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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AGREEMENT
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SOLIDWORKS Pre Essentials SOLIDWORKS Essentials SOLIDWORKS Assembly Modeling SOLIDWORKS Drawings SOLIDWORKS Advanced Part Modeling SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal SOLIDWORKS Weldments SOLIDWORKS Surface Modeling SOLIDWORKS Mold Design SOLIDWORKS Animator SOLIDWORKS Administrator SOLIDWORKS What´s New
PAGE 20 SOLIDWORKS Professional add-ons SOLIDWORKS Photo Rendering SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard Admin training 3D Printing Essentials
PAGE 26 SOLIDWORKS Routing Electrical SOLIDWORKS Routing, Piping & Tubing SOLIDWORKS Simulation Essentials SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional SOLIDWORKS Motion SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium: Nonlinear SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium: Dynamics
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SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional User training SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional Admin training SOLIDWORKS MBD SOLIDWORKS Inspection SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design SOLIDWORKS Industrial Design Power Surfacing KBE training DraftSight Essentials
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PLM Group Training offering Make the best out of your software by adding depth to your professional skills There is no doubt that good training pays dividends. At the SOLIDWORKS Certified Training Centre, we believe that the best way to maximize productivity and get the best return on your investment is to ensure your staff is trained properly. Our unique training programs are designed to maximize your success. Whether you are investing in a new CAD system, upgrading your existing system, or are simply increasing the number of CAD users in your team, the learning process takes additional time and if this is not structured properly, it can lead to lower productivity. Often more time is wasted trying to fix broken CAD models that were done incorrectly than would have initially been spent on proper training. Training is vital for success! PLM Group provides you with fully certified and accredited SOLIDWORKS instructors who are experienced engineers. The focus of each PLM Group training course is on the fundamental skills and concepts central to the successful use of the software. We also tailor our courses to meet your company’s specific needs and can provide the necessary workstations for the attendees to use at the training sessions. Every person who attends a training course with PLM Group is asked to provide feedback, which we use to help maintain our highest standards. Our feedback survey results show that our students have been very satisfied with the trainings they received.
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Our Promise allows you to attend the same training course again, completely free of charge, within a year of the original course date, if you do not feel confident in your ability to use the software properly.
Get up to speed in a fraction of the time!
Benefits: Get Certified in SOLIDWORKS Design Better Products Increase Efficiency Learn Advanced Techniques Enhance Design Skills Save Time & Money Reduce Frustration Improve Job Performance
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Classroom trainings Learning by doing Improve your productivity and knowledge of SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS Partner products with Certified Instructor led classroom trainings. PLM Group spends considerable resources to ensure that our instructors are the best in class and our offerings are the most comprehensive. Our trainings are delivered at either one of our training facilities or on-site at your company premises. Trainings are available in English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Estonian and Latvian.
Industry specific trainings Learn the skills required in your industry
Specific courses designed to get the most out of your SOLIDWORKS products and obtain the skills required for the specific industry you are working in. Industry training courses are broken down into three phases - Core Training, Advanced Training and Expert Training.
Training agreements Get free access to all scheduled trainings A Training Agreement is the perfect ongoing training opportunity for both new and existing customers. It is partnership that the company has with PLM Group that shows a company takes seriously the desire to use the software provided to the best effect possible. With a Training Agreement, the company gets inclusive access to all our scheduled trainings. You can access the latest knowledge and get the right conditions to stay ahead of your competitors. This way your educational costs are fixed and under control.
Customized Training Company specific customized training path A customized training option provides the opportunity for your company to receive detailed attention to the learning and development needs specific to your company. PLM Group will work with you to assess the learning needs of your employees and collaborate to prepare development and delivery strategy that meets your needs. Our goal in customization is to build customized content with objectives that are tied to your organization's strategic plan to enhance skills, increase productivity and drive revenue growth. A customized training can help you save time and become more and more methodical in the way of working by using PLM Group solutions. You choose whether you want to place the program, in one of our classrooms or at your workplace.
