Solidworks 2-Hour Crash Course

Jim Bredt is a retired inventor and machine designer who worked for 30 years in the 3D printing industry. He has been active at Artisans Asylum for 10 years and used the shops at AA to develop hardware for one of his 3DP startup companies. In addition to mechanical design and fabrication, he also teaches a weekly figure drawing class.

This is a quick dive into Solidworks 2024 or people with no prior experience. We will cover the basic operations of creating a 3D design from scratch using AA's valuable Solidworks installation in the Photo/Design Shop.
After taking this class you will be able to create and export designs for 3D printing, laser cutting, and sheet metal fabrication.

There is no materials fee for this class.

In Solidworks, you first create a sketch on a 2-D plane and then extrude it into the third dimension. Various tools for adding and removing material give you the ability to build more complicated designs incrementally. The whole sequence of the design process is accessible, so you can modify the steps early in the process after other features have been added.
In the single session of this class we will walk through the basic sequence and show you how to export data for automated processes available in the DigiFab Shop and the Plasma Shop.

Access to software and digital references.

Students should be prepared to take notes.

All students must be 12 years old or older. Students under 18 must be accompanied by and under the direct supervision of a responsible adult.

Students should be comfortable using a computer running Windows.

Learn more about our class and ticket cancelation policies Here.

Please email [email protected] with any questions.

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