cams
 

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