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SOLIDWORKS STANDARD
Duration
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SOLIDWORKS Pre Essentials
day
Are you in a process to go from 2D to 3D modeling and have limited experience of CAD and SOLIDWORKS? Then the SOLIDWORKS Pre Essentials is the course for you. Pre Essentials teaches you how to start using the SOLIDWORKS software and the focus is on the fundamentals of 3D modeling. The teacher will walk you through part and drawing modes and guide you in practical exercises. After attending this training you will be well prepared for an upcoming SOLIDWORKS Essentials course. The course is also well suited for you with limited use of SOLIDWORKS in mind, maybe only for opening and reviewing parts and drawings.
Content Introduction to SOLIDWORKS User interface Sketch mode Part mode Drawing mode Analysis tools Tutorials
Prerequisites Basic experience with Windows operating system
Recommended courses after this SOLIDWORKS Essentials
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Duration
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SOLIDWORKS Essentials
days
SOLIDWORKS Essentials teaches you how to use the SOLIDWORKS mechanical design automation software to build parametric models of parts and assemblies, and how to make drawings of those parts and assemblies. The focus of this course is on the fundamental skills and concepts central to the successful use of SOLIDWORKS. The course will give you a good foundation for continuing with advanced courses within the SOLIDWORKS area and a good start for an efficient design process at your company.
Content SOLIDWORKS basics and user interface Sketching in SOLIDWORKS Basic part modeling Features and patterning Design changes and repairing Bottom-up assembly modeling Using drawings
Prerequisites Mechanical design experience Experience with Windows operating system Completed the online tutorials that are integrated in SOLIDWORKS
Recommended courses after this SOLIDWORKS Drawings SOLIDWORKS Assembly SOLIDWORKS Advanced Part Modeling SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal SOLIDWORKS Mold Design SOLIDWORKS Plastics
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Duration
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SOLIDWORKS Assembly Modeling In an early stage in the design process it is crucial to analyze parts, that are assembled togheter, to check for interferences or unwanted gaps to avoid producing incorrect parts. SOLIDWORKS Assembly Modeling teaches you how to maximize your use of the assembly modeling capabilities. You will start learning how to create assemblies by inserting and mating components and then how to analyse the assembly. Handling large assemblies and useful techniques of creating new parts in context of an assembly will also be covered. After attending this training you will be well prepared for many of the advanced and specialized courses within the SOLIDWORKS area.
Content Understanding assemblies Mate techniques Top-Down assembly modeling Using configurations with assemblies Display states and appearances Assembly editing Layout-based assembly design Large assemblies
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Prerequisites Mechanical design experience Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials
Recommended courses after this SOLIDWORKS Advanced Part Modeling SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal SOLIDWORKS Weldments SOLIDWORKS Drawings SOLIDWORKS Routing Electrical SOLIDWORKS Routing, Piping & Tubing SOLIDWORKS Photo Rendering SOLIDWORKS Animator SOLIDWORKS Professional add-ons
Duration
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SOLIDWORKS Drawings
day
SOLIDWORKS Drawings teaches you how to successfully make engineering drawings of parts and assemblies. The focus of this course is on the fundamental skills and you will for instance learn how to handle views, dimensions and tolerance features in SOLIDWORKS. The software is a robust and feature rich application that will help you to streamline your process of making drawings.
Content Drawing sheets and templates Part drawing views Dimensions Annotations Assembly drawing views Bill of materials Performance and display issues Drawing references, comparisons and checks
Prerequisites Mechanical design and engineering drawing experience Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials
Recommended courses after this SOLIDWORKS Assembly Modeling SOLIDWORKS Advanced Part Modeling SOLIDWORKS Administrator
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Duration
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SOLIDWORKS Advanced Part Modeling
days
Are you working with consumer products or complex mechanical shapes and need good tools for advanced shaping? SOLIDWORKS Advanced Part Modeling offers many tools to support the design process. The course teaches you how to build complex shape models and you will use multibody solids, sweeping and boundary features and more advanced shaping capabilites of SOLIDWORKS. The lessons center around working with solids and will cover many of the commands and options in great detail. Most of the case studies and exercises are from industrial type applications.
