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| Location | Class Name | Date | Time | Register |
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| Richmond
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Virginia | SolidWorks ComposerSolidWorks Composer
Length: 3 days
Prerequisite: Experience with the Windows
operating system.
Description: Teaches you how to use the
3DVIA Composer software to create 2D and 3D output from CAD design
data. You will learn how to use some of the advanced functions of
the 3DVIA Composer software and its associated products to create,
share, and distribute content.
| July 9, 10, & 11 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Register | | Richmond
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Virginia | SolidWorks Essentials TrainingSolidWorks Essentials Training
Length: 5 days
Prerequisite: Completion of the 1st 3
lessons of online tutorials, knowledge of SolidWorks and basic
mechanical engineering concepts is recommended.
Description: Perform product design work
more quickly and accurately with SolidWorks, the leader in
affordable 3D CAD software. SolidWorks offers best-in-class solid
modeling and 2D drawing capabilities, plus more timesaving
innovations than any other 3D CAD system.
Topics that will be covered are:
- Sketching
- Multi-contour Sketching
- Reference Geometry Creation
- Design Intent
- Feature Creation
- Shelling
- Configurations
- Assemblies
- Drawings/Detailing
- Editing
- Parent Child Relationships
- Relations
- Rudimentary top-down design
- Advanced mating techniques
| August 12, 13, 14, 22, & 23 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Register | | Richmond
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Virginia | SolidWorks Essentials TrainingSolidWorks Essentials Training
Length: 5 days
Prerequisite: Completion of the 1st 3
lessons of online tutorials, knowledge of SolidWorks and basic
mechanical engineering concepts is recommended.
Description: Perform product design work
more quickly and accurately with SolidWorks, the leader in
affordable 3D CAD software. SolidWorks offers best-in-class solid
modeling and 2D drawing capabilities, plus more timesaving
innovations than any other 3D CAD system.
Topics that will be covered are:
- Sketching
- Multi-contour Sketching
- Reference Geometry Creation
- Design Intent
- Feature Creation
- Shelling
- Configurations
- Assemblies
- Drawings/Detailing
- Editing
- Parent Child Relationships
- Relations
- Rudimentary top-down design
- Advanced mating techniques
| July 8, 9, 10, 18, & 19 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Register | | Richmond
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Virginia | SolidWorks Advanced Assemblies ModelingSolidWorks Advanced Assemblies Modeling
Length: 3 days
Prerequisites: Completion of the
SolidWorks Essentials Training.
Description: Learn to work with assemblies
more effectively. This class is essential to everyone working with
large assemblies and for those looking for maximum productivity
gains in the assembly environment.
The topics covered in this course are:
- Top-Down Assembly Modeling
- Building In-Context Parts
- Building In-Context Assemblies
- Component Pattering/Mirroring
- Advanced mating techniques
- Feature Palette Parts
- Configuration of Assemblies
- Assembly Design Tables
- Assembly editing techniques
- Troubleshooting Assemblies
- Smart Fasteners
- Managing Large Assemblies
- Layout Sketches in Assemblies
- SolidWorks Explorer
| June 11, 12, & 13 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Register | | Richmond
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Virginia | SolidWorks Advanced Part ModelingSolidWorks Advanced Part Modeling
Length: 2 days
Prerequisites: Completion of the
SolidWorks Essentials Training.
Description: Recommended for Industrial
Designers, designers who design plastic parts, aerodynamic or
hydrodynamic parts, stylized consumer goods or those who work with
surfaces.
The topics covered in this course are:
- Multibody Solids
- Sweeping
- Lofting
- Guide Curves
- Variable Radius Fillets
- Multi-thickness shelling
- Helical sweeps
- 3D Sketching
- Palette and Library features
- Derived and copied sketches
- Face Blends
- Multiple-radius and setback fillets
| July 16 & 17 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Register | | Richmond
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Virginia | SolidWorks Sheet Metal & WeldmentsSolidWorks Sheet Metal & Weldments
Length: 2 days
Prerequisites: Completion of the
SolidWorks Essentials Training.
Description: This course teaches you how
to create sheet metal parts and weldments within part files. The
topics covered in this course are:
- Base Flange
- Miter Flanges
- Edge Flanges
- Tab/Boss Flanges
- Bend Table entry/editing
- Creating flat patterns
- Adding features to flat patterns
- Forming tools
- Drawings of sheet metal parts
- Converting legacy or imported sheet metal parts
- Corner rips
- Creating process plans
- Creating sheet metal in assemblies
- Structural Members
- Pipes and Tubing
- Trimming
- Drawing Creation and Cut Lists
| September 10 & 11 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Register | | Richmond
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Virginia | SolidWorks Advanced DrawingsSolidWorks Advanced Drawings
Length: 2 days
Prerequisites: Completion of the
SolidWorks Essentials Training.
