Everything about SolidWorks

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: SolidWorksA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Design, analysis, and optimization of thresher machine flywheel using Solidworks simulationInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Solidworks 2011 Parts BibleThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Kinematic Modelling and Simulation of a 2-R Robot Using SolidWorks and Verification by MATLAB/SimulinkCited 51 times
5. Go sideways: Jon HirschtickA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: OnshapeA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Kinematic Modelling and Simulation of a 2-R Robot Using SolidWorks and Verification by MATLAB/Simulink

  Mahmoud Gouasmi, Mohammed Ouali, Brahim Fernini · 2012 · International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems · 51 citations

• Simulation and Modeling of Single Point Incremental Forming Processes within a Solidworks Environment

  L.M. Gómez-López, V. Miguel, A. Martínez · 2013 · Procedia Engineering · 21 citations

• An approach for automatic generation of the URDF file of modular robots from modules designed using SolidWorks

  Maddalena Feder, Andrea Giusti, Renato Vidoni · 2022 · Procedia Computer Science · 18 citations

• Optimizing Weight of Housing Elements of Two-stage Reducer by Using the Topology Management Optimization Capabilities Integrated in SOLIDWORKS: A Case Study

  Stoyan Slavov, Mariya Konsulova-Bakalova · 2019 · Machines · 18 citations

• Integration of Modeling in Solidworks and Matlab/Simulink Environments

  Dawid Cekus, Bogdan Posiadała, Paweł Warys · 2014 · Archive of Mechanical Engineering · 18 citations

• Design and numerical analysis of spur gear using SolidWorks simulation technique

  Rounak Mahakul, Dhirendra Nath Thatoi, Sasanka Choudhury · 2021 · Materials Today: Proceedings · 17 citations

• Products eco-sustainability analysis using CAD SolidWorks software

  Luminița I. Popa, Vasile N. Popa · 2017 · MATEC Web of Conferences · 16 citations

• Usage of Finite Element Method for Motion and Thermal Analysis of a Specific Object in SolidWorks Environment

  Iveta Glodová, Tomáš Lipták, Jozef Bocko · 2014 · Procedia Engineering · 15 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Design, analysis, and optimization of thresher machine flywheel using Solidworks simulation

  Kumar Vardaan, Paras Kumar · 2022 · Materials Today: Proceedings · 12 citations

• Design & analysis of progressive die using SOLIDWORKS

  Arpit Arora, Arpit Pathak, Akshat Juneja · 2022 · Materials Today: Proceedings · 12 citations

• Determination of a Safety Factor of a Car Wheel Rim Using Finite Element Analysis in Solidworks

  Eleonora Desnica, Mića Đurđev, Bojana Vaščić · 2022 · Applied Engineering Letters : Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences · 10 citations

• Modeling and analysis of an RUU Delta Robot using SolidWorks and SimMechanics

  Hoai Nam Le, Nhu Thanh Vo · 2024 · International Journal of Dynamics and Control · 8 citations

• Simulation Analyses Related to Human Bone Scaffold: Utilisation of Solidworks® Software in 3D Modelling and Mechanical Simulation Analyses

  Abdullah Sharaf Saleh Al-Hammadi, Syafiqah Saidin, Muhammad Hanif Ramlee · 2022 · Journal of Human Centered Technology · 7 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Solidworks 2011 Parts BibleMatt Lombard · 2011
• Mastering SolidWorksIbrahim Zeid · 2010
• Solidworks 2010 BibleMatt Lombard · 2010
• SolidWorks Surfacing and Complex Shape Modeling BibleMatt Lombard · 2008
• Solidworks 2011 Assemblies BibleMatt Lombard · 2011
• CAD 3D con SolidWorks. Tomo ICarmen González Lluch, Pedro Company · 2013
• Solidworks 2013 BibleMatt Lombard · 2013
• SolidWorks 2007 bibleMatt Lombard · 2007

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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