Learn to effectively create, modify, and edit sketches and solid features using the latest release of one of the most popular software programs in the industry, SolidWorks 2008. A Commands Guide for SolidWorks 2008 offers readers a comprehensive reference guide that begins with an overview of the software's concepts and terminology. Subsequent chapters address System and Document properties, FeatureManagers, PropertyManagers, ConfigurationManagers, and RenderManagers as well as 2D and 3D sketch tools, sketch entities, and more. This thorough coverage provides readers with a solid understanding of the techniques for reusing features, parts, and assemblies through symmetry, patterns, copied components, design tables, and configurations. The perfect resource for users with beginner to intermediate-level experience with SolidWorks, this book illustrates clearly and carefully how multiple design situations and systematic steps combine to produce successful designs.

A Commands Guide For Solidworks 2008

Arts & Photography

Planchard, David

Planchard, Marie

Graphic Design

Delmar/Cengage Learning

If you're looking for an authorized, reliable guide to prepare you to pass the Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) exam, look no further-this is the only authorized CSWA preparation exam guide on the market today. Official Certified SolidWorks Associate CSWA Exam Guide covers the key topics contained on the exam with the aim of helping readers to master each topic as well as the exam itself. The book is more than a collection of practice exam questions because it also devotes attention to the concepts and implementation details that underlie the CSWA process, providing readers with a thorough and comprehensive foundation in SolidWorks. Each chapter includes specially crafted features that introduce key CSWA exam topics, explain them in detail, give the reader an opportunity to apply them in short tutorials, and identify areas of weakness. Ideal for anyone with a basic knowledge of SolidWorks and engineering fundamentals, this book will help you get the certification you need to land the best jobs, get the best promotions, and become a successful professional.

Official Certified Solidworks Associate CSWA Exam Book

Computers & Technology

Certification

Certified SolidWorks 2008 Associate CSWA Exam Guide covers the key topics contained on the exam with the aim of helping readers to master each topic as well as the exam itself. The book is more than a collection of practice exam questions because it also devotes attention to the concepts and implementation details that underlie the CSWA process, providing readers with a thorough and comprehensive foundation in SolidWorks. Each chapter in this book is geared toward helping you discover the topics that are on the CSWA exam, pinpoint where you have a knowledge deficiency, and determine what you need to know to master these topics. Ideal for anyone with a basic knowledge of SolidWorks and engineering fundamentals, this book will help you get the certification you need to land the best jobs, get the best promotions, and become a successful professional.

Certified SolidWorks 2008 Associate CSWA Exam Guide

This perfect resource for users with beginner to intermediate-level experience with SolidWorks illustrates clearly and carefully how multiple design situations and systematic steps combine to produce successful designs, and offers readers a comprehensive reference guide that begins with an overview of the software's concepts and terminology. Create, modify, and edit sketches and solid features using the latest release of one of the most popular software programs in the industry, SolidWorks 2009. Subsequent chapters address System and Document properties, FeatureManagers, PropertyManagers, ConfigurationManagers, and RenderManagers as well as 2D and 3D sketch tools, sketch entities, and more. This thorough coverage provides readers with a solid understanding of the techniques for reusing features, parts, and assemblies through symmetry, patterns, copied components, design tables, and configurations.

A Commands Guide for SolidWorks 2009

Programming

Cengage Learning'

This text focuses on providing a solid foundation in SolidWorks along with a competency based project approach. Commands are introduced in a step-by-step manner. 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. The book complements the on-line tutorials contained within SolidWorks. 
New in this edition: There are more illustrations and more exercises, plus this book includes a MultiMedia CD prepared by the author to support the Projects. 
Please note: Project 7 - Injection Molded Part Design Basics found in earlier editions is now covered in Assembly Modeling with SolidWorks 2003.

Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2003 and MultiMedia CD

Schroff Development Corporation

Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2004 &amp; Multimedia CD is written to assist students, designers, engineers and professionals. The book is focused on providing a solid foundation in SolidWorks by utilizing projects with step-by-step instructions. 
The authors developed project scenarios by combining over 35 years of industry experience with the knowledge of engineers, managers, vendors and manufacturers who utilize SolidWorks daily to create simple and complex parts, assemblies and drawings. 
The Multimedia CD contained in the book provides over 4 hours of flash movie files to enhance your knowledge through visual learning and applications. The Multimedia CD contains: an overview of the SolidWorks philosophy, user interface, menus, toolbars, commands, step-by-step modeling actions, design and modeling tips and feature review with corresponding models. 
Exercises and projects in the book were developed both from an industry and academic perspective. Over fifty exercises are provided from industry suppliers including: Alden Products, Boston Gear, DE-STA-CO Industries, Emerson-EPT, Emhart Fastening Teknologies, a Black &amp; Decker Company, ENERPAC, MicroGroup, Inc., Reid Tool Supply Co, 80/20 Inc. and PEM Fastening Systems, SMC Corporation of America and Gears Educational Systems.

Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2004 and MultiMedia CD (Vol's. 1 & 2)

Schroff Development Corp. Publications

SolidWorks 2004 Tutorial is written to assist students, designers, engineers and professionals. The book provides a introduction to the user interface, menus, toolbars, concepts and modeling techniques of SolidWorks to create parts, assemblies and drawings. Follow the step-by-step instructions and develop multiple assemblies that combine over 80 extruded machined parts and components. Formulate the skills to create, modify and edit sketches and solid features. Learn the techniques to reuse features, parts and assemblies through symmetry, patterns, copied components, design tables and configurations. Review 2 hours of flash movie files that follow the steps in the book. Desired outcomes and usage competencies are listed for each project. Know your objective up front. Follow the steps in Project 1 through Project 4 to achieve your design goals. Work between multiple documents, features, commands and custom properties that represent how engineers and designers utilize SolidWorks in industry. Review individual features, commands and tools at the end of each project with the Multimedia CD. The projects contain exercises. The exercises analyze and examine usage competencies.

SolidWorks 2004 Tutorial and MultiMedia CD

Business & Money

Schroff Development Corp.

Drawing and Detailing with SolidWorks 2014 is written to educate and assist students, designers, engineers, and professionals in the drawing and detailing tools of SolidWorks. Explore the learning process through a series of design situations, industry scenarios, projects, and objectives target towards the beginning to intermediate SolidWorks user. Work through numerous activities to create multiple-view, multiple-sheet, detailed drawings, and assembly drawings. Develop Drawing templates, Sheet formats, and Custom Properties. Construct drawings that incorporate part configurations, assembly configurations, and design tables with equations. Manipulate annotations in parts, drawings, assemblies, Revision tables, Bills of Materials and more. The book provides information and examples in the following areas: <ul>
<li>History of engineering graphics, manual sketching techniques, orthographic projection, isometric projection, multi-view drawings, dimensioning practices, fasteners in general, tolerance and fit and the history of CAD leading to the development of SolidWorks. </li>
<li>Start a SolidWorks 2014 session and to understand the following interfaces: Menu bar toolbar, Menu bar menu, Drop-down menus, Context toolbars, Consolidated drop-down toolbars, System feedback icons, Confirmation Corner, Heads-up View toolbar, Document Properties and more. </li>
<li>Apply Document Properties to reflect the ASME Y14 Engineering Drawing and related Drawing Practices. </li>
<li>Import an AutoCAD file as a Sheet format. Insert SolidWorks System Properties and Custom properties. </li>
<li>Create new SolidWorks Document tabs. </li>
<li>Create multi-sheet drawings from various part configurations and develop the following drawing views: Standard, Isometric, Auxiliary, Section, Broken Section, Detail, Half Section (Cut-away), Crop, Projected Back, with a Bill of Materials and a Revision Table and Revisions. </li> <li>Insert and edit: Dimensions, Feature Control Frames, Datums, Geometric Tolerancing, Surface Finishes, and Weld Symbols using DimXpert and manual techniques. </li> <li>Create, apply, and save Blocks and Parametric Notes in a drawing. </li> </ul>
Chapter 10 provides a bonus section on the Certified SolidWorks Associate CSWA program with sample exam questions and initial and final SolidWorks models.
The book is designed to compliment the SolidWorks Users Guide, SolidWorks Reference Guide, Standards, Engineering Drawing/Design and Graphics Communications reference books. The authors recognize that companies utilize additional drawing standards. The authors developed the industry scenarios by combining industry experience with their knowledge of engineers, sales, vendors and manufacturers. These professionals are directly involved with SolidWorks everyday. Their work goes far beyond a simple drawing with a few dimensions. They create detailed drawings, assembly drawings, marketing drawings and customer drawings. SolidWorks users work between drawings, parts, assemblies and many other documents to complete a project on time. Table of Contents
 Introduction<ol>
<li>History of Engineering Graphics</li>
<li>Isometric Projection and Multi View Drawings</li>
<li>Dimensioning Practices, Tolerancing and Fasteners</li>
<li>SolidWorks 2014 User Interface</li>
<li>Drawing Templates and Sheet Formats</li>
<li>Drawings and Various Drawing Views</li>
<li>Fundamentals of Detailing</li>
<li>Assembly Drawings</li>
<li>Datums, Feature Control Frames, Geeometric Tolerancing and other Drawing symbols</li>
<li>Introduction to the Certified SolidWorks Associate CSWA Exam </li> </ol>
 Appendix Index

