An Introduction To Engineering Design With SolidWorks

Lesson 1: Using the InterfaceExit the ProgramTo exit the application program, click File, Exit or clickwindow.on the main SolidWorksSearching for a File or Folder3You can search for files (or folders containingfiles). This is useful if you cannot remember theexact name of the file that you need.Click Start, Search, All files and folders. Searchfor the SolidWorks part dumbell. To do this,enter dumb* in the All or part of the file name:field.Specifying what to search for and where to searchfor it is known as defining the search criteria.TIP: The asterisk (*) is a wild card.The wild card allows you to enterpart of a file name and search forall files and folders that containthat piece.4Click Search.The files and folders that match the search criteria appear in the Search Resultswindow.TIP: You can also begin a search by right-clicking on the Startbutton and selecting Search. Right-click means to pressand release the right button on your mouse.Opening an Existing File5Double-click on the SolidWorks part file Dumbell.This opens the Dumbell file in SolidWorks. If the SolidWorks application program isnot running when you double-click on the part file name, the system runs theSolidWorks application program and then opens the part file that you selected.TIP: Use the left mouse button to double-click. Doubleclicking with the left mouse button is often a quick way ofopening files from a folder.You could have also opened the file by selecting File, Open, and typing or browsing toa file name or by selecting a file name from the File menu in SolidWorks. SolidWorkslists the last several files that you had open.Saving a File6Clickto save changes to a file.It is a good idea to save the file that you are working whenever you make changes to it.An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook3

Lesson 1: Using the InterfaceCopying a File12Notice that Dumbell is not spelledcorrectly. It is supposed to have two“b’s”.Click File, Save As to save a copy of thefile with a new name.The Save As window appears. Thiswindow shows you in which folder thefile is currently located, the file name,and the file type.In the File Name field change the nameto Dumbbell and click Save.A new file is created with the new name.The original file still exists. The new fileis an exact copy of the file as it exists at the moment that it is copied.Resizing Windows123456SolidWorks, like many applications, uses windows to show your work. You can changethe size of each window.Move the cursor along the edge of a window until the shape of thecursor appears to be a two-headed arrow.While the cursor still appears to be a two-headed arrow, hold downthe left mouse button and drag the window to a different size.When the window appears to be the size that you wish, release the mouse button.Windows can have multiple panels. You can resize these panels relative to each other.Move the cursor along the boarder between two panels until the cursorappears to be two parallel lines with perpendicular arrows.While the cursor still appears to be two parallel lines with perpendiculararrows, hold down the left mouse button and drag the panel to a different size.When the panel appears to be the size that you wish, release the mouse button.SolidWorks Windows14SolidWorks windows have two panels. One panel provides non-graphic data. The otherpanel provides graphic representation of the part, assembly, or drawing.The leftmost panel of the window contains the FeatureManager design tree,PropertyManager and ConfigurationManager.Click each of the tabs at the bottom of the left panel and see how the contents of thewindow changes.An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook

Lesson 1: Using the Interface2The rightmost panel is theGraphics Area, where youcreate and manipulate thepart, assembly, ordrawing.Look at the GraphicsArea. See how thedumbbell is represented.It appears shaded, incolor, in an isometricview, and with shadows.These are some of theways in which the modelcan be represented veryrealistically.ModelGraphicsAreaLeft panel displaying the FeatureManager design treeToolbars123Toolbar buttons are shortcuts for frequently used commands. You can set toolbarplacement and visibility based on the document type (part, assembly, or drawing).SolidWorks remembers which toolbars to display and where to display them for eachdocument type.Click View, Toolbars.A list of all toolbars displays. The toolbarswith their icon depressed or a check markbeside them are visible; the toolbars whose icons are not depressed or without a checkmark are hidden.Click the toolbar name to turn its display on or off. If it is not already on, click View toturn the View toolbar on.Turn several toolbars on and off to see the commands.CommandManagerThe CommandManager is a context-sensitive toolbar that dynamically updates based onthe toolbar you want to access. By default, it has toolbars embedded in it based on thedocument type.When you click a button in the control area, the CommandManager updates to show thattoolbar. For example, if you click Sketches in the control area, the Sketch toolbar appearsin the CommandManager.control areaUse the CommandManager to access toolbar buttons in a central location and to savespace for the graphics area.An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook5

