You're reading from Learn SOLIDWORKS Get up to speed with key concepts and tools to become an accomplished SOLIDWORKS Associate and Professional

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801073097

Length 676 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

SolidWorks

Concepts

Computer Aided Design

Author (1):

Tayseer Almattar

Preface

1. Section 1 – Getting Started

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to SOLIDWORKS FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Interface and Navigation

4. Section 2 – 2D Sketching

5. Chapter 3: SOLIDWORKS 2D Sketching Basics

6. Chapter 4: Special Sketching Commands

7. Section 3 – Basic Mechanical Core Features – Associate Level

8. Chapter 5: Basic Primary One-Sketch Features

9. Chapter 6: Basic Secondary Multi-Sketch Features

10. Section 4 – Basic Evaluations and Assemblies – Associate Level

11. Chapter 7: Materials and Mass Properties

12. Chapter 8: Standard Assembly Mates

13. Section 5 – 2D Engineering Drawings Foundation

14. Chapter 9: Introduction to Engineering Drawings

15. Project 1: 3D-Modeling a Pair of Glasses

16. Chapter 10: Basic SOLIDWORKS Drawing Layout and Annotations

17. Chapter 11: Bill of Materials

18. Section 6 – Advanced Mechanical Core Features – Professional Level

19. Chapter 12: Advanced SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Core Features

20. Chapter 13: Equations, Configurations, and Design Tables

21. Section 7 – Advanced Assemblies – Professional Level

22. Chapter 14: SOLIDWORKS Assemblies and Advanced Mates

23. Chapter 15: Advanced SOLIDWORKS Assemblies Competencies

24. Project 2: 3D-Modeling an RC Helicopter Model

25. Other Books You May Enjoy

Questions

Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of this chapter:

What is a BOM?
What information can be found in BOMs?
What is linked information in BOMs in SOLIDWORKS?
Download the parts and assembly linked to this exercise and generate the following standard BOM:

Figure 11.35 – The drawing for question 4

Modify the BOM from the previous question by adding and filling up the cost column (note – cost numbers are not automatically generated; input them manually, as shown in the following screenshot). Also, change the PART NUMBER and DESCRIPTION columns to PartNo and Vendor. Your bill will look similar to the one shown here:

Figure 11.36 – The BOM for question 5