Learning SOLIDWORKS Composer

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started

• User interface
• Composer terminology
• Navigation tools
• Camera alignment and rendering
• Creating your first view
• Creating your first image output

2. Detailed Images

• Changing actor properties
• Changing background properties
• Updating an existing view
• Using the Digger tool

3. Explode Images

• Using the transform tools
• Inserting explode lines
• Inserting labels
• Using magnetic lines
• Importing files
• Alignment tools
• Additional collaborative actors
• Generating vector image outputs

4. Marketing Images

• Camera views
• Adding textures
• Ground textures
• Lighting

5. Working with Bill of Materials

• Manual method
• Automated method
• Customizing BOM

6. Introduction to Simple Animations

• Introduction to animation mode
• Generating a simple explode animation
• Video output

Conclusion

• Next steps