Lesson 1: Using the InterfaceMouse ButtonsMouse buttons operate in the following ways: Left – Selects menu items, entities in the graphics area, and objects in theFeatureManager design tree. Right – Displays the context-sensitive shortcut menus. Middle – Rotates, pans, and zooms the view of a part or an assembly, and pans in adrawing.Shortcut MenusShortcut menus give you access to a wide variety of tools and commands while you workin SolidWorks. When you move the pointer over geometry in the model, over items in theFeatureManager design tree, or over the SolidWorks window borders, right-clicking popsup a shortcut menu of commands that are appropriate for wherever you clicked.You can access the "more commands menu" by selecting the double-down arrows inthe menu. When you select the double-down arrows or pause the pointer over the doubledown arrows, the shortcut menu expands to offer more menu items.The shortcut menu provides an efficient way to work without continually moving thepointer to the main pull-down menus or the toolbar buttons.Getting Online HelpIf you have questions while you are using the SolidWorks software, you can findanswers in several ways.does not appear in the StandardNote: If the Help buttontoolbar, you can add it. To do so, click Tools,Customize, Commands, and the toolbar that you wish toadd the button to. In this case, click Standard. Theavailable buttons for that toolbar display. Drag the buttonto the toolbar at the top of the SolidWorks window.1236Clickon the Standard toolbar.Click Help, SolidWorks Help Topics in the menu bar.The online help appears.While in a command, click on the Helpbutton in the dialog.An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook

Lesson 1: Using the Interface5 Minute Assessment12345Search for the SolidWorks part file Paper Towel Base. How did you find it?What is the quickest way to bring up the Search window?How do you open the file from the Search Results window?How do you start the SolidWorks program?What is the quickest way to start the SolidWorks program?An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook7

Lesson 1: Using the InterfaceLesson 1 Vocabulary WorksheetName: Class: Date:Directions: Answer each question by writing the correct answer or answers in the spaceprovided.81Shortcuts for collections of frequently used commands:2Command to create a copy of a file with a new name:3One of the areas that a window is divided into:4The graphic representation of a part, assembly, or drawing:5Character that you can use to perform wild card searches:6Area of the screen that displays the work of a program:7Icon that you can double-click to start a program:8Action that quickly displays menus of frequently used or detailed commands:9Command that updates your file with changes that you have made to it:10Action that quickly opens a part or program:11The program that helps you create parts, assemblies, and drawings:12Panel of the SolidWorks window that displays a visual representation of your parts,assemblies, and drawings:13Technique that allows you to find all files and folders that begin or end with a specifiedset of characters:An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook

REPRODUCIBLELesson 1: Using the InterfaceLesson Summary The Start menu is where you go to start programs or find files. You can use wild cards to search for files. There are short cuts such as right-click and double-click that can save you work. File, Save allows you to save updates to a file and File, Save As allows you to make acopy of a file. You can change the size and location of windows as well as panels within windows. The SolidWorks window has a Graphics Area that shows 3D representations of yourmodels.An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook9

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2Lesson 2: Basic FunctionalityGoals of This Lesson Upon successful completion of this lesson, you will be able to understand the basicfunctionality of SolidWorks software and create the following part:An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook11

