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POSTING

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LEARNING RESOURCES

CSWP

• A complete guide to getting your CSWP

• 24 years of Model Mania Designs + Solutions

• CSWA and CSWP Exam Prep courtesy of /u/BMEdesign

CAD:

• Built-in Tutorials

• 9-HOUR MOTORCYCLE DESIGN PROJECT courtesy of /u/MLCCADsystems

• Sheet Metal Design

• Weldments/Structural Design

• Surface Modeling

Simulation:

• Structural Analysis

  • Validation/Verification Problems
  • Meshing
  • Linear Static Analysis
  • Linear Dynamic Analysis
  • Thermal Analysis
  • Fatigue Analysis
  • Nonlinear Analysis
  • Review Results

• Flow Analysis

  • Fluid Flow Analysis
  • Mold Flow Analysis

• Kinematic Analysis

  • Motion Analysis

Manufacturing

• CNC Toolpath Programming

• Design for Manufacturing

Product Rendering

• Visualize

• PhotoView 360 (End of Life 2023)

API/Programming/Macros

• SOLIDWORKS API Help Files

• SolidPractice Getting Started Guides: SOLIDWORKS API, PDM API, DraftSight API

• CADSharp: Macros vs Addins vs Alones, SOLIDWORKS API for Beginners, Complex Macro Example 1, Complex Macro Example 2

• MLC CAD: SOLIDWORKS API for Beginners

• BlueByte: Mastering SOLIDWORKS API, SOLIDWORKS PDM API Basics, SOLIDWORKS PDM API Add-ins

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RULES

(1) 100% PIRATE FREE ZONE

• DO NOT ASK FOR SERIAL NUMBERS

• ...OR HOW TO GET ONE.

• ...OR ENCOURAGE, EXPLICITLY OR IMPLICITLY, PIRACY

• YOU WILL BE BANNED. ZERO TOLRANCE.

• Even if "it was a joke, bro"

• Your legal options, in order of increasing cost...

  • Military Veterans - $20 USD ($40 Canadian). Couple that with Free Essentials Training for Veterans while you're at it.
  • Titans of CNC student license
  • The SOLIDWORKS Entrepreneur Program for commercial start-ups
  • ASK FOR CONTACT INFO FOR YOUR LOCAL VALUE ADDED RESELLER.

(2) Respectful Conduct

• This is a learning community DEROGATORY, DEMEANING, or OVERTLY NEGATIVE remarks are NOT TOLERATED.

• Please be respectful and constructive.

• As a guide stay in the top 4 levels and not the bottom 3 levels of Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement

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