SOLIDWORKS - Resilient CAD Modeling (RCM) Technique (Udemy.com)
A defined set of rules & best practices for creating robust CAD models that will help distinguish yourself & your team
Created by: Aaron Moncur
Last updated August 2022
What you will learn
- Learn the systematic “best practices” processes for creating robust CAD models.
- Create robust CAD models that can be easily modifiable without breaking.
- If everyone in a company models using this systematic strategy, engineering firms can save time & money.
- Distinguish yourself from other SolidWorks CAD designers with our defined set of rules & best practices for creating robust CAD models.
How it compares
Against the other 545 rated Udemy courses in 3D Modeling on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 15% of them
- Reviews113#428 of 546 by number of reviews
- Length1.1 hoursshorter than 96% of them
- Last updatedAugust 2022earlier than 51% of them
Course Description
Resilient CAD Modeling (RCM)
-WHAT IT IS? A systematic “best practices” process for creating robust CAD models.
-WHY SHOULD WE USE IT? Make CAD model modifications without the model “blowing up.” Coworkers benefit because if an employee leaves a company, the next employee can pick up right where the original author of the CAD model left off with minimal time getting up to speed and understanding how the model was originally created. This saves engineering companies time and money.
-Spend less time fixing your CAD, and more time designing your product.
-CAD less likely to break
-Standard rules the whole team understands & follows (makes inheriting others’ models easier, improves collaboration)
-Design intent at a glance (convenient, and promotes “seeing” in 3D)
-Order leads to productivity, compounding affects
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CREDIBILITY
This class was featured on the official SOLIDWORKS YouTube channel, simply look for:
"Resilient CAD Modeling Techniques - SOLIDWORKS LIVE Design - Episode 7 (2022)" on YouTube.
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This is a streamlined course to give you an introduction to Resilient CAD Modeling (RCM) methodology. This course should enable you to, with confidence, use RCM SOLIDWORKS to design your next innovation. After this course, you can proudly list RCM for SOLIDWORKS skills in your resume.
THIS COURSE IS NOT A SHORTCUT TO BECOMING AN EXPERT AT RCM, IT'S AN INTRODUCTION. RCM EXPERTISE TAKES HANDS ON PRACTICE.
*You can perfectly follow this course if you have SOLIDWORKS versions 2014-2022. This course is delivered using SOLIDWORKS 2019.
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About this course:
With this course, you will get:
Full, free lifetime access to 13 lectures (increasing over time).
All future extra lectures and upgrades will always be free.
Unconditional Udemy 30 days money-back guarantee - We are sure you would love the course though :)
Regular free bonus additions to increase your knowledge. - lots of fun topics!
Today, you can start your journey to becoming a SOLIDWORKS RCM with ZERO prior experience!
I stress that you need no prior experience and there is nothing to buy or pay for!!! You will only need SOLIDWORKS itself.
Why our course?!
Learn from the best, your instructor, Rafael Testai.
Have all your questions answered by experts in the course forum.
Get access to an exclusive students SOLIDWORKS community.
We are following the learning by doing approach which is proven the best for learning software like SOLIDWORKS.
We have enlarged the interface icons in our screencasts to make our videos more eye-friendly. We even used a circular highlighting tool so it's easier to follow the mouse.
We made our videos short and concentrated on one or a few aspects to make them easier for reference. We also designed each lecture to be a stand-alone lecture.
You will learn:
Introduction to Resilient CAD Modeling (RCM) using SOLIDWORKS interface.
The 8 groups that make up RCM.
How to overcome the main obstacles students face when learning RCM.
RCM Lite, you don't have to learn all the bells and whistles. We distilled it for you into RCM Lite.
The logic behind RCM.
Master Modeling introduction in SOLIDWORKS (advanced)
Converting entities, hiding sketches, and more pro tips that instructors often overlook.
Click the 'take this course' button, top right, now... Every hour you delay is costing you great creations and skills :)
Who this course is for:
Individuals intending to take SOLIDWORKS Associate Certificate - CSWA or CSWP.
Individuals intending to move beyond the basics of SOLIDWORKS
Individuals wanting to get started with 3D modeling
Individuals wanting to get a better job via SOLIDWORKS skills
Individuals wanting to list SOLIDWORKS skills in their resume
Designers, Engineers, Makers, and Hobbyist
Instructor Details
- 4.3 Rating
113 Reviews
Aaron Moncur
Mechanical designer of medical devices, test fixtures, & consumer products. Owner of Pipeline Design & Engineering, the “Being an Engineer” podcast, and The Wave. Aiming to educate engineers and those interested in engineering through online courses as well as in-person classes and presentations, such as CAD Club for high school students and Product Development Expo for everyone else.
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Reviews
By Mario on 6/20/2026
No models unfortunately to dissect in my own program of Solidworks that would have been helpful , the assy model is good but I would want examples with a main assy and sub assy. Cheat sheet is good but doesn't make the course any better you can basically just extract and copy paste alot of the info directly from transcripts. Either way it was good and I learned something from it if the author comes out with a full course of rcm with main assy and sub assy i would jump on that immediately.
By Lorena Cardona Rendón on 1/18/2026
The course provides information about RCM and valuable tips; however, it's more of a preview than a full course. To be a proper course, it should include exercises, CAD models, and supporting materials. I feel it's just a preview.
By Akhil H Nair on 7/3/2023
I have an intermediate knowledge on CAD modeling and my feature tree will always be too big or will be in a big cluster. This course taught me how to reduce the size of feature tree and which will let me solve the problem in a easier way than before.
By Neil McCallum on 12/13/2022
Pretty Great. I was interested in how RCM worked but found the original site kind of confusing. I'd be interested in knowing a little more about his top down method. How the items are recombined in an assembly. I would also have appreciated having the models uploading to explore in more detail.
By Jake LaBombarbe on 6/21/2022
Not so much a class, as a single presentation broken into multiple parts. However, the methodology and ideas are invaluable. You do have to have a good foundation of Solidworks and its foundational practices though, this is not for beginners. Although I took pages of notes, like many reviews have stated, I wish there was some downloadable documentation, especially the "cheat sheet." My other wish would be some more hands-on lessons using the methodology presented.
By Speros Tomasevich on 6/13/2022
Interesting ideas and strategy. In my company we do a lot of large assemblies. I'm not sure how often I can apply this, since we're not modeling parts, but I'm sure I can get it into practice at some point.
By Mark Bernardinis on 6/6/2022
Although the course is well-presented, there are no additional resources / material (i.e. a Cheat Sheet and some more in-depth notes) provided that I think would be helpful in the delivery of the course. Concrete, worked examples / case studies should definitely be worked into the course to provide the learner with a better understanding of the material. I definitely can see the benefits of this approach in designing though.
By Daniel Leiszen on 5/11/2022
Wow. That was a clear and very organized course. I actually did not think at the beginning that I would be capable of comprehend all that. But now at the end it all makes sense and I really just want to try it out on one of my models. Thanks.
By Kaushal Mishra on 5/3/2022
Instructor is very knowledgeable . Though I'd liked to see similar topics c grouped together into a single section, which would feel less dauting to go through then say 15 sections, each with just one or two videos
By Noah Burk on 4/12/2022
Great course, RCM has already changed how I go about modeling! Minimizing model breaks, and the long sigh that follows as the feature tree turns red with things you have to redo before moving on to the next important model update. Improves productivity, especially as the project goes into the fine-tuning phase, helps keep the focus on improving the model/assembly as a whole quickly instead of getting buried in a single part for long periods and having to refer back to notes to remember the next task at hand.
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Overall Score : 86 / 100






