How Much Money Can You ACTUALLY Earn With Solidworks? (Testing Fiverr Freelancers) 

so nice

what happen when you woke up??? ahahah

You are wrong. It goes both ways. I have been a CAD (computer aided designer) for 30 years and most of the design is done by us. Most of our engineers are there to run calculations and analysis to make sure that our designs are up for the task. They have very little to zero design capabilities. Of course, there are some amazing design engineers that can do what I can't.

I get both your points and you both have more work experience than me. I have 10 years of engineering work and 15 years of SOLIDWORKS. @John, that hammer and chisel in the hands of a Michael Angelo would give you statues that leave you in awe.

@@jtcmlt1l am not wrong. Being able to draw or model something does not give you the ability to understand materials or manufacturing processes and the constrains they impose on the design.

@@johnbrown6189 Well, with 40 years in the engineering field, you should know that today drafters are way more diverse and take on a lot more responsibilities and challenges than back on the days. We have, and continue getting, "drafters" that can design, run calcs, run stress analysis, understand mechanical and structural loads and applications, etc, etc, etc. Engineers are freeing some of their time so they can invest it on things that we can't do.

​@@johnbrown6189 Check out the arrogance on that - "I am not wrong", okay pal, sure thing.

you asked why solidworks was related to aerospace engineering?

you know it now, that's the most important thing

I also study aerospace engineering and I just downloaded solidworks. It's a nice comment to see

@@flborges I’m glad you liked it. It’s my favorite and dream engineering field. 👍🏻

Catia is better for Aerospace field, but keep up bro I also study Aerospace Engineering

Daniel Crawford ..can u please give me idea of freelancing jobs

How skilled are you?

@@with-Aryan I'm completed my diploma in mechanical engg work at R & D testing...& Validation ...

@@mukeshkumar-lm7mh how good are you at SOLIDWORKS and do you know any GD&T?

@@with-Aryan Hello do you teach in your course any GD&T?

Thanks

Boom

It does and if you have the right mentor you’ll get there much faster

hey it'd be nice to get your thoughts on the exam itself, I've done a handful of tutorials but it'd be cool to share experiences sometime

​@@randomness4272 I took and passed the CSWA with a perfect score in my Freshman or Sophomore year of college. The exam is okay, but honestly a lot of hiring managers I've spoken to are not overly impressed with the skill set that the CSWA requires. For example: you're not necessarily going to understand the need for hole wizard features, patterning features, etc. but those are critical for efficient and functional modeling. It also doesn't really give you more "expensive" skills like surface modeling (worth looking into if you want to do consumer product design), sheet metal design, design for plastic injection manufacturing, etc. Honestly I would look into getting skilled at Solidworks and aiming for the professional certification instead.

I did autoCAD back in the university, it was one of my favorite courses. Now because of Job market I want to specify in SOLIDWORKS and Fusion 360, possibly would love to learn ANSYS DISCOVERY too. What's your take on that. Is it possible I can be doing or learning all at the same? Please suggest and guide me

because solidworks doesnt make parts... YOU DO!@@Satchel456

Then don't compete there. DOnt bring your price down if you are good

@@with-Aryan Where would you suggest to advertise?

Had a similar experience as a dev, it's disheartening and not the way forward IMO. It's contracting but on a global scale and to the lowest desperate bidder for essentially slave labor.

@@phantomgarage1208 I'd suggest build your way out instead of subordinating yourself to indifferent asshole clients. Interpret that as you wish. Contract work is slave labor.

Matt, my experience on the other side is exactly the same. I've tried scouring through the upwork contractors as I've had people want to charge 50hrs for a part I can do in 2. I'm still looking for someone to contract reproduce drawings or reverse engineer from parts if you're still looking for side work.

Sir, would you Please upload this model designing video. That will be very useful.

I’ll consider it

Wanted to be part of it.🤗🤗🤗

I recently joined the solidworks model mania this year and sadly, I lost. Forgot to hollow out a certain area of the object and missed the correct mass by a large number.

In india i am getting paid 15$ per day😅and it's above average....

for 8 hours of work?!

you are charging too low. Where you located?

