| Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2004 and MultiMedia CD (Vol's. 1 & 2) |  | Authors: David Planchard, Marie Planchard
Publisher: Schroff Development Corp. Publications
Category: Book
New (6) Used (7) from $10.67
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 922,965
Media: Paperback
Pages: 706
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.6 x 1.5
ISBN: 1585031631
Dewey Decimal Number: 004
EAN: 9781585031634
ASIN: 1585031631
Publication Date: February 25, 2004
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Product Description
Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2004 & Multimedia CD is written to assist students, designers, engineers and professionals. The book is focused on providing a solid foundation in SolidWorks by utilizing projects with step-by-step instructions. The authors developed project scenarios by combining over 35 years of industry experience with the knowledge of engineers, managers, vendors and manufacturers who utilize SolidWorks daily to create simple and complex parts, assemblies and drawings. The Multimedia CD contained in the book provides over 4 hours of flash movie files to enhance your knowledge through visual learning and applications. The Multimedia CD contains: an overview of the SolidWorks philosophy, user interface, menus, toolbars, commands, step-by-step modeling actions, design and modeling tips and feature review with corresponding models. Exercises and projects in the book were developed both from an industry and academic perspective. Over fifty exercises are provided from industry suppliers including: Alden Products, Boston Gear, DE-STA-CO Industries, Emerson-EPT, Emhart Fastening Teknologies, a Black & Decker Company, ENERPAC, MicroGroup, Inc., Reid Tool Supply Co, 80/20 Inc. and PEM Fastening Systems, SMC Corporation of America and Gears Educational Systems.
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 Great Solidworks beginner book!! August 19, 2005
Ricky Ghilarducci (Belmont, CA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book is great for those just learning how to use Solidworks. THe book uses a Machine shop example that you have to design an assemlby for them in only a certain amount of time you have to design it. The book goes over every part in DETAIL, breaking down the design process clearly and precisely. Each tool is gone over very well, and this book is fabulous for those just starting to learn Solidworks and those who want to move on to more advanced soliworks books!!
Great book for the Classroom January 18, 2005
W. Devine
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
This is a great book. I reviewed this book in October to use in my classroom for the Spring semester. Note: I reviewed over five other SW books by other authors. By far this is the best book for all skill sets in a classroom environment. I teach four classes a week of SolidWorks. Each class has approximately 25 students with various skills. After spending time with this book, you can tell that the authors teach for a living and are user of the software. PS: I meet them at SW World and they are great for addtional advice.
This easy to use book walks you through SW in no time by combining parts that you create with sub-assemblies and assemblies. The numerous illustrations with the easy step-by-step procedure makes this book ideal for the classroom. At the end of each project, additional parts and sub-assemblies are available to build your confidence. The book spends a great deal of time addressing sketch relationships. This is time well spent. The drawing chapter takes you through setting up a sheet format, detailing drawings, setting part numbers in a BOM and inserting design tables. All great things.
I found myself and my students viewing the movies on the book's CD. This book is the total package. I contacted the authors and their 2005 will be released this month. This is great news when I upgrade this summer to 2005.
 Good book, could have been better July 27, 2004
Muthazhagu Palanisamy (Chicago, IL)
39 out of 39 found this review helpful
This book is my first intro to Solidworks, found it easy to follow.
Exercises are good, have to ferret thru the Net to get information to complete some of the exercises.
The included CD has all the lessons animated. Great work here. If you get bored reading the book, pop in the CD, sit back and enjoy some Solidworks modeling.
The appendix has some external info / reference links and also different types of cursor feedback pictures. I haven't found much use for these cursor pictures yet.
Authors present design scenarios sometimes bordering on overkill, hey, go ahead teach us how to do the thing, we'll do the whining when push comes to shove!!!
In some cases you have to finish a drawing with correct dimensions, as given in the book, in order to proceed to the next step/chapter, this can be a drawback when doing some casual doodling in Solidworks.
An index would have helped immensely.
All said, a good buy for an introduction to Solidworks 2004, if you already are familiar with any other version of Solidworks, save your money, spend some time with the software and learn whats new!!!
A great 2004 SW book for begineers to intermediates May 11, 2004
Craig W. Somerton (San Fransisco, CA)
42 out of 42 found this review helpful
I am 47 years old and have been through 3 company downsizings. I've been a draftsman for 20 years. What did we ever do without software? At my new position, I needed to learn SolidWorks quickly. I did my research before I purchased this book. I talked to the authors and downloaded a sample chapter off the publishers website. I am very glad that I did this. The book provides excellent examples and procedures for the beginner to the intermediate. A lot of the other books out there are not as complete and they assume that you know various areas of the software and manufacturing procedures. We all know that happens when you assume!!!! I have been there!! There is a great deal of emphasis on creating and modifying parts and thinking about the manufacturer's process. I've been in the industry for 20 plus years and there were some design hints that I did not know. Thank you. If you are looking for a SW dictionary this is not a book for you. If you are looking for a great design book to learn how to use SW and to learn about manufacturing and design intent, this is the book.
 suitable for new designers May 7, 2004
Douglas K. Werner (Westminster, CO United States)
2 out of 13 found this review helpful
I my opinion, the book takes a new or would-be designer from the beginning to being able to use SolidWorks. It contains some good basic design information that would be useful regardless of the CAD software. Unfortunately, the book does not have an index and it is almost impossible to use as a reference to augment the SolidWorks Help screens. The pictures are simple, black and white screen prints and are sometimes difficult to see.
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