Content Multibody solids Spline and curve functionality Sweep Boundary feature and Lofting Advanced Tools
Prerequisites Mechanical design experience Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials
Recommended courses after this SOLIDWORKS Surface Modeling SOLIDWORKS Mold Design SOLIDWORKS Photo Rendering SOLIDWORKS Animator
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Duration
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SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal
days
Are you designing bent sheet metal parts with uniform thickness? SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal module can streamline your process in making manufacturing documentation. SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal course teaches you how to build sheet metal parts or convert conventional parts to sheet metal parts and use simple commands to unfold the parts to flat patterns. By utilizing case studies you learn the necessary commands, options and menus in the context of completing design tasks.
Content Sheet Metal flange method Sheet Metal convert method Multibody Sheet Metal parts Sheet Metal forming tools Additional Sheet Metal features and techniques Sheet Metal parts in drawings
Prerequisites Mechanical design experience Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials
Recommended courses after this SOLIDWORKS Assembly Modeling SOLIDWORKS Drawings SOLIDWORKS Weldments
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Duration
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SOLIDWORKS Weldments
day
Are you working with welded structures of beams, pipes and tubing or in a business where you use parts with uniform profiles, cut in specific lengths? The weldment module in SOLIDWORKS provides effective tools for this, is easy to use and time saving. SOLIDWORKS Weldments course teaches you how to create structures with standard structural members. You learn how to use weldment multi-body functionality and create manufacturing drawings with well defined cut lists. By utilizing case studies you learn the necessary commands, options and menus in the context of completing design tasks.
Content Weldment features Structural members and profiles Drawings and cut lists Weldments and properties Working with pipes and tubing 3D sketching Weldments and sheet metal in assemblies
Prerequisites Mechanical design experience Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Assembly Modeling
Recommended courses after this SOLIDWORKS Drawings SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal
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Duration
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SOLIDWORKS Surface Modeling
days
Are you designing products with complex shapes and realise that solid modeling is not sufficient for the task? SOLIDWORKS Surface Modeling offers many new tools to support an advanced design task. The course teaches you how to build complex shapes using surface modeling techniques combined with solid modeling techniques. Most of the case studies and exercises in this course are taken from consumer product design applications and the lessons center around the combined use of solids and surfaces. The goal, although, is always to create a good solid.
Content Understanding surfaces Surface features Solid-Surface hybrid modeling Repairing and editing Advanced surface modeling Blends and patches Fillet features Master model techniques
Prerequisites Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Advanced Part Modeling Work experience with SOLIDWORKS software
Recommended courses after this SOLIDWORKS Photo Rendering SOLIDWORKS Animator
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Duration
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SOLIDWORKS Mold Design
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Whether you are designing the part which will be molded or the mold itself, SOLIDWORKS Mold Tools can help you. The tools allow you to analyze the model and speed up the design process by automating parts of the mold design. In this course you will learn how to use the mold tools for simple tooling splits with just one core and cavity to more complexed shapes with multiple part directions. The course also covers problems with imported geometry, surface modeling and manual techniques for the mold design.
Content Core and cavity Multiple parting directions Importing and repairing geometry Parting lines and shut-off surfaces Using surfaces Reusable data Alternate methods for mold design Making a complete mold
Prerequisites Mechanical Design experience Experience designing molds Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials
Recommended courses after this SOLIDWORKS Surface Modeling SOLIDWORKS Assembly Modeling
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SOLIDWORKS Animator
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When facing demands on fast and accurate developing processes, it is important to be able to visualise and present design ideas and functionality in a clear way. SOLIDWORKS Animator provides you with the possibility to create and save animations. You will learn how to create motions in assemblies from simple to more complex and check for problems like interferences. To create clear animations you will learn how to use camera functions, different view orientations and appearances to optimize the visual impression of the motion. Different output options to save and play the animation will also be covered.
