| Location | Start Date | Time | Length | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando, Florida | 3/5/2012 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 5 days | Register |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 3/26/2012 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 5 days | Register |
| Tampa, Florida | 4/16/2012 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 5 days | Register |
| Orlando, Florida | 5/14/2012 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 5 days | Register |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 5/21/2012 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 5 days | Register |
Length: 5 days
Prerequisites: SolidWorks Essentials
Description: Advanced Part Modeling teaches you how to use multibody solids, sweeping and lofting features, and the more advanced shaping capabilites of SolidWorks.
The topics covered in this course are:
- Multibody Solids
- Multibody Solids
- Bridging
- Introducing: Solid Bodies Folder
- Extrude From
- Local Operations
- Combined Bodies
- Introducing: Combine
- Common Bodies
- Tool Body
- Introducing: Insert Part
- Introducing: Move/Copy Bodies
- Introducing: Mate Reference
- Patterning
- Indent Feature
- Using Cut to Create Multibodies
- Saving Solid Bodies as Parts and Assemblies
- Introducing: Insert into New Part
- Feature Scope
- Introducing: Save Bodies
- Splitting a Part into Multibodies
- Introducing: Split
- Creating an Assembly
- Introducing: Create Assembly
- Using Split Part with Legacy Data
Sweeps
- Introduction
- Sweeping
- Case Study: Modeling a Spring
- Sweeping Along a 3D Path
- 3D Sketching
- Introducing: Helix and Spiral
- Introducing: Projected Curve
- Introducing: Composite Curve
- Introducing: Sweep
- Introducing: Fit Spline
- Case Study: Bottle
- Sweeping and Lofting: What's the Difference?
- Creating a Curve Through a Set of Points
- Introducing: Insert Ellipse
- Sweep Options
- Sweep with Guide Curves
- The Label Shape
- Working with a Non-planar Path
- Variable Radius Filleting
- Introducing: Split Lines
- Analyzing Geometry
- Introducing: Display Curvature
- Introducing: Show Curvature Combs
- Introducing: Intersection Curve
- Introducing: Zebra Stripes
- Filleting the Label Outline
- Selecting Edges
- Introducing: Select Loop
- Performance Considerations
- Modeling Threads
- Orientation and Twist Control
- Align with End Faces
- Sweeping Along Model Edges
- Introducing: SelectionManager
- Sweeping a Tool Body
Lofts and Splines
- Basic Lofting
- Introducing: Loft
- Using Derived and Copied Sketches
- Copying a Sketch
- Derived Sketches
- Introducing: Insert Derived Sketch
- Centerline Lofting
- Introducing: Split Entities
- Cleaning Up a Model
- Introducing: Delete Face
- Introducing: Deviation Analysis
- Spline Sketching
- Introducing: Spline
- Advanced Lofting
- Introducing: Sketch Picture
- Layout Sketches
- Boundary Feature
Other Advanced Tools
- Advanced Fillets
- Wrap Feature
- Introducing: Wrap
- Introducing: Equation Driven Curves
- Deform Feature
- Introducing: Knit Surface
- Move Face and Delete Face
- Introducing: Move Face
- Using 3D Sketch with the Hole Wizard



