Solidworks Mastery

Tidy up your feature tree, create beautiful form-factors, and iterate effortlessly per DFM feedback

You know how to design a part and mate it in an assembly. But what happens when you change one part of a multi-part assembly? Mates break and gaps unknowingly change, taking lots of time from you to fix it. Top Down approach using Master model technique is key to maintaining design intent with rapidly changing parts in an assembly.

It’s important to understand how to create sheet metal parts so you can easily flatten from 3D to 2D. When prototyping sheet metal on the quick and cheap, laser cutting 2D flats and bending yourself is the way to go.

FEA is a powerful tool - but always test theoretical values against real life experimental data. Build prototypes to test discrete features of your part and compare against FEA. Triple check boundary conditions to ensure it represents real life.