Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Section I – Preliminaries

Lesson 1 – Introducing SolidWorks 1

1.1 Lesson Objectives ....................................................................................... 1
1.2 Introduction.................................................................................................. 1
1.3 Starting SolidWorks ..................................................................................... 2
1.4 The SolidWorks Interface ............................................................................ 4
Practice Exercises ................................................................................................ 7
Questions ............................................................................................................. 7
References ........................................................................................................... 8
Internet Resources ............................................................................................... 8

Lesson 2 – Customizing SolidWorks 9

2.1 Lesson Objectives ....................................................................................... 9
2.2 Introduction.................................................................................................. 9
2.3 Customizing the Toolbars ............................................................................ 9
2.4 Customizing with Tools Options .............................................................. 11
2.5 Saving a Template..................................................................................... 14
2.6 Customizing with Add-Ins .......................................................................... 16
Practice Exercises .............................................................................................. 19
Questions ........................................................................................................... 19
References ......................................................................................................... 19
Internet Resources ............................................................................................. 20

Section II – Modeling Simple Parts

Lesson 3 – Modeling the Skateboard Deck Using Extruded

Boss/Base 23
3.1 Lesson Objectives ..................................................................................... 23

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