Content Creating and recording animations Timeline and keypoints View orientations Appearances Free component motion Motion drivers Cameras Walk-through animations Output and post-processing Tips and Tricks for better animations
Prerequisites Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Assembly Modeling
Recommended courses after this SOLIDWORKS Photo Rendering
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Duration
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SOLIDWORKS Administrator
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If you recently bought SOLIDWORKS software or if you are appointed as an administrator, this course is for you. It is very important to know how to install, configure and maintain the system in the right way. This course will teach you how to install and maintain installations with Installation Manager and SOLIDWORKS Administrative image. The control of license usage with SolidNetWork License server will be covered as well as troubleshooting, diagnostic logs and uninstallation. You will learn about SOLIDWORKS file structure, file references, file associativity, administering Toolbox and managing a non PDM multi-user environment.
Content Installing a SolidNetWork License (SNL) Server Option file at SNL server License access SOLIDWORKS image SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager Create log and analyze a failed installation Uninstall SOLIDWORKS Customer Portal CAD Admin Dashboard Hardware and drivers SOLIDWORKS file structure Automatic file back-up Work in collaborative environment without a PDM system Setup and use ToolBox Create drawing and BOM templates
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Prerequisites Experience with Windows operating system
Recommended courses after this SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard Admin Training SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional User Training SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional Admin Training
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SOLIDWORKS What's New
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This training gives you a quick and efficient overview of the many new features in the latest version of SOLIDWORKS. Typically there are 200 to 300 new features and functions in the yearly release of SOLIDWORKS. The course covers the most important new features that will increase the productivity in your daily work with both exercises and examples.
Content News in SOLIDWORKS latest release
Prerequisites Experience with SOLIDWORKS software
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SOLIDWORKS PROFESSIONAL
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SOLIDWORKS Professional add-ons
day
Are you looking for increased productivity in SOLIDWORKS? The training Professional add-ons will cover many useful tools that you might not be aware of as parts of SOLIDWORKS. Imported geometry can be handled in a more efficient and parametric way. SOLIDWORKS Utilities verifies differences between revisions of parts and drawings. SOLIDWORKS Costing estimates cost of parts with machining included. All of these tools will speed up and facilitate the design process.
Content FeatureWorks SOLIDWORKS Utilities Using SOLIDWORKS Toolbox SOLIDWORKS Costing
Prerequisites Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Assembly Modeling
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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SOLIDWORKS Photo Rendering
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If you are working in SOLIDWORKS and need photorealistic product images you should attend this course. SOLIDWORKS rendering tools are powerful for creating images of your design for different types of product presentations. You can create photorealistic renderings of parts and assemblies and produce both electronic and paper output. In this course you will learn the fundamentals of SOLIDWORKS rendering tools from simple to more complex renderings. The course covers applying different types of appearances, decals, lighting and scenes as well as output options.
Content Easy and Advanced Mode Import and grouping of components Applying and adjusting material & decals Adjusting scenes, lighting and camera
Prerequisites Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard Admin training
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If you are interested in setting up and/or administrating SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard, you should attend this course. SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard is a potent PDM System that ensures that you work efficient and safe with your design documents within your company. In this course you as an administrator of the system will learn how to handle users and groups, design document and folder cards, set up workflows and troubleshoot the system.
Content SOLIDWORKS PDM administration tool Users and groups Card variables, versions and revisions File and Search cards Creating and managing workflows Managing Vault backup and data migration
Prerequisites Experience with Windows operating system Experience with SOLIDWORKS software
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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3D Printing Essentials
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This is a unique one-day workshop that gives you hands-on experience with 3D printer and its software. During the workshop you will learn about different 3D printing technologies and which technology is best suited to you. We will show you how to optimize files for 3D printing and how to tackle the design problems.
Content Printer and its software Designing for 3D printing Printing for prototyping Printing for production Problem solving
Prerequisites Knowledge of 3D modeling concepts
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SOLIDWORKS PREMIUM
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SOLIDWORKS Routing Electrical
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Today many companies face the challenges of assembling both mechanical parts and electrical routes togheter and get it all to fit. SOLIDWORKS Routing Electrical facilitates the design process in the cooperation between mechanical and electrical routing engineering. SOLIDWORKS Routing also enables the designer to create piping and tubing applications, but this course will only cover the electrical routes. The training explains how to create, edit and manage electrical routes, from the critical routing components and their design requirements to the sub-assemblies that contain the routes. By using SOLIDWORKS Routing Electrical you will automatically get a lot of useful information to show in 2D drawings for a clear overview.
