Computer Design and Machining: Solidworks

General objectives

Apply the tools of the SolidWorks program to work with any type of product, from basic designs to complex designs, considering different materials and finishes, and incorporating concepts related to the circular economy in a transversal way.

Student access requirements

Accreditations/creditations

To meet at least one of the following requirements:

• Certificate of professionalism level 1
• Basic Vocational Qualification (FP Básico)
• Certificate of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) or equivalent
• Level 2 Certificate of Professionalism
• Have passed the entrance exam for intermediate vocational training courses
• Have passed any official university entrance exam
• Foreign titles must be properly accredited.
• If compliance with these requirements cannot be documented, minimum knowledge tests must be passed.

Priority groups

• Salaried workers who provide their services in private companies or public entities not included in the scope of the training agreements of the public administrations and who contribute to Social Security for vocational training for employment.
• Workers who are in any of the following situations: fixed-discontinuous workers during periods of unemployment, workers who become unemployed while in a training period, or workers subject to employment regulation during their periods of suspension.
• Workers enrolled in the special system for employees included in the general Social Security regime during periods of inactivity, the special regime for self-employed workers, the maritime regime, and those others in Social Security who do not contribute to vocational training.
• Caregivers of people in a situation of dependency can participate in the training of specific training actions related to their activity.
• Employees belonging to the staff of the beneficiary or provider entities of the training programs regulated in this Order can participate in the training actions managed by this entity, up to a limit of 10% of the total participants in the program, without exceeding, in any case, the limit of 10% of their total staff.
• The unemployed workers registered in the Public Employment Service of Catalonia. The participation of unemployed workers cannot exceed 30% of the total number of participants.

How to register

To complete the registration, it is essential to fill out the form found under the “Registration” button, attach the required documentation, and complete the pre-registration document “Annex,” which must also be included.

• Photocopy of valid ID card.
• Curriculum Vitae.
• Academic qualification
• Photocopy of the last salary in its entirety in which the following information appears: Social Security number of the worker, Social Security number of the company and CIF of the company (if you are active).
• Photocopy of the last self-employed receipt (only if you are self-employed).
• Photocopy of the updated DARDO (job application registration document at the Public Employment Service of Catalonia) (only if you are unemployed).

Contents

TRAINING MODULE 1: 3D design bases

• Analysis of the bases of 3D design
• Concept of parametrization in piece.
• Structure and elements of the program.

TRAINING MODULE 2: Parametrized operations and file properties parameters

• Application of parametrized operations
• Extrusion.
• Revolution.
• Symmetry.
• Other parameterized operations.
• Identification of file properties settings
• Selection of material.
• Colors.
• Thickness of metal sheets.
• Other parameters.

TRAINING MODULE 3: Part configurations, packaging and changes

• Assembly Realization
• Concept
• Piece restrictions.
• Making changes
• Changes in the design of a piece.
• Changes in the context of an assembly.
• Parametrization conflicts: identification of errors and recommendations to avoid errors.
• Track and assembly configuration
• Docking explosion.
• Configuration of mechanisms.

TRAINING MODULE 4: Introduction to advanced operations

• Formulation of advanced operations
• Part and assembly design tables.
• Equations and link values.

TRAINING MODULE 5: Bases of 2D design and transversal concepts

• Analysis of 2D design bases
• Structure and elements of the program.
• Introduction to narrowing rules.
• Sights of bounding.
• Types of dimensioning.
• Analysis of transversal concepts
• Sustainability.
• Circular economy: social, environmental and economic aspects.

Additional information

At the end of the course, a certificate of completion will be issued.

Course managed by UNIÓ PATRONAL METALL·LÚRGICA and subsidized by the Consorci de la Formació Contínua de Catalunya