SolidWorks

2015
for Engineers and Designers
This Book cover the following
environments of SolidWorks 2015

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Part Design
Assembly Design
Detailing and Drafting
Blocks
Surface Modeling
Sheet Metal Modeling
Surface Modeling
Motion Study
Student Projects
Salient features of this book
are as follows:

Tutorial Approach: The author has adopted the

tutorial point-of-view and the learn-by-doing theme
throughout the textbook. This approach guides the users
through the process of creating the models in the tutorials.
Real-world Mechanical Engineering Projects
as Tutorials: The author has used the real-world mechanical
engineering projects as tutorials in this textbook so that the
readers can correlate the tutorials with the real-time models in the
mechanical engineering industry.
Tips and Notes: Additional information is provided throughout the
textbook in the form of tips and notes.
Heavily Illustrated Text: The text in this textbook is heavily
illustrated with the help of around 800 line diagrams and 900 screen captures.
Learning Objectives: The first page of every chapter summarizes the topics that are
covered in it.
Self-Evaluation Test, Review Questions, and Exercises: Every chapter ends with a
Self-Evaluation test so that the users can assess their knowledge of the chapter. The answers to the SelfEvaluation test are given at the end of the chapter. Also, the Review Questions and Exercises are given at the
end of each chapter that can be used by the Instructors as test questions and exercises.

About the BOOK

SolidWorks 2015 for Engineers and Designers textbook has been written to help the users who are interested in learning 3D
design. This textbook is written with the learn-by-doing theme and the tutorial point of view. Real-world mechanical engineering
industry examples and tutorials have been used to ensure that the users can relate the knowledge of this textbook with the actual
mechanical industry designs.

About the Author

Prof. Sham Tickoo is professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Purdue University Calumet, USA where he has taught design, drafting, CAD,
and other engineering courses for over nineteen years. Before joining Purdue University, Prof. Tickoo has worked as a machinist, quality control
engineer, design engineer, engineering consultant, and software developer. He has received a US patent for his invention Self Adjusting Cargo
Organizer for Vehicles.

ISBN: 9789351197775 | Pages: 1062 | Author: Prof. Sham Tickoo

Table of Contents
1. Introduction to SOLIDWORKS 2015
yy Introduction to SOLIDWORKS 2015
yy System Requirements
yy Getting Started with SOLIDWORKS
yy Menu Bar and SOLIDWORKS Menus
yy CommandManager
yy Toolbar
yy Dimensioning Standard and Units
yy Important Terms and Their Definitions
yy Auto-Backup Option
yy Selecting Hidden Entities
yy Hot Keys | Color Scheme
2. Drawing Sketches for Solid Models
yy The Sketching Environment
yy Starting a New Session of SOLIDWORKS
2015
yy Task Panes
yy Starting a New Document in SOLIDWORKS
2015
yy Understanding the Sketching Environment
yy Setting the Document Options
yy Learning Sketcher Terms
yy Drawing Lines | Circles | Arcs | Rectangles |
Polygons | Splines | Slots | Placing Sketched
Points | Drawing Ellipse | Elliptical Arcs |
Parabolic Curves | Conic Curves | Display
Tools
yy Deleting Sketched Entities
3. Editing and Modifying Sketches
yy Editing Sketched Entities Trimming
yy Creating Patterns
yy Editing Patterns
yy Writing Text in the Sketching Environment
yy Modifying Sketched Entities
4. Adding Relations and Dimensions to
Sketches
yy Applying Geometric Relations to Sketches
yy Design Intent
yy Dimensioning a Sketch
yy Concept of a Fully Defined Sketch
yy Deleting Overdefined Dimensions
yy Opening an Existing File
5. Advanced Dimensioning Techniques and
Base Feature Options
yy Advanced Dimensioning Techniques
yy Measuring Distances and Viewing Section
Properties
yy Creating Base Features by Extruding /
Revolving Sketches
yy Determining the Mass Properties of Parts
yy Dynamically Rotating the View of a Model
yy Modifying the View Orientation
yy Restoring the Previous View
yy Displaying the Drawing Area in Viewports
yy Display Modes of a Model
yy Additional Display Modes
yy Assigning Materials and Textures to Models
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6. Creating Reference Geometries