Content Routing with clips Electrical routing components Standard cables Electrical data import Electrical drawings Electrical conduits
Prerequisites Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Assembly Modeling Experience with 3D-sketch in SOLIDWORKS
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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Duration
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SOLIDWORKS Routing, Piping & Tubing
days
If you are working within the process industry then SOLIDWORKS Routing Piping & Tubing is an efficient tool for you. SOLIDWORKS Routing also enables the designer to create ribbon cables and electrical cables and wires, but this course will only cover the piping and tubing parts. The training will teach you how to create routed systems for piping and tubing applications. All the topics from the critical routing components and their design requirements to the subassemblies that contain the routes will be covered. By using SOLIDWORKS Routing Piping & Tubing you will automatically get a lot of useful information to show in 2D drawings for a clear overview.
Content Piping routes Piping fittings Piping and tubing changes Creating routing components Using P&ID files
Prerequisites Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Assembly Modeling Experience with 3D-sketch in SOLIDWORKS
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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Duration
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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Essentials
days
If you are in need for creating better designs by performing analysis, you should attend this course. By learning how to use SOLIDWORKS Simulation in the design process you can quickly and efficiently validate quality, performance and safety in your model, all while still creating the design which will save you both time and money. Besides the basics of the Finite Element Analysis you will learn about the whole analysis process from meshing, loads and boundary conditions to evaluation of the results. The course also covers best practices and troubleshooting in Simulation. After the training you will have a better understanding of which types of analysis are most appropriate for your design.
Content The analysis process Meshing Boundary conditions Assembly analysis with contacts and connectors Symmetrical models Submodeling Shell models Mixed meshing solids, beams and shells Parametric studies Adaptive meshing
Prerequisites Mechanical engineering experience (strengths, FEM etc) Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials
Recommended courses after this SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional
day
If you are looking for deep knowledge within the simulation area, you should attend this second course, which is a direct extension of SOLIDWORKS Simulation Essentials. All SOLIDWORKS Simulation users wishing to create better designs by performing analysis and evaluating the behavior of parts and assemblies under actual service conditions can attend this course. It will provide an in-depth coverage on the advanced topics in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) including heat transfer analysis, frequency analysis, fatigue and stability analyisis based on the linear buckling concepts.
Content Frequency analysis of parts and assemblies Buckling analysis Thermal analysis Fatigue analysis Drop Test Optimization 2D Simplification
Prerequisites Mechanical engineering experience (strengths, FEM etc) Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Simulation Essentials Work experience with SOLIDWORKS Simulation
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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Duration
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SOLIDWORKS Motion
days
Are you interested in analyzing the kinematics and dynamic behavior of your SOLIDWORKS assembly models? Attend the SOLIDWORKS Motion course and you will learn the basics of how to use the SOLIDWORKS Motion Simulation software to predict motion effects in your designs. You will learn how to build motion models, set up contacts and forces and to post-process results. The course will cover reaction and friction forces as well as power consumption and torques in motors.
Content Introduction to Motion Simulation and forces Building a Motion model and postprocessing it Contacts, springs and dampers Advanced contacts Motion optimization Redundancies Event based Simulation Export of results to SOLIDWORKS Simulation (stress analysis)
Prerequisites Mechanical engineering experience (strengths, FEM etc) Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Simulation Essentials Knowledge of the basics of MotionManager
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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Duration
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SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation
days
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation takes the complexity out of flow analysis and can be a regular part of your design process, reducing the need for costly prototypes, eliminating rework and delays, and saving time and development costs. The goal of this course is to teach you how to set up, run and view results of a fluid flow and/or heat transfer analysis using SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation. The course covers subjects like thermal analysis, porous media, fans and relative humidity.
