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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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). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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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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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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Below are the desired outcomes and usage competencies based upon completion of Project 1. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
outward check box, flashlight assembly, centerline collinear, usage competencies, custom sheet format, sketch plane, temporary axis, rebuild error, feature dialog box, mouse pointer displays, midpoint relation, distance mate, seed feature, coincident relation, modify dialog box, suppressed features, assembly modeling, sheet metal bends, flange bolt, cylindrical face, layout sketch, arc center point, offset plane, balloon text, spin box Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Engineering Design, Click Apply, Select the Sketch, Extrude the Sketch, Create the Sketch, Click Close, Click the Isometric, Drag the Rollback, Bill of Materials, Click Preview, Click Tools, Fundamentals of Drawing, Click the New, Solid Works, Click Save, Click the Convert Entities, Click the Save, Click Rebuild, Click View, Sketch Tools, Click the Add Relations, Coincident Mate, Click Component, Click Open, Click the Reverse New!
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Below are the desired outcomes and usage competencies based upon completion of Project 1. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
outward check box, flashlight assembly, centerline collinear, usage competencies, custom sheet format, sketch plane, temporary axis, rebuild error, feature dialog box, mouse pointer displays, midpoint relation, distance mate, seed feature, coincident relation, modify dialog box, suppressed features, assembly modeling, sheet metal bends, flange bolt, cylindrical face, layout sketch, arc center point, offset plane, balloon text, spin box Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Engineering Design, Click Apply, Select the Sketch, Extrude the Sketch, Create the Sketch, Click Close, Click the Isometric, Drag the Rollback, Bill of Materials, Click Preview, Click Tools, Fundamentals of Drawing, Click the New, Solid Works, Click Save, Click the Convert Entities, Click the Save, Click Rebuild, Click View, Sketch Tools, Click the Add Relations, Coincident Mate, Click Component, Click Open, Click the Reverse New!
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- Engineering Design Graphics (11th Edition) by James H. Earle in Front Matter
- Graphics for Engineers by Randolph P. Hoelscher in Front Matter
- Graphics for Engineers by James H. Earle in Front Matter
- Machining Fundamentals by John R. Walker in Front Matter
- An Introduction to Pro/SHEETMETAL (Release 20/2000i) by David C. Planchard in Front Matter
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