yy Importance of Sketching Planes
yy Reference Geometry
yy Advanced Boss/Base Options
yy Modeling Using the Contour Selection
Method | Creating Cut Features
yy Concept of the Feature Scope
7. Advanced Modeling Tools-I
8. Advanced Modeling Tools-II
yy Changing the Display States
9. Editing Features
yy Editing the Features of a Model
yy Editing Using the Edit Feature Tool
yy Editing Sketches of the Sketch-based
Features | Editing the Sketch Plane Using
the Edit Sketch Plane Tool
yy Editing Using the Instant3D Tool
yy Editing Features and Sketches by Using the
Cut, Copy, and Paste option
yy Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Features and
Sketches from One Document to the Other
yy Copying Features Using Drag and Drop
yy Deleting Features | Deleting Bodies
yy Suppressing Features | Unsuppressing the
Suppressed Features
yy Unsuppressing Features with Dependents
yy Hiding Bodies | Moving and Copying Bodies
yy Reordering the Features | Rolling Back the
Feature | Renaming Features
yy Creating Folders in the FeatureManager
Design Tree | Whats Wrong Functionality
10. Advanced Modeling Tools-III
yy Advanced Modeling Tools Creating Sweep
11. Advanced Modeling Tools-IV
yy Advanced Modeling Tools Creating
yy Creating Fastening / Freeform Features
yy Dimensioning a Part Using DimXpert
12. Assembly Modeling-I
yy Creating Bottom-up / Top-down Assemblies
yy Moving Individual Components
yy Rotating Individual Components
yy Moving and Rotating Individual
Components Using the Triad
yy Assembly Visualization
13. Assembly Modeling-II
yy Advanced Assembly Mates
yy Mechanical Mates
yy Creating Sub-assemblies
yy Deleting Components and Sub-assemblies
yy Editing Assembly Mates | Components |
Sub-assemblies
yy Dissolving Sub-assemblies
yy Replacing Components
yy Creating Patterns of Components in an
Assembly

yy Copying and Mirroring Components

yy Copying a Component along with Mates
yy Simplifying Assemblies using the Visibility
Options
yy Checking Interferences in an Assembly
yy Checking the Hole Alignment
yy Creating Assemblies for Mechanism
yy Creating the Exploded State of an Assembly
14. Working with Drawing Views-I
yy The Drawing Mode
yy Starting a Drawing Document | Types of
Views
yy Generating Standard Drawing Views |
Derived Views
yy Working with Interactive Drafting in
SOLIDWORKS
yy Editing and Modifying Drawing Views
yy Modifying the Hatch Pattern in Section
Views
15. Working with Drawing Views-II
yy Adding Annotations to Drawing Views
yy Adding the Bill of Materials (BOM) to a
Drawing | Linking Bill of Materials
yy Adding Balloons to the Drawing Views
yy Creating Magnetic Lines
yy Adding New Sheets to the Drawing Views
yy Editing the Sheet Format
yy Creating User-Defined Sheet Formats
16. Surface Modeling
17. Working with Blocks
yy Saving a Sketch as a Block in the Design
Library
yy Creating Mechanisms by Using Blocks
yy Applying Motion to Blocks
yy Creating Parts from Blocks
18. Sheet Metal Design
yy Designing the Sheet Metal Components by
Creating the Base Flange
yy Creating Sheet Metal Components from a
Flat Sheet / from a Flat Part / by Designing
it as a Part
yy Converting a Solid Body into a Sheet Metal
Part | Designing a Sheet Metal Part from a
Solid Shelled Model
yy Creating Cuts in Sheet Metal Components
Across the Bends
yy Inserting / Creating Forming Tools
yy Generating the Drawing View of the Flat
Pattern of the Sheet Metal Components
19. Equations, Configurations, and Library Features
yy Working with Equations | Configurations
yy Library Features
20. Motion Study
yy Introduction To Motion Study
yy Simulating the Motion of an Assembly

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