Lesson 2: Basic FunctionalityActive Learning Exercise — Creating a Basic PartUse SolidWorks to create the box shown at the right.The step-by-step instructions are given below.Create a New Part Document1234Create a new part. Clickon the Standardtoolbar.The New SolidWorksDocument dialog boxappears.Click the Tutorial tab.Select the Part icon.Click OK.A new part documentwindow appears.Base FeatureThe Base feature requires: Sketch plane – Front (default plane) Sketch profile – 2D Rectangle Feature type – Extruded boss featureOpen a Sketch12Move the pointer over the Front plane, and click to select it.Open a 2D sketch. Clickon the Sketch toolbar.Confirmation CornerWhen many SolidWorks commands are active, a symbol or a set of symbols appears in theupper right corner of the graphics area. This area is called the Confirmation Corner.Sketch IndicatorWhen a sketch is active, or open, a symbol appears in the confirmation cornerthat looks like the Sketch tool. It provides a visual reminder that you are activein a sketch. Clicking this symbol exits the sketch saving your changes. Clickingthe red X exits the sketch discarding your changes.12An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook

Lesson 2: Basic FunctionalityWhen other commands are active, the confirmation corner displays twosymbols: a check mark and an X. The check mark executes the currentcommand. The X cancels the command.Overview of the SolidWorks Window A sketch origin appears in the center of the graphics area. The Sketch Tools and Sketch Relations toolbars are displayed. “Editing Sketch” appears in the status bar at the bottom of the screen. Sketch1 appears in the FeatureManager design tree. The status bar shows the position of the pointer, or sketch tool, in relation to the sketchorigin.Sketch toolbarMenu barConfirmation Corner with sketch indicatorCommandManagerSketch Tools toolbarFeatureManager design treeSketch originGraphics areaPointerReference TriadStatus barSketch a Rectangle1234Clickon the Sketch Tools toolbar.Click the sketch origin to start the rectangle.Move the pointer up and to the right, to create arectangle.Click the mouse button again to complete therectangle.An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook13

Lesson 2: Basic FunctionalityAdd Dimensions1Click Smart Dimensionon the Dimensions/Relationstoolbar.The pointer shape changes to .2Click the top line of the rectangle.Click the dimension text location above the top line.The Modify dialog box is displayed.Enter 100. Clickor press Enter.3456Click the right edge of the rectangle.Click the dimension text location. Enter 65.Click.The top segment and the remaining vertices aredisplayed in black. The status bar in the lowerright corner of the window indicates that thesketch is fully defined.Changing the Dimension ValuesThe new dimensions for the box are 100mm x60mm. Change the dimensions. Use the Select tool.1 Click Selecton the Standard toolbar.2 Double-click 65.The Modify dialog box appears.34Enter 60 in the Modify dialog box.Click.Extrude the Base Feature.The first feature in any part is called the Base Feature. In this exercise, the base feature iscreated by extruding the sketched rectangle.1 Click Extruded Boss/Baseon the Features toolbar.The Extrude Feature PropertyManager appears. The view of thesketch changes to isometric.14An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook

Lesson 2: Basic Functionality2Preview graphics.A preview of the feature is shown at the defaultdepth.Handlesappear that can be used to drag thepreview to the desired depth. The handles arecolored magenta for the active direction and gray forinactive direction. A callout shows the current depthvalue.SketchHandlePreviewCalloutClick Detailed Previewin the PropertyManager to see the feature in shaded preview mode.3The cursor changes to. If you want to create thefeature now, click the right mouse button.Otherwise, you can make additional changes to thesettings. For example, the depth of extrusion can be changed by dragging the dynamichandle with the mouse or by setting a value in the PropertyManager.Extrude feature settings.Change the settings as shown. End Condition Blind 4(Depth) 50Create the extrusion. Click OK.The new feature, Extrude1, is displayed in theFeatureManager design tree.TIP:on the PropertyManager is just oneThe OK buttonway to complete the command.A second method is the set of OK/Cancelbuttons in the confirmation corner of thegraphics area.A third method is the right-mouseshortcut menu that includes OK, amongother options.An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook15

