Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2004 and MultiMedia CD (Vol's. 1 & 2) [Paperback]

David Planchard (Author), Marie Planchard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 25, 2004

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 706 pages
• Publisher: Schroff Development Corp. Publications (February 25, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585031631
• ISBN-13: 978-1585031634
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,691,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David Planchard is the Founder of D&M Education LLC. Before starting D&M Education, he spent over 27 years in industry and academia holding various engineering, marketing, and teaching positions and degrees. He holds five U.S. patents and one International patent. He has published and authored numerous papers on Machine Design, Product Design, Mechanics of Materials, and Solid Modeling.

David is an Adjunct Faculty member at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the Mechanical Engineering department and has been a SolidWorks Solution Partner for the past 11 years. David has written over 40 books on SolidWorks, many with a Multimedia CD targeted for the beginner to intermediate user. His books have ranked first in sells for the past nine years and are used by many of the top Engineering schools around the world!

Dave's goal is to write clear, concise, and well illustrated step-by-step and short tutorial SolidWorks books for professionals, colleges, universities, technical institutes, and secondary institutions. Learn by doing, not just by reading!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great 2004 SW book for begineers to intermediates, May 11, 2004

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Craig W. Somerton (San Fransisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2004 and MultiMedia CD (Vol's. 1 & 2) (Paperback)

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.

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, could have been better, July 27, 2004

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Muthazhagu Palanisamy (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2004 and MultiMedia CD (Vol's. 1 & 2) (Paperback)

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!!!

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good 2004 Book, April 11, 2004

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"tafaaw" (Fall River, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2004 and MultiMedia CD (Vol's. 1 & 2) (Paperback)

This book does an good job of teaching basic to intermediate techniques. I like this book because it is very clearly written and gives you instructions step by step: "Click the front plane" and "Click the rectangle" and so on. There are lots of graphics, pictures and examples to help you along. The CD contains lots of movies about the projects and extra tips to show you how to just do it. I recommend this book for the new user.