SOLIDWORKS 2022: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users textbook has been designed for instructor-led courses as well as self-paced learning. It is intended to help engineers and designers interested in learning SOLIDWORKS for creating 3D mechanical design. This textbook is a great help for new SOLIDWORKS users and a great teaching aid in classroom training. This textbook consists of 14 chapters, with a total of 798 pages covering the major environments of SOLIDWORKS such as Sketching environment, Part modeling environment, Assembly environment, and Drawing environment. This textbook teaches users to use SOLIDWORKS mechanical design software for creating parametric 3D solid components, assemblies, and 2D drawings. This textbook also includes a chapter on creating multiple configurations of a design.

This textbook not only focuses on the usage of the tools and commands of SOLIDWORKS but also on the concept of design. Every chapter in this textbook contains tutorials that provide users with step-by-step instructions for creating mechanical designs and drawings with ease. Moreover, every chapter ends with hands-on test drives which allow users to experience the user friendly and technical capabilities of SOLIDWORKS.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction to SOLIDWORKS

Chapter 2. Drawing Sketches with SOLIDWORKS

Chapter 3. Editing and Modifying Sketches

Chapter 4. Applying Geometric Relations and Dimensions

Chapter 5. Creating Base Feature of Solid Models

Chapter 6. Creating Reference Geometries

Chapter 7. Advanced Modeling - I

Chapter 8. Advanced Modeling - II

Chapter 9. Patterning and Mirroring

Chapter 10. Advanced Modeling - III

Chapter 11. Working with Configurations

Chapter 12. Working with Assemblies - I

Chapter 13. Working with Assemblies - II

Chapter 14. Working with Drawings