SolidWorks 2003 Tutorial and MultiMedia CD [Paperback]

David Planchard (Author), Marie Planchard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2003

This text provides a quick introduction to SolidWorks. Its focus is to provide a solid foundation in SolidWorks by utilizing projects with step-by-step instructions. 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.

This book is accompanied by a CD that contains a complete audio/visual presentation of all the tutorial lessons contained in the book. The CD gives the SolidWorks user the opportunity to get a feel for how SolidWorks works.

Product Details

• Paperback: 254 pages
• Publisher: Schroff Development Corporation (July 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585031313
• ISBN-13: 978-1585031313
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,798,933 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

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45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn at Your Own Pace, October 19, 2003

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Mike J. Wilson (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SolidWorks 2003 Tutorial and MultiMedia CD (Paperback)

This and other SolidWorks books by Dave and Marie Planchard are simply the best out there. Students, Other CAD users and anyone wishing to enter a fun and exciting field, finally have a chance to learn the most popular (and in my opinion the BEST) CAD software out there... SolidWorks. Now anyone can afford to educate themselves on their own time, at their own pace and not have to pay the hundreds or even thousands of dollars for a class.

THANK YOU Dave and Marie!!

46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a concept for a book!, September 24, 2003

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"htshtfy" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SolidWorks 2003 Tutorial and MultiMedia CD (Paperback)

I first saw the GearsEds assembly utilized in the book at BattleBots IQ. What a great concept!

The authors take you through a systematic series of assemblies that combine 70+ components in SolidWorks - you don't design them all. Instead you model the machined parts and obtain the pneumatic assembly models from the manufacturer.

This book is filled with first-rate extruded part modeling and assembly techniques with symmetry, patterns and reusing information. Concentration is on good extruded parts that won't fail to rebuild in an assembly.

Assembly mates are well organized to promote linear and rotational motion. The CD included with the book, created by the authors shows you all the steps. I viewed the CD before I read each project. This was a real time saver.

If you are new to SolidWorks - this is the book to start with.

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for the classroom: New users, September 8, 2003

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Jeep Pongonga (Billerica, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SolidWorks 2003 Tutorial and MultiMedia CD (Paperback)

If you really want to learn SolidWorks fast and you like to have a CD that supplements the book, this is the book for you. The CD contained in the book makes it very easy to follow the instructions. The book is loaded with pictures that are great for the new user. I went through the SolidWorks Tutorials but wanted more. The industry examples are filled with great tips along the way. The authors clearly explain how to address drawing templates and sheet formats. The SolidWorks icon tables and clear definitions of features were a great help.

I have been teaching Autocad, CADKEY and Manual Drafting for too many years. When my department switched to SolidWorks, I didn't really want to change all my lecture notes and books. I worked through all the projects in this book as a new user. The instructions were very clear, I could follow them and more importantly my students can follow them too. Believe it or not -sometimes my students miss class!!! Now after a lecture, if you still do not understand the materials, "Watch the CD and look how it's done." What a great teaching tool to learn SolidWorks. Interwoven throughout the projects are engineering situations that stress life long learning skills, communications and standards that ABET is always looking for.