Academic Plan Engineering/SolidWorks Level 1 2012-2013
Course Information: Engineering/SolidWorks 1
Essential
Knowledge
Quarter 1
The System
Settings
Document
Templates
Basic Solid
Modeling
Topics
Extrude
Options
Vocabulary Key
Terms
Menu Bar - A set of the most
frequently used tool buttons
from the Standard toolbar
Command Manager - is a
context-sensitive toolbar that
dynamically updates based
on the toolbar you want to
access. By default, it has
toolbars embedded in it
based on the document type.
Configuration Manager - is a
means to create, select, and
view multiple configurations
of parts and assemblies in a
document.
Property Manager - appears
on the Property Manager tab
in the panel to the left of the
graphics area. It opens when
you select entities or
commands defined in the
Property Manager. You can
choose whether it opens in
other cases in Tools, Options,
System Options, and General.
Feature Manager Design
Tree - The Feature Manager
design tree on the left side of
the SolidWorks window
provides an outline view of
the active part, assembly, or
drawing. This makes it easy
to see how the model or
assembly was constructed or
to examine the various
sheets and views in a
drawing.
Search - You can use
SolidWorks Search to find
information in
documentation and forums.
You can also find files and
models, and find and run a
SolidWorks command with
just a few keystrokes.
Status Bar - at the bottom of
the SolidWorks window
provides information related
to the function you are
performing.
Task Pane - appears when
you open the SolidWorks
software. It contains the
following tabs:
Standards/Benchmarks
09.0 Demonstrate an understanding of
engineering design. – The student will be
able to:
09.01 Investigate design principles used to
evaluate existing designs, to collect
data, and to guide the design process.
02.0 Demonstrate an
understanding of the core
concepts of technology. – The
student will be able to:
02.01 Apply systems thinking logic and creativity
with appropriate compromises in complex real-life
problems.
02.02 Assess technological systems, which are the
building blocks of technology and are embedded
within larger technological, social, and
environmental systems.
03.03 Assess the stability of a technological
system and its influence by all of the components
in the system, especially those in the feedback
loop.
02.04 Compare resources involving trade-offs
between competing values, such as availability,
cost, desirability, and waste.
02.05 Identify the criteria and constraints of a
product or system and determine how they affect
the final design and development.
02.06 Propose strategies for optimizing a
technological process or methodology of designing
or making a product, dependent on criteria and
constraints.
Instructional
Resources
Assessment
-SolidWorks
2012 Part 1 –
Basic Tools in
.PDF format
-Assignment
Document
Template
Properties
-.PDF Chapters
to correspond - Quiz on
with Essential Document
Knowledge.
Template
Properties
-CCE_SW_Q1
Toolbars - are available for
most SolidWorks tools, and
also for add-in products.
Named toolbars assist you in
performing specific design
tasks such as applying
surfaces or drawing curves.
Quarter 2
Extrude and
Revolve
Revolve Parts
– Ball Joint
Arm
Derived
Sketches –
Center Ball
Joint
3D Drawing
Exercises
Extrude Features - defines
the characteristics of
extruded features. You can
create these types of
extruded features: Solid or
Thin, Boss/base, Cut, surface.
Revolve - add or remove
material by revolving one or
more profiles around a
centerline. You can create
revolved boss/bases,
revolved cuts, or revolved
surfaces. The revolve feature
can be a solid, a thin feature,
or a surface.
Derived Sketches - A copy of
a sketch, in either the same
part or the same assembly
that is connected to the
original sketch. Changes in
the original sketch are
reflected in the derived
sketch.
Sketch - A collection of lines
and other 2D objects on a
plane or face that forms the
basis for a feature such as a
base or a boss.
09.02 Examine the influence of personal
characteristics, such as creativity,
resourcefulness, and the ability to
visualize and think abstractly on the
Engineering Design process.
08.0 Demonstrate an understanding of
the attributes of design. – The student
will be able to:
08.01 Apply the design process; including
defining a problem, brainstorming,
researching and generating ideas,
identifying criteria and specifying
constraints, exploring possibilities,
selecting an approach, developing a
design proposal, making a model or
prototype, testing and evaluating the
design using specifications, refining
the design, creating or making it, and
communicating processes and results.
- Quiz on
-.PDF Chapters Extrude vs.
to correspond Revolve
with Essential
-Assignment
Knowledge.
.PDF _____
- Quiz .PDF
Chapter
Review
Questions for
4,5,6
-CCE_SW_Q2
08.02 Translate design problems that are
seldom presented in a clearly defined
form.
08.03Evaluate a design continually, and
improve and revise the idea of the
design as needed.
08.04. Evaluate factors taken into account in the
process of engineering.
3D Sketch - A 3D sketch is
non-planar and can be used
to guide a sweep or loft, for
example.
Quarter 3
Rib & Shell
Features –
Formed Tray
Linear
Patterns –Test
Tray
Circular
Shell - A feature that hollows
out a part, leaving open the
selected faces and thin walls
on the remaining faces. A
hollow part is created when
no faces are selected to be
open.
Patterns - A pattern repeats
selected sketch entities,
features, or components in
an array, which can be linear,
circular, or sketch-driven. If
09.03 Construct a prototype or a working
model used to test a design concept by
making actual observations and
necessary adjustments.
-Assignment
-.PDF Chapters ________
to correspond
with Essential - Quiz .PDF
Chapter
Knowledge.
Review
Questions for
______
Patterns –
Spur Gear
the seed entity is changed,
the other instances in the
pattern update.
09.04 Evaluate factors taken into account in
the process of engineering.
Quarter 4
Bottom Up
Assembly –
Link Assembly
Drawing
Preparations
Assembly
Drawings –
Links
assembly
Sheet Metal
Drawings –
Post Cap
2D to 3D –
Convert
AutoCAD into
SolidWorks
Bottom up Design - An
assembly modeling technique
where you create parts and
then insert them into an
assembly.
Link Assembly - You can link
the value of a document
property, a custom property,
or a configuration-specific
property to the text of a
note. You can also link a
property to rows of a table or
BOM. If the value of the
property changes, the linked
text changes automatically.
Drawing - A 2D
representation of a 3D part
or assembly. The extension
for a SolidWorks drawing file
name is .SLDDRW.
09.05 Evaluate factors taken into account in
the process of engineering.
11.0Demonstrate the abilities to apply the
design process. – The student will be
able to:
11.01 Interpret the design problem to solve and
decide whether or not to address it.
11.02 Evaluate criteria and constraints and
determine how these will affect the design
process.
11.03 Refine a design by using prototypes and
modeling to ensure quality, efficiency, and
productivity of the final product.
11.04 Evaluate the design solution using
conceptual, physical, and mathematical
models at various intervals of the design
process in order to check for proper design
and to note areas where improvements are
needed.
11.05 Produce a product or system using a design
process.
11.06 Evaluate final solutions and communicate
observations, processes, and results of the
entire design process, using verbal,
graphic, quantitative, virtual, and written
means, in addition to three-dimensional
models.
-CCE_SW_Q3
-Assignment
-.PDF Chapters ________
to correspond
with Essential - Quiz .PDF
Chapter
Knowledge.
Review
Questions for
______
-CCE_SW_Q4