Productivity Tools · Complete SOLIDWORKS learning path
Select, compare, cost and recognize features to save time on repetitive tasks.
Free video training · Productivity
Five lessons on SOLIDWORKS Utilities, cost estimation, environmental impact and FeatureWorks. The videos are in English.
5 lessons
18 videos
Intermediate to advanced
Free
What you will be able to do
✓Select and edit features in bulk with SOLIDWORKS Utilities
✓Compare two parts or two BOMs, and check geometry quality
✓Estimate the manufacturing cost and environmental impact of a part
✓Turn an imported part into a parametric model with FeatureWorks
Where to start
The lessons are independent. You mostly receive STEP or IGES files: start with lessons 4 and 5 on FeatureWorks. You prepare quotes: lesson 3 on costing is for you.
The program
01Select and edit in bulkPower Select, Find/Modify and Simplify features, Feature Paint and text replacement.▶ 4 videosIntermediate▶Utilities: Power Select▶Utilities: Find, Modify, and Simplify Features▶Utilities: Feature Paint▶Utilities: Find and Replace Annotation→02Compare and checkCompare features, geometry and BOMs, analyze geometry, check symmetry and manage reports.▶ 6 videosIntermediate▶Utilities: Compare Features▶Utilities: Compare Geometry▶Utilities: Compare BOM▶Utilities: Geometry Analysis▶Utilities: Symmetry Check▶Utilities: Report Manager→03Estimate cost and environmental impactCosting for machined and sheet metal parts, and SustainabilityXpress for the environmental footprint.▶ 3 videosIntermediate▶Introduction to Costing: Machining▶Introduction to Costing: Sheet Metal▶Introduction to SustainabilityXpress→04FeatureWorks: recognizing featuresImport Diagnostics, automatic and interactive recognition, and volume features.▶ 3 videosAdvanced▶FeatureWorks: Automatic Recognition Mode▶FeatureWorks: Interactive Recognition Mode▶FeatureWorks: Volume Features and Editing→05FeatureWorks: sheet metal and assembliesRecognize an imported sheet metal part and flatten it, then process an imported assembly or multibody part.▶ 2 videosAdvanced▶FeatureWorks: Sheet Metal▶FeatureWorks: Assemblies and Resize Tool→To go further, Dassault Systèmes also offers the learning paths SOLIDWORKS Utilities and SOLIDWORKS Utilities 2 and SOLIDWORKS Costing and FeatureWorks (on MySolidWorks).
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