SDC Publications: Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional Advanced Preparation Material Book Errata

Chapter 2 Page 3,14,37,47

The beginning of the lesson should state: "The Exploded View Configuration must be collapsed to gain access to editing the model"

To Collapse the Exploded View:

Switch to the ConfigurationManager and expand the Default Configuration (arrow 1).
Right click the ExplView1 configuration and select Collapse (arrow 2).

The toolbars should be re-activated at this point for editing.

Chapter 2 Page 40

Step 4, paragraph three should read:"The preview graphics shows the Shutoff Surfaces are being created."

Chapter 2 Page 41

Step 5, paragraph four: Enter the Total Surface Area in in^2 instead of mm^2.

Chapter 4 Page 5

In the drawing for selecting the bends, the numbers for 7 and 8 should be swapped. The selection order for the figure shown should be 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,7.