Autodesk Inventor for Designers, Release 10 [Paperback]

Sham Tickoo (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1932709096 | ISBN-13: 978-1932709094 | Publication Date: June 1, 2005

Autodesk Inventor for Designers Release 9 is a textbook written with the tutorial point of view with learn-by-doing as the theme. About 40 mechanical engineering industry examples are used as tutorials in this book and an additional 30 as exercises to ensure that the user can relate his knowledge of this book with the actual mechanical industry designs.

This textbook consists of 15 logically sequenced chapters covering the Part, Assembly, Drawing, Presentation, Sheet Metal, and Weldments modules of Autodesk Inventor 9. Every chapter begins with a command section that provides detailed explanation of the commands and tools in Autodesk Inventor 9. The command section is followed by tutorials that are created using these commands. This approach allows the user to use this textbook initially as a learning tool and then later use it as a reference material.

Special graphics are provided on the commands or tools that are new in Autodesk Inventor 9 or are enhanced in this release. This allows the reader to recognize all the new additions and enhancements in Autodesk Inventor 9.The author provides free technical support to all the users of this textbook. The users can contact [e-mail] for any technical query they have.

The author provides the following teachings aids free to faculty using this textbook.

· Customizable PowerPoint Presentations for every chapter in this textbook. You can easily customize these PowerPoint Presentations based on the requirements of the course you are teaching.

· Instructor’s guide with solutions to all review questions and steps to complete all the exercises.

· Part, Assembly, and Drawing files of all tutorials and exercises used in this textbook.

· Course outline. The course outline clearly indicates which sections are to be taught in the introduction or basic class and which sections are for advanced class. This allows you to easily select the topics to be taught in your course.

· Student projects.

· Class tests that you can use as the "end of the course" tests.

Please contact the author at [e-mail] to access all these teaching aids.

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About the Author

This textbook has been jointly authored by Prof Sham Tickoo and the CAD Engineers at CADCIM Technologies, USA.

Sham Tickoo is professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Purdue University Calumet, USA where he has taught design, drafting, CAD, and other engineering courses for over fifteen years. Before joining Purdue University, Prof. Tickoo has worked as a machinist, quality control engineer, design engineer, engineering consultant, and software developer. He has received a US patent for his invention “Self Adjusting Cargo Organizer for Vehicles”. Professor Tickoo also leads the team of authors at CADCIM Technologies to develop world-class teaching and learning resources for CAD/CAM and related technologies.

The authors at CADCIM Technologies consist of a team of engineering professionals, experienced authors and editors who have extensive experience in CAD/CAM, manufacturing, design engineering, and education. CADCIM Technologies is one of the world’s leading providers of quality CAD/CAM textbooks. They also provide free teaching and learning resources to faculty and students. Working with the mission of providing reliable, cost-effective and competitive engineering solutions to the manufacturing industry, the company has established an unrivalled market worldwide through its textbooks on CAD/CAM software such as UGS NX, CATIA, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, Edge CAM, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Revit, and AutoCAD LT. Apart from being well appreciated for the simplicity of content, clarity of style, and the in-depth coverage of subject, the textbooks published by CADCIM have been translated in many languages including Italian, Japanese, Chinese,! and Russian.

Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: CADCIM Technologies (June 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932709096
• ISBN-13: 978-1932709094
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,283,624 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well written, July 28, 2005

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Anton (DeKalb, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Autodesk Inventor for Designers, Release 10 (Paperback)

This is one of those well written books that keep you interested all the time. Inventor itself is a very interesting tool and this book makes it more interesting. Good to see some real stuff in terms of models in this book. Overall it is a wonderful package.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not up to the level of Autodesk Inventor 10, February 4, 2006

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Joseph Nastasi (Hamilton, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Autodesk Inventor for Designers, Release 10 (Paperback)

This can't be the work of a university professor, the intellectual level is very mediocre, far blow the level of the product that it attempt to teach, Inventor 10 is meant to be for the high caliber designers.
Following are a few examples:
- The important and fundamental organizational concept of the "Project" in Inventor is covered in a short paragraph that covers less than half a page, no mention or use for it is to be found anywhere else.
- While explaining the feature of "Mirroring Components", the author talks about how to deal with "Mirrored" and "Reused" components, no effort is done to explain to the reader the difference between the two types, no examples are given.
- The only example for "Interference Analysis" is found in the exercises at the end of the chapter; the funny thing is that no interference is detected in that exercise.
(A tip to whoever wrote this chapter: you can do interference analysis by selecting only one set of components).
- All over the book, the features that are a bit advanced are barely mentioned or completely skipped, and the more obvious ones are explained to death.
- The exercises and tutorials are still the same old ones from previous versions, and from other books by the author, no effort is made to update and reflect the new features of the product.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I got all I needed, August 20, 2005

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Jamie (Baldwin City, KS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Autodesk Inventor for Designers, Release 10 (Paperback)

In this one book, I got all I needed to learn in AutoDesk Inventor. It covers every single bit of the necessary commands in all important modules of AI. I am glad that I purchased this book.