I also have 10+ years using Creo, teaching it and setting up the configs and templates. But in the last 2 years I have been using Onshape more regularly and it is very similar to Solidworks but completely cloud based with built in PDM

Buddy Can you help me for solidworks freelansing ? I have a 7 years of work experience in solidworks .

Very well said

be careful with these service seekers, sometime they just post a job, just to get an interview with you. just enough to get an idea on how it can be done. before doing by themselves

exactly, people dont get it there are million people from India, China , Bangladesh who work for 5 dollar per hour. also, you need to have relebvant experience at industry and references

I agree, that's why I just uploaded a new video yesterday and explained that

Legend! What are you up to now?

This happens in our field buddy. Sorry to hear it. Ive trained a replacement before too.

could you explain more what those terms mean? inspire cast and solidification?

Inspire cast is a software that does solidification models. It allows you to set up pour temperature of metals and simulate the pour of casted metals into the designed mold. Inspire cast is made by Altair.

who are your clients?

@@with-Aryan around 80% commercial & 20% residential customers

@@jacobYaaa you have low per hour rate

Well said!

Thanks for the idea!

Completely agree! I was waiting to see your 250$/hr design. Too bad that you exclude to show your own design.

Agreed to actually make that work, rather than just a pretty model is totally different.

Couldn't agree more. But don't forget that this was solely a SOLIDWORKS modeling test. None of these models were production-ready and (maybe unfortunately) I didn't define that for them in my request

In which parallel universe are we talking about a production ready model here (in both, the assignment and the results) ?

@@gerdokurt The assignment mentioned the tubes needing to be hollow so water gets through, and "it should work" was part of the request. So I would base my quote on something you could actually mount and run water through.

@@sleepib Bro, tell me how you mount it. I dont see any thread. How does the water goes in the tubes? Where are sealings, the sprayer etc. etc. etc.. This is not a production ready product, its not even a proper design prototype. you can probably print it and arrange it for a small foto... I wouldnt pay 30 euros for this. A guy in vietnam using freecad or blender does a model like that within an hour.

You are absolutely correct. money is made by engineering not just modeling unrealistic designs

Hi Sir, would you mind if you give me your advice for witch field in solidworks I focus in and follow (most paid) : simulation or workflow or motion...? Because I'm new in this mater. Thank you in advance

​@@soufiane6596 My advice is. Go to the university. (or start somewhere like draftsman....) Learn, listen, be humble and open minded. Listen older engineers with skill (becouse they already struggle with problem and engineeing is constantly struglle and fail.)Today many jobs are highly specialized. I do mostly sheet metal and welding structures.. So its depend. The most overpaid jobs in my field is Static engineer. No problem 10k per month. But this job requires deegre and many experience.

@@lukaskantor2645 Thank you Sir for your speeeeeed answer.

well said

How do you even get clients??

@@shivanshsharma72hh referrals, use your contacts, family etc. otherwise get a job 1st, then create a client list. If your the best, the clients will look for you. Win awards etc..

@@player1tv oh thank you im currently looking for job

Employees have to pay taxes too.

Absolutely

Sounds good. Depending on how much know-how and experience you are bringing into your work, you could raise that price. What matters the most in your hourly rate, is the amount of value your client is getting from you. If your 1 hour work eqauls or beats 10 hours of work of an intermediate's, then you should be charging 10x his/her rate

How many times do you have jobs and where do you offer yourself? I am quite good at AutoCAD but I am syuduing but I would like to get some side money. Thanks.

@@rbasket8 have slowly built up a client base over the years, most of them become repeat customers. The problem with a lot of these companies is they aren't quite big enough to hire a draftsman full time, its cheaper for them to pay me $1000 a month to work on a project here and there, than to hire someone full time. You just need to find these mid sized companies and introduce yourself. The other options is to try searching a online job boards like seek or indeed, find a job listing older than 30 days and ring the company offering your services, we are in a once in a lifetime market where the employee sets the price! All those platforms like fiverr are just a race to the bottom $ wise, you are competing with someone on the other side of the world who would do the job for 1/10th of the price. fuck that. I have an advantage over others as I am very good at what I do, which means if something takes me 1 hour to complete, it would take a regular worker 2-3 hence why I charge 3x the price. Moral of the story here is get out there and do something, nothing is just going to fall into your lap.

