Hello Everyone! Welcome back for the second installment of our semi-exciting CAD adventure! Today we really dug into Solidworks by finishing the last tutorial in Unit 1 and continuing on to 2 more tutorials in Unit 2. Though not fascinating, these tutorials were much more rewarding. The last two even left us with shiny end-products – manifestations of what we had learned. Below is a breakdown of the specific skill-sets taught in each tutorial:

Unit 1: Intro to Solidworks

–> Lesson 3: Starting a New Project

Learn to:

• Navigate folders
• Open and save projects
• Orient yourself with the Solidworks interface: the various viewing 

Unit 2: Building a Part

–> Lesson 1: Pre-CAD prep

Learn to make a C-Frame:

• Use the line tool
• Draw shapes
• Change measurements
• Use the relations tool
• Use the offset relations tool
• Use the extrude tool
• Use the fillet tool

 –> Lesson 2: Creating a bracket

• Learn to make an L-Shaped Bracket:
• Review skills 1 learned in lesson 1
• Use the hole wizard
• Draw on the face of a part
• Use the extruded cut tool

Again, all of this took us about 50 minutes. We encourage you to try it out. Leave any questions in the ask box and we will try to answer to the best of our abilities.

Join us next Wednesday as we continue our tutorials and hopefully learn how to integrate parts into assemblies!

-Shana