Drawing and Detailing with SolidWorks 2014

Computer Science

SDC Publications

SOLIDWORKS 2016 Reference Guide with video instruction is a comprehensive text written to assist beginner to intermediate users of SOLIDWORKS. SOLIDWORKS is an immense software package, and no one book can cover all topics for all users. The book provides a centralized reference location to address many of the System and Document properties, FeatureManager, PropertyManager, ConfigurationManager, and RenderManager along with 2D and 3D sketch tools, sketch entities, 3D feature tools, Sheet Metal, Motion Study, SOLIDWORKS Simulation, PhotoView 360, Pack and Go, 3D PDFs, Intelligent Modeling techniques, 3D printing and more. Chapter 1 provides a basic overview of the concepts and terminology used throughout this book using SOLIDWORKS 2016 software. If you are completely new to SOLIDWORKS, you should read Chapter 1 in detail and complete Lesson 1, Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 in the SOLIDWORKS Tutorials. If you are familiar with an earlier release of SOLIDWORKS, you still might want to skim Chapter 1 to be acquainted with some of the commands, menus and features that you have not used, or you can simply jump to any section in any chapter. Each chapter provides detailed PropertyManager information on key topics with individual stand-alone short tutorials to reinforce and demonstrate the functionality and ease of the SOLIDWORKS tool or feature. The book provides access to over 240 models, their solutions and additional support materials. Learn by doing, not just by reading. Formulate the skills to create, modify and edit sketches and solid features. Learn the techniques to reuse features, parts and assemblies through symmetry, patterns, copied components, design tables and configurations. The book is designed to complement the Online Tutorials and Online Help contained in SOLIDWORKS 2016. The goal is to illustrate how multiple design situations and systematic steps combine to produce successful designs. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Quick Start 2. System Options 3. Document Properties 4. Design Intent, Sketching and Sketch Entities 5. Sketch Tools, Geometric Relations and Dimensions/Relations Tools 6. Extruded Boss/Base, Extruded Cut, Fillet and Cosmetic Features 7. Revolved, Hole, Hole Wizard, Dome, Curve and Thread Feature 8. Shell, Draft, Rib, Scale and Intersection Feature 9. Pattern Features, Mirror Features and Coordinate System 10. Swept, Lofted, Wrap, Flex, and Freeform Feature 11. Bottom-Up Assembly Modeling and More 12. Top-Down Assembly Modeling, Configurations, Equations and More 13. Drawings and Drawing Tools 14. Sheet Metal Features and Tools 15. PhotoView 360, Measure tool and Mass Properties 16. Saving, Pack and Go, PDFs, Toolbox, Design Library, SOLIDWORKS Explorer &amp; Parts Reviewer 17. SOLIDWORKS Simulation 18. Intelligent Modeling Techniques 19. Additive Manufacturing - 3D Printing Appendix Glossary Index

SOLIDWORKS 2016 Reference Guide (Including unique access code)

Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS 2016 and video instruction is written to assist students, designers, engineers and professionals. The book provides a solid foundation in SOLIDWORKS by utilizing projects with step-by-step instructions for the beginner to intermediate SOLIDWORKS user. Explore the user interface, CommandManager, menus, toolbars and modeling techniques to create parts, assemblies and drawings in an engineering environment. Follow the step-by-step instructions and develop multiple parts and assemblies that combine machined, plastic and sheet metal components. Formulate the skills to create, modify and edit sketches and solid features. Learn the techniques to reuse features, parts and assemblies through symmetry, patterns, copied components, Design Tables, Bills of Materials, Custom Properties and Configurations. Address various SOLIDWORKS analysis tools and Intelligent Modeling techniques along with Additive Manufacturing (3D printing). Learn by doing not just by reading. Desired outcomes and usage competencies are listed for each project. Know your objective up front. Follow the steps in Projects 1 - 9 to achieve the design goals. Review Project 10 on Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) and its benefits and features. Understand the terms and technology used in low cost 3D printers. Work between multiple documents, features, commands and custom properties that represent how engineers and designers utilize SOLIDWORKS in industry. Review individual features, commands and tools with the Video Instruction. The projects contain exercises. The exercises analyze and examine usage competencies. Collaborate with leading industry suppliers such as SMC Corporation of America, Boston Gear and 80/20 Inc. Collaborative information translates into numerous formats such as paper drawings, electronic files, rendered images and animations. On-line intelligent catalogs guide designers to the product that meets both their geometric requirements and performance functionality. The author developed the industry scenarios by combining his own industry experience with the knowledge of engineers, department managers, vendors and manufacturers. These professionals are directly involved with SOLIDWORKS every day. Their responsibilities go far beyond the creation of just a 3D model. The book is designed to compliment the SOLIDWORKS Tutorials contained in SOLIDWORKS 2016. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Overview of SOLIDWORKS and the User Interface 2. Fundamentals of Part Modeling 3. Fundamentals of Assembly Modeling 4. Fundamentals of Drawing 5. Extrude and Revolve Features 6. Swept, Lofted and Additional Features 7. Top Down Assembly Modeling and Sheet Metal Parts 8. SOLIDWORKS Simulation 9. Intelligent Modeling Techniques 10. Additive Manufacturing - 3D Printing Appendix Glossary Index

Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS 2016 (Including unique access code)

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