@@with-Aryan Exactly! I'm very lucky to have been trained by someone at the top of their game, for instance, a common drawing in my field (not related to my above comment) takes me 1.5 - 2hrs to complete, I know for a fact that it takes draftsman at other companies 8hrs! You can't just walk into a job and start charging that kind of money for something, you have to be good at what you do. Can see from your video here that you know what your doing as well. My advise for any Cad drafters is learn the shortcuts, then customize your keyboard commands. If you're still using the ribbon for everything after a week then you may as well give up and get another job.

Glad it helped

The value you bring to your client through your work should define your rate not just years of experience. Do you do GD&T? Raise your rate. Do you do MDR usability? Raise it. But I'd say you are charging about right for now. Consider increasing it soon

@@with-Aryan I like that. I know I'm a good designer so I'll definitely remind customers that my ingenuity is part of the cost. Definitely do GD&T where needed. No MDR but I also do DFM. Will increase rate when I get my CSWA and CSWP passed. Been wanting to do it for years and you inspired me to do it.

Yes, definitely! Definately! You'll find the way, just do it

Hi Sunraii, Most students learn 2 semesters every week 2-4hours the basics. So it's definitely possible.

@@with-Aryan I'm 3d modeler in solid works I want job

which 37 minute? My mini course?

I think he is talking about this object which is the main sub for the video

@@with-Aryanno, tap water tutorial

If you do, kindly email it to me, so that I can have a look at it as well.

I hid it

Yes!!!

most useful tools are some glorified version of their predecessors, aren't they?

Thanks and welcome

How many other reasons do you need?

@@with-Aryan for ?

Thanks and welcome

Its all about turnover, do what works for you. getting booked is the goal.

If you know your tolerances too, I wouldn't go below $80.

@@with-Aryan you keep mentioning knowing tolerances and DFM. I’m not in the freelance world, but I am a daily solidworks user in a manufacturing/R&D role. I couldn’t imagine drawing anything up without regard to DFM. People really do that?

Do you offer any tolerancing, in your drawings? Or taking the manufacturablity into account? because your rate is fair and I want to understand what comes with it if I ordered from you

@@with-Aryan I do invest a lot of time in DFM prior to the modeling, work mostly with surfaces and curvatures (when applicable), and TRY to configure all models geometrically (not always easy😅). I consider myself an average 2D drawer but know my way through geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.

I've been an employee too and I too live in Germany. I understand. You could use your creativity to think outside the box and design a machine with the knowledge you have and use the connections from your current work to maybe start a company?

it's not something I can answer to you as a comment. I'll look into it.

I don't! I have to look it up. IF you have a link for it, post it here. But no, the first model, despite its off limit dim. Was done well.

Yeah, took me also by surprise he didn't use Bounding Box... :P But truth be told, even Solidworks is so big of a program that no one can truly know all of the functions, and remember that there's a specific function for a niche task you're doing once a year or so.

I wanted to, but it would be 38 minutes and most people are not patient for that anymore. Slow the video down to 0.25x, does it help?

@@with-Aryan I’m probably more patient than most ppl, appreciate the feedback

Agree

@@with-Aryan Please upload the video. I'm very willing to finish it. Thanks

Thanks a ton!

It can be 3D printed in a soft plastic and put it in a forge that replace the 3d print with metal. Like most of jewery was make but using plastic instead of wax. Tha hard part is to get the metal polished.

@@felipetesta You have a point. But do not forget that the twists in the faucet are also the water flow channels and they criss-cross one another. Polishing isn't that big of a problem, tumbling in fine sand or magnetic polishing will do.

@@autojando7223 yeah, it wont be easy to manufacture at all hahaha

Yes, 3D printing would be the way for this model

we can use injection molding as a manufacturing process , because there is no important pressor in the channels , and to solve the problem of the channels we can use a model have the form of the channels that will be eliminate by a chemical reaction after ejecting the part from the mold.

hmm, here's my dilema. If I upload a 40 min long video just modeling one object, that video won't be watched at all. But it still takes a huge amount of time and money from me. So sometimes, even though I want to post something, it's effort to it's reward is so high that it makes me procrastinate or move on in general from that idea

Yes, by the looks of it, he made swept a hollow profile, but there are some intersections. A better way that could work is first add all your material using a sweep and then bore out the internals with a cut sweep.

exactly! that's why it lost more points

oh that's a good point. Assuming you have the proper license not any other way

Is that actually true though? Or a myth?

more experience, more hourly rate. Watch my other video on how to increase your hourly rate

Glad to hear that

The most important thing to work on first is a portfolio, go ahead and browser other Top portfolios on the same freelancing sights, and try and replicate them. Another thing that helps come up with a cost is just focus on an hourly rate, all you have to do now is just check how many hours it will take you to finish a gig. With practice all of this will become second nature.

