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    SolidWorks 2008

    Software Name :SolidWorks

    Current Version :SolidWorks 2008

    Company : SolidWorks Corporation(USA)

    Application

    Programming Interface:VB & VC++

    Operating System :Windows XP,Vista (32 & 64bit)

    Kernels Built In : Para solid,ACIS,CATIA,

    SolidWorks(Proprietary)

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    SolidWorks 3D CAD

    SolidWorks Explorer

    SolidWorks Viewer

    eDrawings Professional

    PhotoWorks

    3D Instant Website

    SolidWorks Animator

    SolidWorks Toolbox

    SolidWorks UtilitiesFeatureWorks

    COSMOSXpress

    PDMWorksPLUS

    Solidworks Routing

    Tol analyst

    Cosmos Works Designer

    SolidWorks Office Premium

    SolidWorks 3D CAD

    SolidWorks Explorer

    SolidWorks Viewer

    eDrawings Professional

    PhotoWorks

    SolidWorks Animator

    3D Instant Website

    SolidWorks Toolbox

    SolidWorks UtilitiesFeatureWorks

    COSMOSXpress

    PDMWorks

    Design checker

    SolidWorksOfficeProfessional

    SolidWorks 3D CAD

    SolidWorks ExplorerSolidWorks Viewer

    eDrawings

    COSMOSXpress

    SolidWorks Animator

    DFM Express

    Drive works Express

    SolidWorks

    3D Design

    SolidWorks Product Line: 3D Design

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    SOLIDWORKS

    Introduction:SolidWorks mechanical design

    automation software is a feature-

    based, parametric solid modeling

    design tool, which take advantage

    of the easy to learn Windows

    Graphical User Interface. You can

    create fully associative 3-D Solid

    models.

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    Feature-based:

    Features are the shapes and operations that

    construct the part.

    Sketched Feature:

    *Created from 2-D sketches.

    *Example:

    Extrusion, Revolve, Sweeping, Lofting, etc.,

    Applied Features:*Created directly on the solid model.

    *Example:

    Fillets, Chamfers, dome, etc.,

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    Parametric:

    The dimensions and relations used to create a feature are

    captured and stored in the model. This enables you to capture

    your design intent and allows you to quickly and easily makes

    changes to the model.

    *Driving Dimensions:

    They include the dimensions associated with the sketch geometry, as

    well as those associated with the feature itself.

    In this Bose-extruded feature the

    diameter of the cylinder was

    controlled by sketch dimension and

    the height of the cylinder was

    controlled by feature dimension.

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    *Relation:

    These include such information as parallelism, tangency and concentricity.

    *Fully associative:

    Changes to the model are automatically reflected in the associated drawings

    and assemblies.

    *Constraints:

    In addition to relations, equations can be used to establish mathematical

    relationships among parameters.

    *Design intent:Design intent is your plan as to how the model should behave when it is changed. In

    order to use a parametric modeler like Solid works efficiently, you must consider the

    design intent before modeling.

    Design intent affected by four factors. They are

    RelationsEquations

    Dimensioning

    Feature and Modeling methodology

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    Examples:

    Design intent affected by Dimensioning:

    Case (a): The holes are positioned by 20mm distance from each edge. If overall

    width (100mm) of the plate changes, it does not affect the hole position.

    Case (b): The dimensions keep the hole position relative to the left edge of the

    plate.

    Case (c): Dimensioning from the edge and from center to center will maintain thedistance between the hole centers and allow it to be change the way.

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    HOW FEATURES AFFECT DESIGN INTENT:

    There are three types of solid modeling Method:

    LAYER CAKE approach

    POTTERS WHEEL approach

    MANUFACTURING approach

    LAYER CAKE APPROACH:

    The layer cake approach builds the part one piece at a time and adding features onto

    the previous one.

    Changing the thickness of one layer has a ripple effect, changing position of all the

    other layers that were created after it.

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    POTTERS WHEEL APPROACH:

    The potters wheel approach

    builds the part as a single,

    revolved feature. A singlesketch representing the cross

    section includes all the

    information and dimensions

    necessary to make the part as

    one feature.

    MANUFACTURING APPROACH:

    In this approach part is modeled that how the part would be manufactured.

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    Pull Down Menu Toolbars

    Status BarGraphics Area

    Feature Manager

    Taskpane

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    UNSELECTABLE ICONS:

    For example, if you are working in a sketcher mode, you

    have full access to all the sketch tools. However, you

    cannot select the icons such as fillet or chamfer on the

    feature toolbar.

    -Helps the inexperienced user by limiting the choice

    PRESELECTION:

    Ex: For filleting, you can select the edges, before click the

    filleting tool.

    USER INTERFACE:

    The Solidworks user interface is a native windows

    interface, and as such behaves in the same manner as other

    windows applications.

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    a) MENUS:

    Pull down menus

    Short cut menus

    b) KEYBOARD SHORT CUTS

    c) TOOLBARS

    d) FEATURE MANAGER DESIGN TREE:

    It visually displays all the features in a part or assembly. As

    features are created they are added to the feature manager

    design tree. As a result, the feature manager design tree is the

    chronological sequence of modeling operations. It also allows

    access to the editing of the features that it contains.

    e) PROPERTY MANAGER MENUS:

    Property manager menus occupy the same screen position as

    the feature manager design tree and replace it when they are inuse.

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    f) MOUSE BUTTONS:

    Left

    Select objects such as geometry, menus buttons and objects in the

    feature manager design tree.

    Right

    Activates a context sensitive shortcut menu.

    Middle

    Dynamically rotates, pans or zooms a part or assembly. Pans a

    drawing.

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    g) SYSTEM FEEDBACK:

    Feedback is provided by a symbol attached to the cursor arrow

    indicating what you are selecting or what the system is

    expecting you to select.

    (h) OPTIONS:The options dialog box allows you to customize the Solidworks

    software environment.

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    SolidWorks Office Tools

    SolidWorks Toolbox provides 3D models ofstandard hardware and structural shapes and machine design

    tools.

    SolidWorks Utilities

    use it to understandthe differences between parts, Drawings.

    FeatureWorks converts imported 3DCAD geometry to SolidWorks feature-based data

    Design checker Used to check part, assemblyand drawing with a set of pre-defined parameters.

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    SolidWorks Animator

    enables animations ofexploded assemblies to be made.

    PhotoWorks enables photorealistic renderings ofdesigns to maximize visual impact

    3D Instant Website enables the designer togenerate a website for a design that others can view and addcomments.

    eDrawings Professional

    provides transferablemeasure, mark-up capability to share information with non-SolidWorks users.