This text focuses on providing a solid foundation in SolidWorks along with a competency based project approach. Commands are introduced in a step-by-step manner. Each chapter addresses a progressive learning approach, lists desired outcomes and usage competencies, and identifies a project with reflective information on the previous project situation. The book complements the on-line tutorials contained within SolidWorks.
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About the Author
Marie Planchard is Engineering Chair at Mass Bay in Wellesley Hills, MA. Before developing the CAD program, she spent 13 years in industry and held a variety of High Tech management positions including Beta Test Manager for CAD software at Computervision Corporation. She is Vice-President of the New England Pro/Users Group, an active member of the SolidWorks Educational Advisory Board, a SolidWorks Research Partner, and coordinator for the New England SolidWorks Users Group.
David Planchard is the Director of Corporate Technology Programs at Middlesex Community College, in Bedford, MA. Before entering academia, he started his own Semiconductor Capital equipment company and spent 19 years in the Semiconductor industry in various Engineering and Marketing positions. He holds five U. S. Patents and one International. He is a member of the New England Pro/Users Group and the Cisco Regional Academy User group.
David and Marie Planchard are co-founders of D&M Engineering Inc. They are co-authors of the books An Introduction to Pro/SHEETMETAL (SDC Publications, 1999).
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This review is from: Engineering Design with SolidWorks 99 (Paperback)
This is the first time I ever wrote a book review - engineers do not like to write! But in this case I am making an exception. This is a great book. The book helped me to apply SolidWorks in my job. I liked it because I could follow every step. There are numerous pictures to assist the new SolidWorks user like me. The book quickly brought me up to speed on SolidWorks. It made me aware of the various project team issues which need to be addressed in a design environment. It provided real life situations between sales, engineering and manufacturing. This was great. This is the first book I've seen that addressed Top Down assembly. More books should be written this way. PS - The reproduction quality of the pictures could be improved.
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This review is from: Engineering Design with SolidWorks 99 (Paperback)
Finally, a book that talks about using SolidWorks in a true "Real world engineering environment". The authors definitely understand real world design issues with customers, manufacturing and sales that I face every day! The clear step-by-step instruction made it easy to work through machined parts, plastic parts and sheet metal parts. All projects are presented from the assembly point of view. Great idea! I learned a lot about why parts fail to rebuild and how to correct them. The project on Top Down design using a sheet metal part was great.
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This review is from: Engineering Design with SolidWorks 99 (Paperback)
This is a great book. I would highly recommend this book for all user levels. I agree with the other reviews in that the authors present a clear and precise picture in using SolidWorks with a understanding of the real world. The sample reveiw questions and exercises in the back of each chapter are good. I enjoyed the information in Chapter 6 on Rapid Prototyping files and the Top down design approach in Chapter 7 is awesome.
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The understanding of the customer's design requirements and desires. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flashlight assembly, centerline collinear, front circular face, temporary axis, sketch plane, usage competencies, rebuild error, feature dialog box, mouse pointer displays, coincident relation, distance mate, seed feature, sheet metal bends, suppressed features, cylindrical face, flange bolt, arc center point, offset plane, click the dimension, type list box, layout sketch, draft angle, graphics window, spin box, assembly window Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Engineering Design, Select the Sketch, Click Apply, Create the Sketch, Extrude the Sketch, Click Close, Click the Isometric, Bill of Materials, Drag the Rollback, Fundamentals of Drawing, Click Preview, Click the New, Click the Convert Entities, Click Tools, Click Save, Click the Add Relations, Click the Save, Click Rebuild, Coincident Mate, Click Show, Click the Reverse, Lighting Front, Annotations Figure, Circular Pattern, Rename Boss New!
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The understanding of the customer's design requirements and desires. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flashlight assembly, centerline collinear, front circular face, temporary axis, sketch plane, usage competencies, rebuild error, feature dialog box, mouse pointer displays, coincident relation, distance mate, seed feature, sheet metal bends, suppressed features, cylindrical face, flange bolt, arc center point, offset plane, click the dimension, type list box, layout sketch, draft angle, graphics window, spin box, assembly window Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Engineering Design, Select the Sketch, Click Apply, Create the Sketch, Extrude the Sketch, Click Close, Click the Isometric, Bill of Materials, Drag the Rollback, Fundamentals of Drawing, Click Preview, Click the New, Click the Convert Entities, Click Tools, Click Save, Click the Add Relations, Click the Save, Click Rebuild, Coincident Mate, Click Show, Click the Reverse, Lighting Front, Annotations Figure, Circular Pattern, Rename Boss New!
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- Machining Fundamentals by John R. Walker in Front Matter
- Sheet Metal by Leo A. Meyer in Front Matter
- Sun Microsystems by Vault Reports in Front Matter
- An Introduction to Pro/SHEETMETAL (Release 20/2000i) by David C. Planchard in Front Matter
- Engineering Drawing And Design Student Edition 2002 by Cecil Jensen in Front Matter
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