The Fundamentals of SolidWorks 2007 [Perfect Paperback]

David C. Planchard (Author), Marie P. Planchard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 2007

The Fundamentals of SolidWorks 2007 is designed for students, educators, hobbyists, and engineers to learn the basic principles of SolidWorks as it relates to the design of the VEXplorer robot. The VEXplorer is a 300 part robot kit manufactured by Innovation First, Inc. and Revell Inc. Innovation first engineers utilized SolidWorks to design the robot. Throughout this book, you will recreate VEXplorer components by developing SolidWorks parts, assemblies, drawings, photo-realistic renderings, analyses, and animations.

This book starts out with a basic overview of the concepts and terminology used throughout this book using SolidWorks software. Each chapter addresses key features and tools in SolidWorks. The chapters provide individual short practice tutorials to review the required competencies.

All models for the 40+ tutorials are provided on the CD enclosed with the book, along with their solutions.

Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Basic Theory and Drawing Theory
2. Cover Part, SimpleGear Part, and Gear Extension Part
3. Assembly Modeling
4. Drawing and eDrawing
5. PhotoWorks, COSMOSXpress, and Animator
Appendix
Index

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Marie Planchard is the Director of World Education Markets at SolidWorks Corporation. Before she joined SolidWorks, Marie spent over 10 years as an engineering professor at Mass Bay College in Wellesley Hills, MA. She has 14 plus years of industry experience and held a variety of management and engineering positions. Marie was the founder of the New England SolidWorks Users Group and is an active corporate council member of the American Society of Engineering Education. Marie holds a BSME, MSME and the Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) Certification.

David Planchard is the President of D & M Education, LLC. Before starting D & M Education LLC, he spent over 27 years in industry and academia holding various Engineering and Marketing positions. He has five U.S. patents and one International patent. He has published and authored numerous papers on equipment design. He is a member of the New England Pro/Users Group, New England SolidWorks Users Group, and the Cisco Regional Academy Users Group. David holds a BSME and a MSM. David is a SolidWorks Research Partner and a SolidWorks Solution Partner and holds the Certified SolidWorks Associate CSWA Certification.

David and Marie Planchard are co-authors of the following books:

• Official Certified SolidWorks Associate CSWA Exam Guide, Version 1
• A Commands Guide Tutorial for SolidWorks 2007
• The Fundamentals of SolidWorks 2007
• Engineering Design with SolidWorks 1999, 2000, 2001, 2001Plus, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007
• SolidWorks Tutorial with Multimedia CD 2001/2001Plus, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
• SolidWorks The Basics, with Multimedia CD 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007
• Assembly Modeling with SolidWorks 2001Plus, 2003, 2004/2005, and 2006
• Drawing and Detailing with SolidWorks 2001/2001Plus, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007
• Applications in Sheet Metal Using Pro/SHEETMETAL & Pro/ENGINEER
• An Introduction to Pro/SHEETMETAL

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 127 pages
• Publisher: Schroff Development Corporation (September 12, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158503410X
• ISBN-13: 978-1585034109
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,780,916 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!

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well done.. A classroom tool, December 29, 2007

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This review is from: The Fundamentals of SolidWorks 2007 (Perfect Paperback)

When my technology director asked me to create a pre-engineering class, I didn't know where to start. After talking to some high tech parents, they introduced me to SolidWorks. The students love it. It was so easy to get started and now my students are better than me. But I wanted to do more so I bought a VEX robot kit.

This book is a great way to combine learning CAD and building actually robots. The book takes students through making parts and in less than a week, students are creating parts on their own. With the book, my students have instructions on how to model the parts and compare to the actual parts. Then they assemble the parts in different configurations. Combining this book with VEX robot kit has been an affordable way to introduce engineering into the classroom. On parent's night, students present their portfolios complete with drawings. My director is happy, my students are happy and next term I have a full enrollment.