Description: This course teaches you how
to make drawings of SolidWorks parts and assemblies. The topics
covered in this course are:
- Preparations for Detailing
- Drawing Sheets and Views
- Center Marks, Centerlines, and Dimensions
- Adding Annotations
- Drawings Sheets and Templates
- Settings
- Assembly Drawing Views
- BOMs and Design Tables
- Performance and Display Issues
- Changing Drawing References
- eDrawings
| April 10 & 11 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Register | | Richmond
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Virginia | SolidWorks Advanced DrawingsSolidWorks Advanced Drawings
Length: 2 days
Prerequisites: Completion of the
SolidWorks Essentials Training.
Description: This course teaches you how
to make drawings of SolidWorks parts and assemblies. The topics
covered in this course are:
- Preparations for Detailing
- Drawing Sheets and Views
- Center Marks, Centerlines, and Dimensions
- Adding Annotations
- Drawings Sheets and Templates
- Settings
- Assembly Drawing Views
- BOMs and Design Tables
- Performance and Display Issues
- Changing Drawing References
- eDrawings
| August 27 & 28 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Register | | Richmond
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Virginia | SolidWorks Routing SystemsSolidWorks Routing Systems
Length: 3 days
Prerequisites: Completion of SolidWorks
Essentials Training and Advanced Assemblies.
Description: This course teaches how to
use the Routing program to create piping routes, rigid and
flexible, as well as electrical wire harness creation inside of
SolidWorks. The topics covered in this course are:
- Piping Route Creation
- Configurations
- Review of Top Down Design
- Use of the Design Library
- Review of 3D Sketching
- Setting up SolidWorks PDM
- Tubing Route Creation
- Electrical Route Creation
- 2D Nailboard Creation
| July 29, 30, & 31 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Register | | Richmond
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Virginia | SolidWorks ElectricalSolidWorks Electrical
SW Electrical
Length: 3 days
Prerequisite: Completion of SolidWorks
Essentials Training and Advanced Assemblies
Description: SolidWorks Electrical - 2D
portion teaches you how to use SolidWorks Electrical to optimize
your drawings and designs for manufacturability so you can maximize
quality, avoid rework and decrease time to market. The SolidWorks
Electrical - 3D portion teaches you how to use SolidWorks
Electrical to optimize your drawings and designs for
manufacturability so you can maximize quality, avoid rework and
decrease time to market.
The Topics Covered in this course are:
- Projects
- Single Line Diagrams
- Cabling
- Creating Schematics
- Cross Referencing the Single Line Diagram
- Control Drawings
- Managing Origin-Destination Arrows
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Macros
- Editing the PLC Drawing
- Reports
- Adding a Cabinet
- Inserting Components in the Cabinet
- Adding Door Compnents
- Propagating 2D changes to 3D
- Routing Wires
| June 24, 25, & 26 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Register | | Richmond
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Virginia | SolidWorks Simulation EssentialsSolidWorks Simulation Essentials
Length: 3 days
Prerequisites: Knowledge of SolidWorks and
basic mechanical engineering concepts is recommended.
Description: This course is for SolidWorks
Simulation users wishing to create better designs in SolidWorks by
performing analyses and evaluating the behavior of their parts and
assemblies under actual service conditions. The topics covered in
this course are:
- Introduction to FEA
- FEA Principles and Theory
- Element Quality
- Linear Static Analysis of Parts
- Gap/Contact and Advanced Assembly Analysis
- Analysis Setup and Post-Processing
- Evaluating FE Convergence
- Limitations of Linear Analysis
- Load and Boundary Condition Application
- Stress Analysis with Thermal Loading
- Model and Result Validation
- Automatic Report Generation
| July 22, 23, & 24 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Register | | Richmond
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Virginia | SolidWorks Simulation ProfessionalSolidWorks Simulation Professional
Length: 2 days
Prerequisites: Knowledge of SolidWorks and
basic mechanical engineering concepts is recommended. Completion of
SolidWorks Simulation Essentials course is required.
Description: The course is designed to
build on the foundation of experienced gained in the SolidWorks
Simulation Essentials Course. The topics covered in this course
are:
- Heat Transfer Analysis, Steady State and Transient
- Frequency Analysis
- Effect of In-Plane Loading on Thin-Walled Structures
- Structural Failure Under Compressive Loads
- Buckling of Elastic Structures
- Meshing options
- Drop Testing
- Fatigue
- Optimization
| August 1 & 2 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Register | | Richmond
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Virginia | Fortus Machine TrainingFortus Machine Training | July 3 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Register | | Richmond
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Virginia | Advanced Fortus Insight TrainingAdvanced Fortus Insight Training | July 1 & 2 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Register |
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