Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 Tutorial and MultiMedia CD [Paperback]

Roger Toogood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 17, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1585033073 | ISBN-13: 978-1585033072

The ten lessons in this tutorial introduce students to Pro/ENGINEER's design capabilities.

Table of Contents

1. User Interface, View Controls and Model Structure
2. Creating a Simple Object (Part I)
3. Creating a Simple Object (Part II)
4. Revolved Protrusions, Mirror Copies, Rounds, and Chamfers
5. Modeling Utilities and the 3 R’s
6. Datum Planes and Sketcher Tools
7. Patterns and Copies
8. Engineering Drawings
9. Assembly Fundamentals
10. Assembly Operations
11. Sweeps and Blends
Appendix : Interface Customization
Index

Product Details

• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: Schroff Development Corporation (April 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585033073
• ISBN-13: 978-1585033072
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #656,890 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent ProE Introduction, July 7, 2006

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Robert B. Jerard (Durham, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 Tutorial and MultiMedia CD (Paperback)

I am a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of New Hampshire. I used this book to introduce a Freshman level design course to the use of Pro/Engineer. I selected this one based on its thoughtful step-by-step approach. Toogood also keeps his book up to date with a new edition for each new release of ProE. The reaction from the students in the class is generally positive and they are able to progress through the ten lessons at the rate of about one per week.

Because the author, Toogood, has experience in teaching this material to his own students he correctly anticipates where they are likely to be confused or make mistakes. The text is very good at anticipating these pitfalls and explaining how to avoid them.

I also used the text as the basis for a "short course" taught to upper level undergraduates. We were able to progress through the material at the rate of two lessons per day, making the ten lessons fit nicely into a one week course.

Just commenting on some of the negative statements made by reviewers of the Wildfire 2.0 book; this is an introductory book, but it contains about as much information as I can expect my students to absorb in an introductory course. While not perfect, it is pretty good and certainly doesn't contain the numerous errors claimed by some reviewers.

Overall, this is an excellent introduction to a powerful CAD package and I recommend it highly.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pro/e WF3 review, May 27, 2008

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Douglas Brummett "dbrummett" (Huntsville, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 Tutorial and MultiMedia CD (Paperback)

Pretty much as advertised. This manual is helpful for the beginner, but a current user will end up finding it a bit slim on real world applications. It is not as thorough as a real user guide.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good beginner tutorial., March 2, 2008

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The Engineering Guy (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 Tutorial and MultiMedia CD (Paperback)

This tutorial is great for beginners who are using Pro/E Wildfire 3.0 for the first time. It doesn't cover some of the really advanced features, but Pro/E is just to deep of a program for that to be possible. Overall, it's an excellent book to teach the ins and outs of Pro/E, and it gets you very comfortable with designing almost anything imaginable. My one complaint is that, at times, the tutorial seems to get a bit wordy.