Composer · Complete SOLIDWORKS learning path
Exploded views, illustrations and animations for your manuals, without going back to CAD.
Free video training · Visualization
Three lessons to produce technical documentation with SOLIDWORKS Composer from your 3D models. You create exploded views and detail views, then vector illustrations and animations, and you learn to publish and update your files.
3 lessons
6 videos
Beginner to intermediate
Free
What you will be able to do
✓Create an annotated exploded view of an assembly
✓Show the inside of a mechanism with the Digger tool
✓Produce vector illustrations and an assembly animation
✓Publish a Composer file in Word or PDF and keep it up to date
Where to start
Start with lesson 1: the exploded view is the basis for illustrations and animations. If you only need to share or update existing files, lesson 3 can be taken on its own.
The program
01Exploded views and detail viewsExplode an assembly, label its components and zoom inside with the Digger.▶ 2 videosBeginner▶Exploded Views in Composer▶Introduction to Digger→02Illustrations and animationsVector images from an exploded view, then an assembly animation.▶ 2 videosIntermediate▶Technical Illustrations in Composer▶Creating an Animation in Composer→03Publish and updateInsert an SMG file into Word or PDF, and update actors and the assembly.▶ 2 videosIntermediate▶Publishing from Composer▶Updating Composer Files→To go further, Dassault Systèmes also offers the learning paths SOLIDWORKS Composer (on MySolidWorks).
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