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SolidWorks Best Practices, Standards, and Other Useful Tips
May 10th, 2007 5:30 p.m. doors open
Presentation starts at 6:25.
Oakland Community College, Building "F"
Estimated length: 1 1/2 hours ~ plus or minus
Presenter: Dan Bovinich, Energy Conversion Devices
Best: adj. Surpassing all others in excellence, achievement, or quality; most excellent.
Practice: v. tr. 1. To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of: 2. To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill.
Standard: Adj. Widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence: a standard reference work. (all definitions from American Heritage Dictionary)
Answer these four questions to see if this presentation is something you might need:
- Have you ever worked behind a co-worker and noticed that his models, are very different from the way you do it?
- Have you ever sent your designs out to a SolidWorks designer and they come back done the fastest ~ down and dirty way ~ that isn't up to your standards or the files are all messed up?
- Have you ever wondered how others model and make drawings in SolidWorks? Or would you like to see a better way or confirm that your work is up to par with the rest of the mechanical world?
- Would you like a copy of, "SW Best Practices, Standards, and Other Useful Tips" to implement at your company?
If you answered "yes" to any of the questions above, then you would do well to come to this meeting. Dan Bovinich has been using SolidWorks since 1999 and has seen a lot of sub-standard SolidWorks modeling and drawings. Dan will present the standards that he has developed for the company he works for, Energy Conversion Devices. The standards are generic and can be used at any company, school or design house.
The PowerPoint presentation will include many tips, tricks and standards and goals we should work towards. The presentation will include opening SolidWorks and showing models on the big screen.
Some topics will include (but not limited to):
Do's and don'ts for:
- Sketching, modeling, drawings,
- config's, mating, patterns,
- coloring, top down, dimensioning,
- simplified parts, large assemblies,
- and many, many more....
Discussions of:
- Templates
- Custom Properties
- Assemblies
- Drawing standards
To be sure, we will not be discussing highly technical modeling methods, but standards for the foundation of building excellent models, assemblies and drawings.
This presentation will inspire you to do a better job, not take the easy way out, increase your knowledge and quality of your work. Following these standards will gain you respect and maybe a raise!