Patrick Ehrhardt

Taking a look at the use and setup of the seven mechanical mates in SOLIDWORKS Choosing which mates to use when building your assemblies in SOLIDWORKS depends on what you want to do with the assembly itself.

An introduction to SOLIDWORKS’ 7 advanced assembly mates and when to use them When you’re building a static assembly — or even one that just needs to look a certain way for renders or meetings — the standard mates in SOLIDWORKS (coincident, parallel, perpendicular, tangent, concentric, lock, distance, angle) will usually be enough.

Design high quality, manufacturable sheet metal parts in SOLIDWORKS by learning how to create Solid Bodies and how to use the Create to Sheet Metal, Rips and Insert Bend tools.

Discover the new SOLIDWORKS 2019 features and functionalities that’ll make you a more productive design engineer.

In the CAM workflow, a Post Processor is the final step used to translate CAM toolpath data into NC code a CNC machine can use

Easily optimize designs for the real world with SOLIDWORKS SimulationXpress.

As you start working with more complex models, the tools and features needed to create them naturally become more complex as well.

Solid Edge, uses Synchronous technology to control parts with dimensions and relationships made between features and faces in the model.

Depending on what I’m working on, there are three main strategies I use when learning something new.

Regardless of your needs for using AutoCAD, this course gives you the tools, knowledge, and skills to be successful.