1.   INF4500 - SolidWorks
  2.   Intro to this lecture notes
  3.   Intro to Solidworks
  4.   The Solidworks package
  5.   Solid vs. surface modelling in SolidWorks
  6.   Typical parametric work flow
  7.   Sketches
  8.       General GUI trick/tips
  9.       Making a sketch
  10.       Line, square, circle, polygon, point, text
  11.       Spline
  12.       Spline - tangency and curvature adjustments
  13.       Spline - approximating shapes
  14.       Splines - adding/deleting points
  15.       Construction geometry
  16.       Dimensions
  17.       Relations
  18.       Fix/float
  19.       Displaying/modifying relations
  20.       Patterning
  21.       Fillets
  22.       Mirror
  23.       Offset
  24.       Clipping
  25.       Making a sketch on a flat face of a solid
  26.       Convert entities
  27.       Changing the plane a sketch is drawn on
  28.       Adding sketch planes in 3D
  29.       3D sketch - line
  30.       3D sketch - spline
  31.       3D sketch - point/axis
  32.       3D sketch - spline on 3D face
  33.       Projecting a sketch on to a curved face
  34.       Equation based curve
  35.       Adding a picture to the background
  36.   The GUI
  37.       Feature manager, custom folders, reorder/rename
  38.       Customizing the s-key
  39.       Loading/saving the s-key, (user settings)
  40.       The command manager
  41.       Rebuild
  42.       Undo
  43.       Orientation - pan, zoom, rotate, fixed view, split view
  44.       Measure
  45.       Wireframe, section view, orthogonal, perspective, themes
  46.       View - zebra stipe / curvature
  47.       View - accuracy/graphics performance
  48.   Solids
  49.       Extrude
  50.       Extrude - fixing a partly selected sketch
  51.       Extrude - merge / merge select body
  52.       Extrude ending plane
  53.       Extrude start plane
  54.       Extrude cut
  55.       Extrude cut - selecting bodies to cut
  56.       Draft angle
  57.       Thin feature
  58.       Sweep / sweep cut
  59.       Loft/loft cut, start/end constraints, guide curves, twist
  60.       Revolve / revolve cut
  61.       Fillet
  62.       Fillet - setback / variable radius
  63.       Fillet - C2 face fillet
  64.       Chamfer
  65.       Shell
  66.       Helix / spiral
  67.       Combine: boolean add, subtract, intersect bodies
  68.       Delete body - to clean up the design
  69.       Pattern
  70.       Mirror
  71.       Wrap cut/extrude a sketch around a body (typically text)
  72.       Inserting parts in parts for sketch references
  73.   Assembly
  74.       Making a simple assembly, adding mates
  75.       Floating / fixing parts
  76.       Assembly of assembly
  77.       Interference detection
  78.       Rigid/flexible sub assemblies
  79.       "In context" editing
  80.       Relations between in-context parts
  81.   Libraries
  82.   SolidWorks toolbox - gears
  83.   STL saving
  84.   Documentation ...
  85.       Rendering ...
  86.       Making videos ...
  87.       3D pdf ...
  88.   Physics/motion simulation
  89.       Animation
  90.       Animation - changing orientation view
  91.       Animation - adding a rotary motor/actuator
  92.       Physical simulation
  93.   Material simulation ...
  94.       FEM ...
  95.       FEM - material specification ...
  96.       Thermal analysis ...
  97.       Drop analysis ...
  98.   API
  99.       VBA macro programming
  100.   Surface modelling ...
  101.       Dissolving solids into surfaces...
  102.       Boundary surface ...
  103.       Offset surface ...
  104.       Knit, make solid ...
  105.       Projecting curves ...
  106.       Parting surface ...

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INF4500 schedule

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