SolidWorks for Designers Release 2003 [Paperback]

Sham Tickoo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 16, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0966353757 | ISBN-13: 978-0966353754

SolidWorks for Designers Release 2003 is a book that is written with an intent of helping the people who are into 3D design. This book is written with the tutorial point of view with learn-by-doing as the theme. The mechanical engineering industry examples and tutorials are used in this book to ensure that the user can relate his knowledge of this book with the actual mechanical industry designs.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Sham Tickoo is a professor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Purdue University Calumet. He has been in the education and training since 1981 and joined Purdue University in the year 1987. Since then he has been teaching drafting and design, AutoCAD, AutoLISP, 3ds max, 3ds viz, Mechanical Desktop, Pro/Engineer, Autodesk Inventor, etc.

Prof. Tickoo is also one of the best known authors of CAD/CAM books in the world market. He has authored a number of books on the latest CAD/CAM technology. He is one of the very few authors in the world whose books are translated and sold in the countries like Italy, China, Philippines, and Russia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 816 pages
• Publisher: Cadcim Technologies (May 16, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966353757
• ISBN-13: 978-0966353754
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,802,582 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars An Advance Book?, October 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: SolidWorks for Designers Release 2003 (Paperback)

I used the SolidWorks for Desingers Release 2003 book by Sham Tickoo for the last three months. This book IS NOT for the new user and is not one of his better written books.

I used the technical support, and I was very disappointed in their response time and ANSWERS to my questions. NOte: I felt that they did not want to take the time to address my issues.

The author has PowerPoint presentations available for teachers. I do not teach, but I was not impressed with the quality of the PowerPoint presentations. I would not use them to teach fellow colleagues.

I found many typos and mistakes in the book. I have used other books written from this author, and they were much better. I will not purchase another SolidWorks book from Sham.

The layout of the SolidWorks book is confusing. Sham jumps back and forth between advance and beginning topics leaving large gaps in various areas, even for the advance user. I hope Sham does not teach this way?

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a good reference or text book, September 14, 2003

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"tallboy15" (PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SolidWorks for Designers Release 2003 (Paperback)

I am a new SolidWorks professional who took a SoldWorks summer course at a four year college. We worked through the chapters of this book for 7 weeks. Quite a few students struggled trying to use and follow the text. The instructor was great.

I wish the instructor did not use this book...

The tutorials in the book were not very useful and were filled with mistakes. I have over 15 years of industry design experience. I had trouble obtaining access and information from his, "SHAM" website on the advanced chapters.

I would not suggest this book. This is not a good reference text.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as his other Pro/E books, October 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: SolidWorks for Designers Release 2003 (Paperback)

I am a professor that teaches 3D design at a leading University in CA. I had a few students that read reviews on Amazon.com on this book and recommended the book to me. I received a free review copy of this book from my book rep.

I have been using and teaching SolidWorks for the past three years. It is a great 3D design tool. The Author of "SolidWorks for Designers Release 2003", Sham Tickoo has a good name in the industry for CAD and Pro/E.

At reviewing the book, I would not adopt this book for my class even if my book representative provided the books to me for free. The book is riddled with mistakes, incomplete areas and solutions. Sham uses the term, "Real world" examples in each chapter. I question if he really understands the word of "Real World" with his examples and solutions that is provided in the book.

A good part of this book is that Sham provides teaching aids, but I question the quality of these tools for faculty or for individual users.