Content Preparing the model for simulation Meshing Themal analysis Transient thermal analysis Pouros media Rotating models Parametric analysis Cavitation Relative Humidity Particle Trajectory Supersonic Flow
Prerequisites Mechanical engineering experience (strengths, FEM etc) Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium: Nonlinear This course will raise your SOLIDWORKS Simulation FEA skills to the next level! It offers hands-on experience in the use of SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium nonlinear module. The course provides an overview of a wide range of nonlinear structural analysis topics. You will learn how to deal with models that exhibit large displacements and/or yielding, discuss and practice the use of many nonlinear material models available in SOLIDWORKS Simulation and, most importantly, how to drive a nonlinear analysis to successful completion.
Content Introduction to Nonlinear Structural Analysis Large displacement analysis Incremental control techniques Nonlinear buckling analysis Plastic deformation Analysis of elastomers Nonlinear contact analysis Metal forming
Prerequisites Mechanical engineering experience (strengths, FEM etc) Knowledge of basic principles in vibrations Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Simulation Essentials
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium: Dynamics The goal of this course is to teach you how to use the SOLIDWORKS Simulation software and to help you analyze linear and nonlinear dynamic structural behavior of your parts and assemblies such as vibration and shock analysis. The training covers various types of dynamic loading including time dependent analysis (force loads as well as motion shock loading examples), harmonic analysis and random vibration analysis (MIL-STD-810F example is included), response spectrum analysis, and introduction to nonlinear dynamics simulation.
Content Vibration with impulse load Transient shock analysis according to MIL-STD-810G Harmonic analysis Response spectrum analysis Random vibration analysis according to MIL-STD-810G Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis
Prerequisites Mechanical engineering experience (strengths, FEM etc) Knowledge of basic principles in vibrations Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Simulation Essentials
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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STANDALONE/ADD-ONS
Duration
2
SOLIDWORKS Plastics
days
SOLIDWORKS Plastics enables you to optimize parts for manufacturability in the early stages of design. Easy to learn and use, SOLIDWORKS Plastics is fully embedded within the SOLIDWORKS CAD environment so you can analyze and modify designs at the same time you optimize for form, fit, and function. SOLIDWORKS Plastics also provides anyone who designs or builds injection molds an accurate, easy-to-use way to optimize them. You can quickly create and analyze singlecavity, multi-cavity, and family mold layouts, including sprues, runners, and gates. You can even balance runner systems and estimate cycle time, clamp tonnage, and shot size, enabling you to optimize feed system design and avoid costly mold rework. The SOLIDWORKS Plastics course covers all the features and functions of both the SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional and SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium packages.
Content Basic flow analysis Detecting air traps Detecting short shots The model manager Gate locations and sink marks Multiple cavity molds Runner-balancing Gate Freeze Optimizing cooling time Using inserts Mesh repairs Basic SOLIDWORKS mold tools
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Prerequisites Mechanical design experience Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials Fundamental knowledge of: - plastic materials - plastic part design - injection mold design
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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SOLIDWORKS Composer
days
If you are working with technical illustrations or product information, this is a course for you. With SOLIDWORKS Composer you can reuse your CAD-data and rapidly create and update high quality graphical assets that are fully associated with your 3D design. This helps you synchronizing the technical documentation process with the design process and accelerates your time-to-market. The assets can be used in product manuals, assemblyand installation instructions, maintenance guides, brochures, web pages etc. The course covers subjects from what is SOLIDWORKS Composer to creating detail images, exploded views, animations and interactive content. To attend this course you do not need any prior knowledge of CAD.
Content SOLIDWORKS Composer interface Cover and detail views Exploded views and Bills of Materials Marketing images Animation Creating interactive content Walkthrough animations Updating Composer files Output as 2D and 3D Publishing
Prerequisites Experience with Windows operating system
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic Do you work with products with embedded electrical systems and need schematic layouts in your drawings? This training is for you who wants to get started with SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic and optimize your drawings. During the course you will learn how to use templates, different drawing types, symbols and components as well as cross references.
Content Project Templates Drawing Types Symbols and components Manufacturers Parts Wires and Equipotentials Cabling 2D Cabinet layouts
Prerequisites Experience of electrical design
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D
day
The goal of this course is to teach you how to integrate your electrical schematic design data with the SOLIDWORKS 3D model of a machine or other product with SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D. In the course you learn how to work with electical- and mechanical components together, such as cables, wires, cabinets and how 2D and 3D work together in SOLIDWORKS Electrical.
