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Course
- Core Tech
SOLIDWORKS - Design Communication Documentation - Consumer Products
This course will cover how to prepare documentation for new products to be made at a contract manufacturer / foreign factory in SOLIDWORKS using custom properties and automatically generating tables. Software required: SOLIDWORKS.
What you'll learn
Communicating effectively is critical for manufacturing parts and products overseas. You must define your product explicitly from every angle, every material, every finish, every tolerance. Anywhere that you leave a product under defined, is a place that you're likely to get something other than what you want. This course, SOLIDWORKS - Design Communication Documentation - Consumer Products, will describe how to prepare documentation for new products to be made at a contract manufacturer / foreign factory in SOLIDWORKS using custom properties and automatically generating tables. First, you'll learn how to specify materials, colors, and textures for your consumer product. Next, you'll explore modeling and sampling techniques to prototype your design. Finally, you'll learn how portions of the plastics manufacturing process work and then use that knowledge to make educated decisions about the factory's plan to make tooling for your product. By the end this course, you'll know how to document your design more fully, enabling you to get you what you asked for, more often. Software required: SOLIDWORKS.
Table of contents
- Introduction to CMF and DFM Documents | 3m 29s
- Pantone and Texture Callouts | 6m 21s
- Demo: Rendering Tips and File Formats in Keyshot | 11m 2s
- Demo: SOLIDWORKS Exploded View, Custom Properties, and CMF Preparation | 8m 6s
- Demo: CMF Assembly Drawing, Bill of Materials | 10m 44s
- Demo: Completed CMF, Incorporating Renders | 9m 11s
About the author
Robert Graduated from the University of Utah in 2014 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, Emphasis on Ergonomics and Safety. He works in the consumer electronics industry designing audio products such as headphones, earbuds, and bluetooth speakers. He has his CSWE certification (Expert) and is married with two kids.
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