Solidworks Automation Tutorial Pdf
Charolette Antosh
Watch my SOLIDWORKS PDM and Design Automation tutorial video to learn how you can use the DriveWorks design automation add-in with SOLIDWORKS PDM. You will learn how to use templates to give your design a head start on filling out critical information in SOLIDWORKS PDM.
DriveWorks software is used for Design Automation and Sales Configuration by companies large and small. Whether you are an engineer that needs Design Automation to automate your SOLIDWORKS models, or a company wanting to provide a Product Configurator for your sales teams, distributors and even customers; DriveWorks software is the ultimate choice for businesses that use SOLIDWORKS.
A sweep feature requires, at minimum, a profile (cross section) to sweep and a path (curve) to sweep along. You can use a guide curve to control the sweep further. If you do not use a guide curve, the sweep cross section stays constant.
Sweep operations may fail for different reasons. Figure 4.10 shows three error messages. As a general rule, the sweep path and guide must intersect the cross-section plane, and the cross section must not intersect itself as it traverses the path and/or the guide curve.
Create the wine glass shown in Figure 4.12. All dimensions are in inches. We introduce the concept of Convert Entities on the Sketch tab in this tutorial. You copy one circle in one sketch to another sketch. This concept enables you to copy entities from one sketch to another. While you could easily create a new circle and dimension it, using the Convert Entities method is faster (as there is no need to sketch a circle and dimension it). SolidWorks creates an On Edge relation between the two circles and shows a small green cube on the copied entity to indicate the relation. When you click the copied circle while editing the sketch, SolidWorks displays the On Edge relation in the relations pane to the left of the screen.
Create a loft using three squares of different sizes as cross sections separated by 1 inch. The square sizes are 2 2, 1 1, and 2 2, respectively. Create the loft connecting the three sections such that the loft is twisted as shown.
The hole wizard provides two advantages. First, it helps create standard hole sizes and types so that off-the-shelf bolts will fit perfectly in the holes. Second, it greatly speeds up the process of creating these holes. This tutorial shows how to create sample holes: counterbore, countersink, and tapped holes. Figure 4.13 shows these holes. You create an extrusion and add holes to it. You also create Sketch2 on the top face of the Block feature with a center rectangle (construction rectangle) that you use to place holes at its corners.
For example, the box symbol under Chamfer parameters indicates that you can chamfer a face, an edge, or a vertex (corner point). As you would expect, chamfering a face chamfers all its edges. Chamfering a corner chamfers the three edges that meet there.
You use the Smart Fasteners wizard to insert the correct fastener based on the hole you select. It is a form of automation using off-the-shelf components. SolidWorks has its own standard library of fasteners. You can only use the wizard at the assembly level. You need to activate the wizard in order for the Smart Fasteners icon on the Assembly tab to work. If you click the icon before activation, you get this error: Smart Fasteners requires SolidWorks Toolbox, which is not present.
In this tutorial, you create an assembly of a block and plate. You create a counterbore hole in the plate and a blind hole in the block, assemble them, and fasten them together with a smart fastener. Figure 4.16 shows the assembly and its tree. All dimensions are in inches.
Bolts, like gears, are important and essential mechanical elements. While bolts are standard off-the-shelf components, this tutorial shows how to create the CAD model of one due to its learning value. Figure 4.17 shows the bolt and its feature tree. All dimensions are in inches.
Note: The helix 3.5 height is arbitrary. That leaves 0.4 (out of 3.9). You use 0.25 for the other end thread helix and 0.15 underneath the bottom of bolt head as a length with no threads.
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