Beginner's Guide to SolidWorks 2007 [Paperback]

Alejandro Reyes (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1585033480 | ISBN-13: 978-1585033485 | Publication Date: April 16, 2007

The purpose of Beginner's Guide to SolidWorks 2007 is to help the student learn the basic concepts of SolidWorks and good solid modeling practices in an easy to follow guide. It is intended for the new SolidWorks user, users with experience in different CAD systems, and as a teaching aid in classroom training. After completing the exercises in this book, the student will have a good understanding of the SolidWorks interface and the most commonly used commands for part modeling, assembly and detailing by completing a project designing all the components, their 2D drawings and assembly drawing with Bill of Materials. The book is focused on the processes to complete a certain task, instead of focusing on individual operations, which are generally simple enough to learn.

Table of Contents
1. The SolidWorks Interface
2. Part Modeling
3. Detail Drawing
4. Assembly Modeling
5. Final Comments
Appendix
Index

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Alejandro Reyes obtained his engineering degree from the Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Juárez in Mexico as an electro-mechanical engineer; upon finishing he obtained a scholarship for a Masters Degree in the University of Texas at El Paso in mechanical design, with strong focus in Materials Science and Finite Element Analysis.

Currently Alejandro is the President of MechaniCAD Inc., a SolidWorks Authorized Training, Testing and Support Center in El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico. He has been a Certified SolidWorks Instructor and Support Technician since 1998, Certified SolidWorks Professional and COSMOSWorks Certified Support Technician.

Product Details

• Paperback: 218 pages
• Publisher: Schroff Development Corporation (April 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585033480
• ISBN-13: 978-1585033485
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,168,433 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #96 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Graphics & Multimedia > Solid Works

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the book for me, April 24, 2007

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James York (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginner's Guide to SolidWorks 2007 (Paperback)

I received a free instructor evaluation copy of this book. I was expecting more from an author who is an Authorized SolidWorks trainer. The book only addresses the basic fundamentals of SolidWorks, and reads mostly like the SolidWorks Help section which is provided free with the software. The Drawing section: No configurations, design tables, Custom Properties, Task Pane, Annotation Notes,etc. and Assembly sections: No SmartMates, very few standard Standard Mates, no Parent/Child relations, Smart Fastners, InContext, etc. are very weak with few and simple examples.

I do agree with a few reviewers on his 2006 book, which looks the same as his 2007 book. "Once a skill is covered in the book, the author assumes that the reader now knows how to do that task." This is not good in a classroom environment. At 200 pages, there is about 150 pages that provides information. This is not the book for me.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beginners Guide to Solidworks 2007, February 3, 2008

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M. Tumbleson "mt" (AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginner's Guide to SolidWorks 2007 (Paperback)

Beginners beware!

This title will lead you to believe it is for beginners, but really it isn't. I had zero knowledge of Solidworks when I got this manual hoping it would give me a good start, but found myself scratching my head in every other operation.

Vital information is left out leaving the student on his own trying to find out how to activate functions in order to move forward. On average it took an hour or more to figure out operations that should take a few seconds, if the instructor would have given complete instructions.

Perhaps I understand the program better now, but it was extremely frustration trying to figure it out on my own, which is why I purchased the manual in the first place. All in all many, many hours of the student time are wasted because of a lack of good instruction. The instructor should evaluate his writing by letting students with NO experience in the program critique the book and its problems.