Master complex 3D design by building a fully featured off road vehicle in this advanced SOLIDWORKS modeling course. Through structured, project based lessons, you’ll strengthen troubleshooting skills, practice certification level part creation, and bring mechanical assemblies to life using universal, CAM, gear, and spring mates. Along the way, you’ll work with motion studies, camera driven animations, and powerful built in analysis tools including FloXpress, SimulationXpress, and DFMXpress to evaluate exhaust flow, chassis strength, manufacturability, and molded part quality. The course also explores surfacing techniques and advanced modeling features as you model sculpted wine carafes and design a streamlined outdoor vehicle body exterior.
You’ll also refine visual storytelling using SOLIDWORKS Visualize by working with lighting, cameras, and materials to produce portfolio-ready renders. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to build both inorganic and organic forms and will have a strong command of the major feature families along with a versatile set of modeling strategies you can use for a wide range of design challenges. This experience prepares students to pursue the official SOLIDWORKS Professional Certification.
By completing this course, you will have developed expertise in:
Apply advanced SOLIDWORKS workflows and troubleshooting strategies to create complex parts and assemblies, preparing the student for the SOLIDWORKS Professional Certification.
Use mechanical mates, motion studies, and analysis tools to simulate real-world mechanical behavior and evaluate performance and manufacturability.
Model and refine advanced surface and mesh geometries to produce streamlined bodies, sculpted products, and manufacture-ready components.
Differentiate and work effectively with B-rep, CSG, mesh, and graphics bodies while leveraging specialized features.
Create visually compelling, presentation-ready content by controlling cameras, lighting, materials, and drawings for high-quality renders and product pages.
Course Curriculum
Lesson 1: Introduction & Review
Course Introduction (3m 4s)
Review & Best Practices (5m 14s)
Fixing Errors in Feature Tree (6m 23s)
Modeling from a Drawing (14m 57s)
Lesson 2: Advanced Assembly Features
Universal Joint & Cam Mate (5m 54s)
Springs: Configurations (3m 36s)
Springs: In Context Modeling (6m 44s)
Intro to Advanced Project (2m 46s)
Lesson 3: Motion Studies & Animation
Prepare Assembly (2m 35s)
Navigate Model vs Motion Study (2m 15s)
Create Camera & Camera Path (10m 22s)
Edit Camera Behavior (2m 16s)
Moving Bodies (5m 56s)
Disappearing Bodies (1m 59s)
Final Export (1m 42s)
Lesson 4: Performance Analysis Tools
Prepare Part for FloXpress (3m 39s)
FloXpress Analysis Wizard (3m 55s)
Prepare Part for SimulationXpress (33s)
Simulation Xpress Analysis Wizard (8m 32s)
DFMXpress Analysis Wizard (4m 27s)
Lesson 5: Understanding 3D Modeling Structures
Types of CAD Modeling Structures (9m 20s)
Convert Imported Mesh Object into Solid (4m 35s)
Introduction to Surface Modeling (12m 21s)
Lesson 6: Surface Modeling: Carafe Studies
Prepare Image for Import into Solidworks (1m 1s)
Import Image into Solidworks (3m 52s)
Surface Revolve (7m 36s)
Boundary Surface & Pattern (14m 14s)
Trim Tool Practice 1 (10m 11s)
Trim Tool Practice 2 (2m 55s)
Organic Shape 1 (4m 47s)
Organic Shape 2 (5m 1s)
Organic Shape 3 (5m 28s)
Organic Shape 4 (7m 22s)
Organic Shape 5 (10m 25s)
Organic Shape 6 (2m 2s)
Organic Shape 7 (3m 9s)
Organic Shape 8 (6m)
Organic Shape 9 (7m 16s)
Curvature & Thickness Analysis (6m 14s)
Draft Analysis (4m 40s)
Lesson 7: Vehicle Exoskeleton Surface Project
Introduction to Vehicle Body Surface Project (7m 12s)
Initial Surface Extrude; Check Sketches (5m 31s)
Basic Surface Troubleshooting (9m 29s)
Surface Twist (6m)
Connection to Surface Extrude (1m 34s)
Troubleshooting & Connecting Profiles (3m 43s)
Finish Rear Surface Bodies (1m 22s)
Trimming Profiles (1m 46s)
Complex Curvature (4m 2s)
Managing Curvature (5m 8s)
Managing Tight Surface Joints (7m 56s)
Final Surface Review (1m 45s)
Lesson 8: Tire Texturing
Introduction to Flex Tool (1m)
Setting Up Initial Surface for Flex (4m 59s)
Building Tread Pattern (10m 42s)
Coordinate System (5m 58s)
Flex Limitation (4m 48s)
Final Tire Features (3m 49s)
Lesson 9: Vehicle Detail Components: Speaker System & Bumper
Alternative Flex Feature Strategy (2m 39s)
Surface Offset (5m 24s)
Continue Build (4m 54s)
Fill Pattern (4m 47s)
Deform Feature (5m 58s)
Introduction to Ruled Surface (2m 39s)
Creation of Curved Bumper Rods (4m 48s)
Finish Bumper Features (7m 2s)
Lesson 10: Rendering & Final Submission
Begin Rendering Preparations (4m 14s)
Continue Rendering Prep (1m 49s)
Bring Model Into Visualize (1m 32s)
Add Outdoor Scene & Match Camera Perspective (2m 49s)
Add HDRI Environment & Adjust Lighting & Material (7m 9s)
