Starting from the very basics of the program, the course develops looking at modelling essentials required for day to day use of the software, right through to some advanced topics for automating designs. Part and Assembly modelling and also the 2D drawing environment are introduced during this course.

This course, focused entirely on the 2D drawings aspect of the package, goes in depth into setting up drawing sheets, creating drawing views, applying dimension schemes and generating bills of materials.

For CAD managers we work through an example of creating, customising and reusing drawing border information to enable your drawing sheets to contain dynamic place holders to model information. Also learn how to reuse drawing data, manage references correctly and check your work against a baseline standard.

Learn about the multi-body environment within SOLIDWORKS, using Boolean operations and the master model technique. Delve deeper into the Sweep and Loft feature, looking in depth at the advanced options that are used to create organic and contoured shapes.

The course finishes off by looking at some of the lesser known SOLIDWORKS features, including advanced filleting options, interactive model manipulation and free-form design. A must for consumer and product designers, as well as general SOLIDWORKS users looking to gain a more rounded view of what the product is capable of from a complex shape point of view.

Learn about designing “top down” within the context of an assembly, ideal for bespoke/ one off components. Speed up assembly generation with shortcuts and tips and tricks for standard parts and fixings.

The course also looks at automated assemblies with configurations, post assembly modifications and an in depth look at assembly management. This course is a must for customers that generate larger assemblies to understand how to reap benefits of large assembly performance and management.

The surface modelling course is ideal for consumer and product designers who have a requirement to create complex shapes and forms. This course introduces the concept of modelling with surfaces.

The ability to mix and match between surfaces and solids is discussed in depth and a typical surface modelling workflow is one of the topics covered.

The sheet metal functionality built into SOLIDWORKS is a powerful aspect of the package that allows users to create the fully folded designs and quickly generate the flattened form for manufacture.

Use specific sheet metal commands such as edge and mitre flanges, hems and jogs as well looking at how standard SOLIDWORKS models can be converted to sheet metal designs.

Using weldments in SOLIDWORKS is a powerful means of creating fabricated structures within a single part environment.

Using a vast library of standard profiles, weldments allow you to create complex structures from simple base sketches.

The Mould tool design commands inside SOLIDWORKS allow you to quickly generate the core and cavity models directly from your SOLIDWORKS part file.

In addition, you will learn how to check the draft angles, where to position the parting lines in your design to generate viable tooling, and then account for any remaining undercuts (using both side actions and lifters) and create ejector pins. The course also looks at techniques for dealing with imported data (typically encountered in mould design).

This course focuses on the ability to create animations from your SOLIDWORKS Parts and Assemblies. We will cover various topics looking at automated and manual methods of creating animations featuring camera views, changing appearances and controlling the motion of components.

We investigate various visual techniques when creating moving cameras, including points-of-view for walk-throughs as well as attaching cameras onto moving objects. Advanced In-Context modelling techniques will be used to simulate real-life interactions – removing material with a tool or winding cable from one reel to another.

Finally we will cover the production of fully rendered animations and various other post-processing techniques.

The routing aspect of SOLIDWORKS is available as a Premium add-in. Electrical routing allows you to complete your electrical circuits in a fast and accurate fashion.

Discover the component libraries within SOLIDWORKS and the ability to create parts lists and wiring diagrams for assembly and manufacture.

The routing aspect of SOLIDWORKS is available as a Premium add-in. Pipe routing covers the ability to create flexible and orthogonal links within your SOLIDWORKS Assemblies. Learn how to generate rapid connections between key components and output as cut lists and assembly layout drawings.

Discover the libraries available in SOLIDWORKS and also how to create your own standard route parts.

The goal of this course is to introduce SOLIDWORKS designers to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. By using 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS software, designers create, store, manage and collaborate with 3D models in a seamless cloud-based platform.

Everything a designer creates using the SOLIDWORKS Connected software can easily be saved to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform for team communication and collaboration.

The focus of this course is on the fundamental skills and concepts central to collaboration and teamwork during the design process.

This course will teach key functionality within SOLIDWORKS Visualize Standard (included with SOLIDWORKS Professional) to attendees. The course content will begin with an introduction to the user interface and all of the necessary functionality to complete a basic render.

In subsequent lessons attendees will complete their knowledge of Visualize Standard through the use of examples focused on the detailed options within the software including, importing models, appearance management, use of lighting, render and output settings, textured appearances, decals, ground reflections & shadows, using cameras and applying effects to the final render.

This course is designed for those less familiar with the broader concepts of stress analysis and is divided into three main sections. Attendees will be introduced to the engineering terminology associated with stress analysis and how those concepts relate to each other. Hand calculated examples will be used to reinforce these principles.

The course will then move on to explain the background of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using the Simulation Xpress module found in SOLIDWORKS Standard. Using this functionality and learning how to interpret the results obtained will close this section.

Finally, the class will be introduced to the capabilities offered by the further simulation products that are available to our customers. This will give users an understanding of how the available functionality relates to the real life failure modes that our simulations are trying to anticipate. To finish the course general advice for preparing CAD modelling in preparation for simulation is given.

Understand the seamless integration between the SOLIDWORKS and Simulation user interface. Understand basics of FEA and how these are interpreted into solving real life engineering problems, inevitably reducing the required number of physical prototypes and testing.

The course gradually introduces more and more functionality of the package- understanding the meshing process, interpreting results and outputs, assembly interaction and connector conditions. Learn how to speed up the analysis process of analysing structural behaviour of SOLIDWORKS parts and assemblies, as per real life.

Motion Simulation is a SOLIDWORKS Premium add-in and allows you to calculate and test mechanisms built into your parts and assemblies.

Using the animation interface of SOLIDWORKS, Motion Simulation can accurately simulate motors and inter-part relationships with graphical outputs such as power usage and cam trace paths, will full kinematic simulation. If you are only interested in Animations and not 'Physics Results' check out our Animations Course.