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SolidWorks For Dummies

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Whether it’s your first venture into 3D technical drawing software or you’re switching to SolidWorks from something else, you’re probably excited about what this CAD program has to offer. Chances are, you figure it’s going to take awhile to get the hang of it before you can begin cranking out those perfectly precise 3D designs. SolidWorks For Dummies, 2^nd Edition, can help you dramatically shorten that get-acquainted period!
SolidWorks For Dummies, 2^nd Edition will help you get up and running quickly on the leading 3D technical drawing software. You’ll see how to set up SolidWorks to create the type of drawings your industry requires and how to take full advantage of its legendary 3D features. You’ll discover how to:
Work with virtual prototypes
Understand the user interface
Use templates and sketch, assemble, and create drawings
Automate the drawing process
Review drawings and collaborate with other team members
Define and edit sketches
Create dimensions and annotations
Print or plot your drawings
Leverage existing designs
Sample files on the bonus CD-ROM show you how to apply the latest version of SolidWorks and accomplish specific tasks. Even if you’re brand-new to CAD software, SolidWorks For Dummies, 2^nd Edition will have you feeling like a pro in no time. You’ll find you’ve entered a whole new dimension.
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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Product Details

Author:	Greg Jankowski
Paperback:	384 pages
Publisher:	For Dummies
Publication Date:	November 12, 2007
Language:	English
ISBN:	0470129786
Product Length:	7.5 inches
Product Width:	0.81 inches
Product Height:	9.3 inches
Product Weight:	0.01 pounds
Package Length:	9.21 inches
Package Width:	7.32 inches
Package Height:	0.94 inches
Package Weight:	1.32 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 20 reviews

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51 of 52 found the following review helpful:

Good Sales tool for SW, poor book Nov 30, 2005 By R. Halter
The book spends the first 52 out of 322 pages explaining to the reader how to establish and setup a SW session. It is not until page 81 that it addresses the Feature toolbar. There are a few areas in this book that provides sound engineering design principles for any user, using any 2D or 3D software package. The book is very disappointing with the lack of specific usefully information on using SW and sounds more like a marketing and sales pitch / tool for purchasing SW.

Chapter 10 informs the reader on 10 places to go, to learn SW. I wanted the book to do this!

The enclosed CD includes Case Studies, Customer testimonials and Sales and Marketing hoopla. The CD is totally worthless for someone who purchased the book to learn SW. If I wanted Sales literature, I would have obtained free literature through a VAR.

40 of 42 found the following review helpful:

Do not recommend Jan 13, 2006 By A. Brayyen
I wanted a book that would provide a high level of overall understanding of SW quickly. I am new to SW. I've been teaching AutoCAD for over 4 years. I purchased this book with an understanding of the Dummy series. I was very disappointed with the lack of information for the new user. It seems that the book is targeted towards a user which has a basic understanding of the Software and that needs to understand the changes between the last version and now. I was not amused or informed.

37 of 39 found the following review helpful:

Good Book if You Already Know SolidWorks Nov 17, 2005 By John Matlock "Gunny"
I have a project that I need to design. It's a simple assembly of a handful of pieces of sheetmetal combined with a few purchased components. It appears that SolidWorks would be a good software package to use in producing the drawings that I need. But I've never used it before so decided to start with this book to see if this was the software package I wanted to buy.

I think this book is aimed, not for the Dummy, but for someone who is already using the product. For instance in Chapter 1 he spends a couple of pages on What's New in SolidWorks 2006. Among the new things is 3D Annotations Views (ASME 14.41-2003). That's good (I guess), but pretty useless for us Dummies. In Chapter 2 he starts by describing eight different types of documents that SolidWorks uses. One of these is 'Macro.' I'm a long ways from needing macros.

In Chapter 3 he starts out saying to sketch out what you need first. Now I'm beginning to understand. But a little more tutorial on taking this sketch and putting it on screen would be good.

Conclusion. Good Book is you already know SolidWorks and want to move on to be a better designer. As for the software, it looks pretty complex to me.

18 of 19 found the following review helpful:

Waste of money Feb 15, 2007 By Lost in Space
This book is written by the Solidworks Customer Satisfaction Manager.

He rehashes the same stuff as in the Solidworks Essentials manual that comes with the software.

I found it virtually useless.
I was seeking a different viewpoint in the hopes of gaining a better grasp of the many vague issues in the manual.

16 of 17 found the following review helpful:

I paid [...] for an infomercial Feb 05, 2007 By R. Phillips "sekhmet1"
I love the dummies series, so I was greatly dissapointed by this book. I needed a solidworks tutorial because I found the help files and "basic" tutorials that come with solidworks to be too advanced. When this book is not tooting its own horn on how great solidworks is, then it is way too technical for the beginner. I am a designer, not an engineer. I am hired for the look of a product, not for how it is molded. This book assumes too much. I had to look up chamfer and fillet on Wikipedia, as this books skips the basics and launches into a thou-shalt-sketch-like-this. (again, I am NOT AN ENGINEER) I understand that engineers out there would find this book too basic because it takes half the book outlining anal-retentive ways of structuring workload before launching into actually making anything. [...].

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