SolidWorks for Beginners - AulaGEO

Course Overview

This course is designed to teach you SolidWorks from scratch, using practical exercises to guide you through the essential tools for 3D modeling, assembly, and drawing creation. By the end of this course, you will be able to design, assemble, and simulate mechanical components with confidence.

As a real-world project, you will go through the entire process of designing an electric guitar from start to finish. This includes modeling each individual piece and assembling the final product, making this course both educational and highly practical.

What You Will Learn

• SolidWorks interface and essential tools

• Sketching and 2D design techniques

• 3D modeling, extrusion, and feature tools

• Part assembly and constraints

• Technical drawings and blueprint preparation

• A complete 2.5-hour guitar design project, from modeling to assembly

Course Content

Section 1: Sketching in SolidWorks

1. Interface, Add-ins, New Part, Options, Units

2. First sketch: planes, start sketch, relations

3. Using Line Tool, Dimensions, and defining

4. Exiting Sketch mode, renaming, editing sketches, and extruding

5. Mouse controls, orientations, normal to, and sketch editing

6. Rectangles: types and usage, centerline

7. Slots and circles: types and application

8. Arcs and polygons: types and usage

9. Spline: types, usage, and dimensioning

10. Ellipse Menu

11. Sketch chamfer

12. Plane, Text, Point

13. Trim and Extend in Sketch

14. Convert Entities

15. Sketch Offset

16. Mirror Sketch

17. Linear Pattern in Sketch

18. Circular Pattern in Sketch

19. Rotate Sketch

20. Relations: all about constraints

Section 2: Features and 3D Modeling

21. Extrude: everything you need to know

22. Changing part appearance

23. Inserting sketches on parts and flat surfaces

24. Extrude Cut: inserting sketches, converting, selecting body

25. Revolve Boss: usage and examples

26. Swept Boss

27. Inserting Planes

28. Lofted Boss

Section 3: Assembly Techniques

29. Assembly: inserting multiple parts and constraints

30. Parallel mate

31. Perpendicular mate, distance mate

32. Tangent Mate

33. Concentric Mate

34. Smart Mate

35. Width Mate

36. Angular limit mate

Section 4: Creating Technical Drawings

37. Introduction to Drawing

38. Creating your first drawing

39. Methods to create drawings

40. Adjusting scale

41. Adjusting sheet size

42. Scaling a single view

43. Dimensions using DimXpert

44. Smart dimensioning

45. Additional dimensioning methods

46. Importing model items

47. Editing the Title Block and adding notes

48. Creating auxiliary views

49. Cropped Views

50. Section Views

51. Detailed Views

52. Broken-out Views

53. Alternate Position Views

54. Break Views

55. Adding Balloons for assembly references

Section 5: Complete Guitar Project – 3D Modeling

56. Designing the Guitar Body (1)

57. Designing the Guitar Body (2)

58. Designing the Guitar Body (3)

59. Designing the Neck (1)

60. Designing the Neck (2)

61. Designing the Neck (3)

62. Designing the Plate (1)

63. Designing the Plate (2)

64. Designing the Knob (1)

65. Designing the Knob (2)

66. Designing the Knob (3)

67. Designing the Knob (4)

68. Designing the Screw

69. Designing the Cover

70. Designing the String Gearbox Mount

71. Designing the String Gearbox Key

72. Designing the String Gearbox Pin

Section 6: Complete Guitar Project – Assembly

73. Guitar Assembly (1)

74. Guitar Assembly (2)

75. Guitar Assembly (3)

Who Should Take This Course?

• Beginners who want to learn SolidWorks from scratch

• Engineers, designers, and hobbyists interested in 3D modeling

• Anyone looking to develop real-world mechanical design skills

• Guitar enthusiasts who want to digitally design and assemble an instrument

Why Enroll in This Course?

• No prior experience required – Learn from the basics to advanced concepts

• Hands-on learning – Exercises and real-world projects

• Lifetime access – Study at your own pace on any device

• Certificate of completion – Validate your skills

Start your SolidWorks journey today and bring your 3D design skills to life. Join now and design your own guitar!