Configurations and DriveWorksXpress · Complete SOLIDWORKS learning path
One part, all its variants: configurations, design tables and automation.
Free video training · 3D Design
Four lessons to manage a product family from a single file, then automate the creation of variants. The videos in lessons 1 and 2 are almost all in French (marked FR).
4 lessons
9 videos, 4 in French
Intermediate to advanced
Free
What you will be able to do
✓Create part configurations by configuring dimensions and features
✓Manage assembly variants and their components
✓Drive many configurations with an Excel design table
✓Automate a product family with DriveWorksXpress
Where to start
Start with lesson 1: configurations are the foundation of design tables. Take DriveWorksXpress (lessons 3 and 4) once you have mastered configurations.
The program
01Part configurationsConfigurationManager, suppressing features, configured dimensions and the Modify Configurations table.▶ 2 videosIntermediate1 in French▶Part Configurations · FR▶Modify Configurations→02Assembly configurations and design tablesAssembly variants, part and assembly design tables in Excel.▶ 3 videosIntermediateFrench videos▶Assembly Configurations · FR▶Part Design Tables · FR▶Assembly Design Tables · FR→03Introduction to DriveWorksXpressHow DriveWorksXpress works and how to capture the model parameters.▶ 2 videosAdvanced▶Getting Started with DriveWorksXpress▶DriveWorksXpress - Captured Models→04Forms, rules and output modelCreate the input form, write the rules and generate the model and its drawing.▶ 2 videosAdvanced▶DriveWorksXpress - Forms▶DriveWorksXpress - Rules and the Output Model→To go further, Dassault Systèmes also offers the learning paths Configurations and Display States and DriveWorksXpress (on MySolidWorks).
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