Basic SolidWorks, Wk 01

Since I’m putting together a video series walking through the basics of Rhino, I’ve decided to create a parallel series looking at the equivalent functionalities in SolidWorks 2010.

Since I’m trying to stick pretty literally to the Rhino video series, it should be easy for noob’s to follow the differences between these two very different methodologies.

This is the first video in a basic SolidWorks 2010 tutorial series that mirrors the Rhino tutorials here: http://cadjunkie.com/2010/01/14/otis-rhino-basics-week-01/

This video covers the following topics:

- Creating a part file
- Interface overview
- Hide/Show tree items
- Creating a sketch, drawing shapes
- navigation (rotate, pan, zoom)
- Basic Extruded boss/base
- ‘Merge Result’
- Sketch on face
- Introduction to parametric history

Three more vids after the jump:

This is the second video in a basic SolidWorks 2010 tutorial series that mirrors the Rhino tutorials here: http://cadjunkie.com/2010/01/14/otis-rhino-basics-week-01/

This video covers the following topics:

- Editing Features
- Deleting features
– absorbed features
– delete children
- Drawing basic shapes in the sketcher
- Extruded boss/base ‘Selected Contours’ intro

This is the third video in a basic SolidWorks 2010 tutorial series that mirrors the Rhino tutorials here: http://cadjunkie.com/2010/01/14/otis-rhino-basics-week-01/

This video covers the following topics:

- Boolean ‘Combine’
– add
– subtract
– combine
- Cut Extrude intro

This is the fourth video in a basic SolidWorks 2010 tutorial series that mirrors the Rhino tutorials here: http://cadjunkie.com/2010/01/14/otis-rhino-basics-week-01/

This video covers the following topics:

- homework: future city
- fillet tool basics
– edit fillet size
- perspective viewport
- add camera
– camera properties
– focal length
– unlock camera

about adam: Adam O'Hern is an industrial design consultant specializing in visual brand languages, and has designed products ranging from laptops to power tools, classroom toys to bathroom fixtures, and robots to lint rollers. He has published with 3DWorld Magazine, CGTuts+, and Luxology, and works with Josh Mings of SolidSmack.com on EngineerVsDesigner.com.