Content Projects in SOLIDWORKS Electrical Cabinets Components Routing Wires and Cables Troubleshooting
Prerequisites Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials Experience of electrical design
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional User training
day
If you are managing files with SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional, this is a course for you. SOLIDWORKS PDM is a potent PDM system that ensures that you work efficient and safe with your design documents within your company. This training will teach you the fundamentals of working with PDM such as workflow, managing document information and revisions.
Content Review of concepts Log In / off Introduction, workflow Revisions / versions "Check-in / check-out" File References Use of document cards, serial numbers and templates Searches and search favorites
Prerequisites Experience with Windows operating system Experience with SOLIDWORKS software
Recommended courses after this SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional Admin Training
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SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional Admin training
days
If you are interested in setting up and/or administrating SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional, you should attend this course. SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional is a potent PDM System that ensures that you work efficient and safe with your design documents within your company. In this course you as an administrator of the system will learn how to handle users and groups, design document and folder cards and set up workflows.
Content SOLIDWORKS PDM administration tool Users and user groups Variable, lists and serial numbers Design of document and folder cards Create templates Categories and revisions Setup and configuration of workflows Data Migration Notifications and messages Import / Export and BOMs
Prerequisites Experience with Windows operating system Experience with SOLIDWORKS software Completed the course SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional User Training
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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SOLIDWORKS MBD
day
The goal of this course is to teach you how to use SOLIDWORKS MBD to present product and manufacturing information (PMI) in a 3D PDF file. This includes the use of DimXpert and annotation views combined with the capturing and publishing of 3D views.
Content DimXpert Size and Location Dimensions Annotation Views Capturing 3D Views Publishing PDF and Edrawings Template Editor
Prerequisites Mechanical engineering experience Completed the course SOLIDWORKS Essentials Familiarity with Drawings Annotations in SOLIDWORKS
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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SOLIDWORKS Inspection
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SOLIDWORKS Inspection software streamlines the creation of inspection documents. Learn the basics of working with SOLIDWORKS Inspection to automate the work with inspection drawings and reports. In this course, you will work with both the add-in and standalone versions of the product.
Content Interface and Settings Extract Characteristics from Drawing to Excel Measurement input from CMM Templates
Prerequisites Mechanical engineering experience Experience with Windows Operating system
Recommended courses after this A follow-up day with one of our experienced technicians, to focus on your methods.
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SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design SOLIDWORKS 3DEXPERIENCE platform solutions help you easily develop, review, and select mechanical and stylized concepts before committing to detailed design and manufacturing. This course teaches you how to use SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design to create, capture and evaluate concept designs prior to physical prototyping and detail design.
SOLIDWORKS Industrial Design SOLIDWORKS 3DEXPERIENCE platform solutions help you easily develop, review, and select mechanical and stylized concepts before committing to detailed design and manufacturing. SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer is a perfect 3D concept tool for industrial design concepts and modeling of consumer products. The goal of this course is to teach you how to use SOLIDWORKS Industrial Design to create, capture and evaluate concept designs prior to physical prototyping and detail design.
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Power Surfacing Freeform design combined with SOLIDWORKS parametric design provides SOLIDWORKS users with a groundbreaking Industrial Design toolkit. Learn how Power Surfacing makes it easy and fun to design complex free form, aesthetically pleasing "Class A" surfaces in SOLIDWORKS.
KBE training This course teaches you design automation tools. You will learn how to setup and run projects, generate outputs locally, produce custom documents, and provide administrator functionality. You will learn how to create automated CAD data, and how to automate model generation on-demand.
DraftSight Essentials DraftSight is a software for documenting designs, creating 2D CAD drawings and managing your legacy 2D data. DraftSight is a drafting automation software tool and uses coordinate system, cartesian, to determine each point of a drawing entity unambiguously. The goal of this course is to teach you how to handle and share 2D drawings - the focus is on the fundamental skills and concepts central to the successful use of DraftSight.
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