Classes
Learn the tool your shop already runs on.
Hands-on, in-person training — built for people who need to actually use SolidWorks at work, not pass a certification test.
Practical SOLIDWORKS training
SolidWorks Building Blocks
From “I’ve never used CAD” to “I can figure this out.”
- 10 × 2-hour sessions
- 20 hours total
- In person
- Hands-on instruction
- Small classes
- 3–4 ideal · 5 maximum
- Start from zero
- No CAD experience required
- 01 Sketch Sketch1 — outline + hole centres
- 02 Extrude Boss-Extrude1 + Fillet1
- 03 Features Hole Wizard — 2× C'SINK
- 04 Drawing Drawing PL-003 — dims + tol
- 05 Sheet metal Base-Flange + 2 bends
- 06 Assembly PL-003-ASM — 3 screws
SolidWorks Building Blocks is practical, hands-on SOLIDWORKS training for people who need to use CAD at work — not just watch someone else use it.
Designed for new CAD users, machinists, estimators, and technical staff, Building Blocks develops the skills and confidence to work independently in SOLIDWORKS.
Start From Zero.
No CAD experience? Perfect.
Students begin with the fundamentals and progress through 3D parts, manufacturing drawings, sheet metal, and basic assemblies.
Already familiar with another CAD system? Building Blocks helps connect that experience to the SOLIDWORKS workflow.
Built for Manufacturing.
This isn't a semester of theory.
Students work through practical manufacturing-focused exercises while learning how to:
- 01Create and modify 3D parts
- 02Understand sketches and design intent
- 03Read and create manufacturing drawings
- 04Better understand dimensions, tolerances, and basic GD&T
- 05Create basic sheet-metal components
- 06Build and work with assemblies
- 07Inspect unfamiliar customer or engineering models
- 08Troubleshoot problems instead of immediately asking for help
Small Classes. Real Help.
3–4 students is ideal. Classes are generally limited to 5.
Small groups allow instruction to adapt to the people in the room.
Students who need help get it. Students moving quickly get harder problems instead of waiting.
The Goal Isn't to Memorize SOLIDWORKS.
It's to become capable of learning it.
After 20 hours, students aren't expected to know every command.
They should be able to sit down, create basic work, understand what they're looking at, and have the foundation to keep teaching themselves long after the class ends.
Learn to Build, Build to Fly.
10 Sessions. 20 Hours. One Foundation.
Sessions run twice a week, or three times a week over four weeks — whichever fits the shop schedule better. The final week includes a review session and an optional one-on-one tutoring session at no additional cost.
Full session-by-session outline is being finalized — happy to walk through it directly.
Don't see the class you need?
Volar can also build company-specific SolidWorks training around your shop's actual parts and workflows.