Pro/ENGINEER Tutorial (Release 20/2000i) (A Click by Click Primer) and MultiMedia CD (Paperback)

by Roger Toogood (Author) "We are going to cover a lot of introductory ground in this lesson..." (more)
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Product Description
The ten lessons in this tutorial introduce users to Pro/ENGINEER's design capabilities. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Schroff Development Corp; 4 edition (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887503935
• ISBN-13: 978-1887503938
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 9.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,957,606 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money..., December 13, 2000

By	Yuri Kuzyk "zentao" (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This book was really meant as a textbook for Toogood's class in CAD, given at the University of Alberta. As such, it is really apparent that he took his hand-written overheads and just typed them out in book format; that is, this book is not much help to those with real questions about Pro/E.

The lessons will be familiar to anyone who has taken the three-day course from either PTC or Rand - your binders have a lot more information than this book! The book is made even worse by the fact that there is no index; in this day of simply clicking the mouse to create an index this oversight is not forgiveable.

Toogood does not give any details on many of the more fundamental issues associated with Pro/E such as ensuring that the config.pro file is set correctly. There is also very little information on working on anything more complicated than basic models since the sections on drawings and assemblies are very weak.

The cd that comes with the book is not very good either; that is, if you can even view it. It should be in some other software and/or format since both of my computers come back with errors about "low system resources" when I try to run the program. In the end I had to find a rather old pc in order to run the disk. If you are the type of person who learns from listening to a disembodied voice drone on while an animated mouse points and clicks through Pro/E's many menus then this is the cd for you!

For the rest of us, I'd suggest spending your money on the PTC manuals or else taking one of the official courses. Considering the price of this book you are not getting your money's worth!

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to Pro/Engineer, January 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pro/ENGINEER Tutorial (Release 20) (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 had looked at most of the other Pro/Engineer books offerred by Amazon and selected this one based on its thoughtful step-by-step approach. The reaction from the 52 students in the class was extremely positive and they were 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.

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

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is very thorough, and easy to understand, May 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pro/ENGINEER Tutorial (Release 18/19) (Paperback)

This book is an excellent beginners guide to the field of 3D-modelling with Pro/E. It takes you through most of the basic features, and some of the more advanced ones, in 10 step by step easy to follow lessons. After completing this book you will be able to model fairly complex assembly's, and presenting them in a professional way, ready for for fabrication.