Key Features
- Starts at an introductory level and uses step-by-step
tutorials
- Includes 1.5 hours of video instruction on a multimedia CD
- Covers SimulationXpress, SustainabilityXpress and
DFMXpress
- Contains nearly 170 pages on the Certified SolidWorks
Associate examination
In Detail
SolidWorks 2010 Tutorial with Multimedia CD is written for
students and instructors in a technical school, community
college, college or university and also designers, engineers,
and industry professionals that want to learn how to design with
SolidWorks. Developed for the beginner to intermediate
SolidWorks user, the book provides you a step-by-step project
based approach to learning SolidWorks with 1.5 hours of video
instruction and hundreds of SolidWorks models on the enclosed
CD.
The Book is divided into two sections. Chapter one through
six explore the SolidWorks User Interface and CommandManager,
Document and System properties, simple machine parts, simple and
complex assemblies, design tables, configurations, multi-sheet,
multi-view drawings, BOMs and Revision tables using basic and
advanced features.
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,
copies components, design tables and configurations. Explore
SolidWorks SimulationXpress, an introduction to Finite Element Analysis
(FEA), SolidWorks SustainabilityXpress, an introduction to Life
Cycle Assessment, and DFMXpress, an introduction to design for
manufacturability. Learn by doing, not just reading!
Chapter seven through chapter eleven prepares you for the
Certified SolidWorks Associate Exam (CSWA). The CSWA
certification indicates a foundation in and apprentice knowledge
of 3D CAD and engineering practices and principles. Follow the
steps in these chapters to assist you in learning the skills required
to pass the CSWA.
Desired outcomes and usage competencies are listed for each
project. Know your objectives up front. Follow the step in each
project to achieve your design goals. Work
between multiple documents, features, commands, custom
properties and document properties that represent how engineers and designers
utilize SolidWorks in industry.
