Summary

In this chapter, we started working with assemblies. In SOLIDWORKS assemblies, we are able to put together more than one part to generate a more complex artifact. Most of the products we use in our everyday lives, such as phones, laptops, and cars, consist of multiple parts that have been put together; that is, they have been assembled. In this chapter, we learned about standard mates, which help us create links to different parts of the assembly. We learned what these mates do, how to apply them, and how to modify them. Then, we learned about materials and mass properties within the context of assemblies.

Now, we should be able to create more complex products that consist of more than one part. We should also be able to build simple static and dynamic interactions between those different parts. All of this brings us closer to designing more realistic products with SOLIDWORKS.

In the next chapter, we will start introducing 2D engineering drawings, which we will use to...