SOLIDWORKS RESOURCES

 

 

Download & Install Instructions

 

EML2023 SolidWorks Download & Install Instructions – Follow this link if you need to download SW again for this course.  This SW software is ONLY for students currently enrolled in EML2322L.  It is a violation of the University of Florida's Software Policy for any other students to use this software and license server (this is a very serious offense).  Email the professor for the installation instructions and password.

 

Part Drawing Template Instructions

 

Saving SolidWorks Templates to Custom Locations – Once you download the SW part drawing template for EML2322L, you need to place it in the proper folder with the other default templates or tell SW the location of the new template's folder location.  Here's how ...

 

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Video Tutorials

 

The following tutorials should prove very helpful for the project you're working on for this course.

 

SolidWorks Sheetmetal Tutorial #1 – general Sheetmetal Tool tutorial (~6 min)

SolidWorks Sheetmetal Tutorial #2 – using Convert to convert a solid body  to sheetmetal (~5 min)

SolidWorks Sheetmetal Tutorial #3 – general Sheetmetal tutorial; how to make a box (~9 min)
SolidWorks Sheetmetal Tutorial #4 – general Sheetmetal tutorial; nice overview (~8 min)
SolidWorks Bill of Materials Tutorial – creating a bill of materials (and custom templates) (~2.5 min)

Remember that SW has excellent tutorials that come pre-packaged with it, so you can refer back to those as well if you haven't used SW in a while.

 

 

Useful / Common Tips  (SolidWorks Web Help is Available here)

 

Black Versus Gray Dimension Lines – how to change gray dimension lines so they match the black dimension lines

Remove SW Watermark from Main Part of Drawing – how to move the large obstructive watermark into the page border
Hide or Show Edges in SW Part Drawings – how to hide or show edges in drawing views
Relabeling BOM Part Names – how to change the name of the part that appears in the BOM