Thursday, May 12, 2011

In the City: Solid Works tutorials




I'm new to SolidWorks so I found some tutorials in advance to help me when I work as the CAD person for my group. No doubt these will all be used at some point and I want all the help I can get to be there when I want it. I picked out the best tutorial websites I found and posted them here.

http://www.solidworkstutorials.com/
Has a wide range of tutorials specially with parts like screws, and bolts and some of the more complex tutorials like how to model a car (above). This would be good for small parts and to understand using tools in SolidWorks for more complex forms.

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/resources/solidworks-tutorials.htm
Has video tutorials directly on SolidWorks website. It goes through the basics and would be easy to follow because it's in video form.

http://www.solidengineering.co.nz/solidworks_free_tutorials.htm
This site is good for more complex curved forms like spring coils and assemblies with many parts. It doesn't have a lot of tutorials on it though.

http://www.solidworkslessons.info/
Out of all of the good sites with tutorials I think this one is the best one. It ranges from beginner's level to complex objects and tells you exactly what everything is for and explains tools in depth. Everything is compiled in one place.



I think if there's something you're not sure about in a program it's best to compile the best tutorials in advance so that when you get around to doing your work you won't have to waste time looking for them because they'll already be here. It's all about getting prepared to save time. Time is a huge issue as always with all projects. I think it's especially important now with 2 other huge projects from out other papers due in at the same time. That is stressing me out to be honest because I'm behind with one of them.

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