Lesson 2: Basic Functionality5Click the plus signbeside Extrude1 in theFeatureManager design tree. Notice that Sketch1 —which you used to extrude the feature — is now listedunder the feature.Click hereView DisplayChange the display mode. Click Hidden Lines Visibleon the View toolbar.Hidden Lines Visible enables you to select hidden backedges of the box.Save the Part1Click Saveon the Standard toolbar, or click File,Save.2The Save As dialog box appears.Type box for the filename. Click Save.The .sldprt extension is added to the filename.The file is saved to the current directory. You can use the Windows browse button tochange to a different directory.Round the Corners of the PartRound the four corner edges of the box. All rounds have the sameradius (10mm). Create them as a single feature.1 Click Filleton the Features toolbar.The Fillet PropertyManager appears.2 Enter 10 for the Radius.Leave the remaining settings at their default values.16An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook

Lesson 2: Basic Functionality34Click the first corner edge.The faces, edges, and vertices are highlighted as you movethe pointer over them.When you select the edge, a calloutappears.Identify selectable objects. Notice how the pointer changesshapes:Edge:5Face:Vertex:Click the second, third and fourth corneredges.Note: Normally, a callout only appearson the first edge you select. Thisillustration has been modified toshow callouts on each of the fourselected edges. This was donesimply to better illustrate whichedges you are supposed to select.6Click OK.Fillet1 appears in the FeatureManager design tree.Hollow Out the PartRemove the top face using the Shell feature.1 Clickon the Features toolbar.The Shell Feature PropertyManager appears.2 Enter 5 for Thickness.An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook17

Lesson 2: Basic Functionality3Click the top face.4ClickTop Face.Extruded Cut FeatureThe Extruded Cut feature removes material. To make an extruded cut requires a: Sketch plane – In this exercise, the face on the right-hand side of the part. Sketch profile – 2D circleOpen a Sketch1To select the sketch plane, click the righthand face of the box.2Clickon the Standard Views toolbar.The view of the box turns. The selectedmodel face is facing you.Open a 2D sketch. Clickon the Sketchtoolbar.3Pick this face18An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook

Lesson 2: Basic FunctionalitySketch the Circle1234Clickon the Sketch Tools toolbar.Position the pointer where you want the center of thecircle. Click the left mouse button.Drag the pointer to sketch a circle.Click the left mouse button again to complete the circle.Dimension the CircleDimension the circle to determine its size and location.1234Clickon the Dimensions/Relations toolbar.Dimension the diameter. Click on the circumferenceof the circle. Click a location for the dimension textin the upper right corner. Enter 10.Create a horizontal dimension. Click thecircumference of the circle. Click the left mostvertical edge. Click a location for the dimension textbelow the bottom horizontal line. Enter 25.Create a vertical dimension. Click the circumferenceof the circle. Click the bottom most horizontal edge.Click a location for the dimension text to the right ofthe sketch. Enter 40.Extrude the Sketch123Clickon the Features toolbar.The Extrude Cut Feature PropertyManager appears.Select Through All for the end condition.Click.An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook19

Lesson 2: Basic Functionality4Results.The cut feature is displayed.Rotate the ViewRotate the view in the graphics area to display the model from different angles.1 Rotate the part in the graphics area. Press and hold the middle mouse button. Drag thepointer up/down or left/right. The view rotates dynamically.2 Display the Isometric view. Clickon the Standard Views toolbar.Save the Part201Clickon the Standard toolbar2Click File, Exit on the Main menu.An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook

Lesson 2: Basic Functionality5 Minute Assessment1234567891011How do you start a SolidWorks session?Why do you create and use Document Templates?How do you start a new Part Document?What features did you use to create the box?True or False. SolidWorks is used by designers and engineers.A SolidWorks 3D model consists of .How do you open a sketch?What does the Fillet feature do?What does the Shell feature do?What does the Cut-Extrude feature do?How do you change a dimension value?An Introduction to Engineering Design with SolidWorks Student Workbook21

Lesson 2: Basic FunctionalityExercises and Projects — Designing a Switch PlateSwitch plates are

SolidWorks application program and then opens the part file that you selected. You could have also opene d the file by selecting File, Open, and typing or browsing to a file name or by selecting a file name from the File menu in SolidWorks. SolidWorks lists the last several files that you had open. Saving a File 6 Click to save changes to a file.