You're welcome!

Depends on the route you take. There are slower ways and faster ways and it all depends on you and your level of practice. Check my course it's the fastest way courses.solidworkstutorials.net/

first, start polishing your skills. I'm sure the rest will follow

West coast! Prices are rising there, aren't they?

Not yet! there is no "right way". there are good ways and bad ways.

@@with-Aryan this is why I used the quotes.

Go for it!

Thank you! Made my day

Yes! Student discount, entrepreneur discount, my discount if you enroll in my course, aviation discount. You have to find the best option for you.

I agree! Flex is the last solution I would go for if I actually wanted to build this. Since it was only an open practice with limited constraints, I went for it

That is awesome!

@@with-Aryan are there any videos you would recommend for beginners?

I’m in the same boat as you man

Graduated a couple years ago with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, my advice for you is to learn a lot more on GD&T and tolerancing. My program only had one class on it, but it has been one of my struggles my first couple years in industry.

Perfectly said

Good question. Look knowing how to model is only the base foundation you must have. But you also need to learn a few complimentary skills on the side such as GD&T, learning a bit about manufacturing process because they are the deciding factor on your modeling. Also, building a portfolio would act like your marketing side which you badly need to create authority.

@@with-Aryan what does "GD/T" mean ?

find a good mentor and follow their instructions perfectly. Practice along the way and never stop trying new ways.

True

true!

And then you find out Solidworks litteraly scatches the surface datamodel wise in contrast to Catia.. (Also from Dassault Systems) 😁

Start already

Start doing jobs mate. Learn quicker that way.

where do you usually look for clients? country, market etc?

it's all relative, where you are, what industry you are in and who your customers are, but you can always thrive to be the highest at your industry

Buddy Can you help me for solidworks freelansing ? I have a 7 years of work experience in solidworks .

Good day John, It depends what you want to do with it, you can make CAD your side hustle, or use it for your day job as well, using it to design electrical boxes, and visualize how things will fit, and even run thermal analysis if needed.

very good point. The result is what matters. But since I didn't define the constraints too much, I couldn't press my finger on it

Thanks for the feedback and watching my videos dawsh

Bring it on

sure

you can gradually add to your rate by increasing your skill. I made a new video after this in which I explain how you can do that

How well is it going?

@@benclimo461 I have a few reoccurring clients that will give me jobs. Still my side hustle for sure.

yeah only that :)

@@with-Aryan hum you must be fast AF great advise don't underbid , or underestimate job remember the patent attorney get 7k just to file it! If its not worth $500 model to customer as a product that might spend 100s of thousands to market and make might be worth passing on.

what year was that

Alright! I add it to my list

You are most welcome

join my course and try it for a few days and see if that's a perfect fit for you. If you didn't want it, there a 30 day money back guarantee

it is getting saturated I know. You would need to build a backend funnel of your own and run ads. But let me get back to you on that in more detail later

Completely disagree. You are refering to their fixed rigid price. If you would act smart, you would go for an entrepreneurship license, you would get Adobe cloud for $20/month and it makes your ROI WAAAY worth it

Your portfolio, your script, your marketing, you!

Go for it

I dedicated my next video to this subject and it's coming out soon. Be patient for a few days :) Thanks for watching by the way

what are you doing to earn 100k plus? Whats your job and country if i may ask

@@BigMete0r I’m a project manager for a general contractor .We build commercial tiltwall warehouses and other commercial steel buildings. Texas, USA

If you live in California maybe, but if you live in Manchester UK, Maybe Dallas or other cities, it's not small either

wow, NX is something to be skilled in

Thanks. I don't sell my designs

Glad to hear

lol

there are solutions for that that are affordable like the entrepreneur license