CAD
Productivity Tools Step-By-Step
Self-Paced Learning Guide

Description: A self-study guide to improving your productivity
with SolidWorks® software.
Learn the fundamentals of CAD Productivity Tools at your own speed, and
become more productive using FeatureWorks®, SolidWorks Utilities, and
SolidWorks Toolbox®.
Features:
- Unlock the full power of SolidWorks design tools with the
helpful instructions and tips available only from technical training
experts on staff with SolidWorks Corporation.
- Build your skills and confidence quickly with 16
easy-to-understand tutorials and practice exercises, each building
upon the previous lesson.
- Reinforce your new skills with the accompanying CD, which
features time-saving project files for tutorials and practice
exercises.
- Learn at your own pace - review each lesson as often as you want
or quickly move on to the next lesson.
- Follow along with more than 475 full-color images and screen
captures that serve as easy-to-understand visual cues.
Prerequisites:
SolidWorks Essentials: Parts and Assemblies
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The topics
covered in this guide are:
Chapter
1: Introduction
What is the
FeatureWorks® software?
What is the Toolbox® software?
What is the SolidWorks® Utilities software?
Starting FeatureWorks, Toolbox and Utilities
Getting Help
Chapter
2: Using FeatureWorks
Stages in the
Process
Importing the Geometry
Automatic Feature Recognition
The FeatureWorks Process
Interactive Feature Recognition
Recognized Features Manager
Editing the Recognized Features
Volume Features and Delete Faces
Chapter
3: Using SolidWorks® Utilities
SolidWorks®
Utilities Tools
Compare Features
Report Manager
Compare Geometry
Geometry Analysis
Find, Modify, Suppress and Simplify
Modify
Simplify Part
Power Select
Feature Paint
Chapter
4: Using Toolbox® and 3D Content Central®
Tools
Toolbox® Browser
Standards
Add My Parts Wizard
3D Content Central®
Structural Steel
Beam Calculator
Grooves
Bearing Calculator
Cams