Books

Commercial Design Using AutoCAD 2010 is an introductory level tutorial which uses commercial design exercises as the means to teach AutoCAD 2010. The reader begins a campus library floor plan. Using step-by-step tutorial lessons, the library project is followed through to create FFE plans, interior elevations, schedules, and details....

Drawing and Detailing with SolidWorks 2009 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 targeted towards the beginning to intermediate...

Residential Design Using AutoCAD 2010 is an introductory level tutorial which uses residential design exercises as the means to teach AutoCAD 2010. After completing this book readers will have a well-rounded knowledge of Computer Aided Drafting that they can use in the industry and a feeling of satisfaction having completed a set of...

SolidWorks 2009: The Basics is targeted toward any beginning to intermediate SolidWorks user looking for a step-by-step project based approach with an enclosed 1.5 hour Multi-media CD. Learn by doing, not just by reading! The book covers the SolidWorks User Interface and CommandManager, Document and System properties, simple...

The objective of this tutorial book is to expose the reader to the basic FEA capabilities in CATIA V5 Release 18. The chapters are designed to be independent of each other allowing the user to pick specific topics without the need to go through the previous chapters. However, the best strategy to learn is to sequentially cover the chapters....

Chapters in Architectural Drawing provides an introduction to the fundamental principles needed to create compelling freehand and hard line drawings. Using the graphics, instructions, sketching exercises, and the included videos the reader will learn the techniques used by architectural professionals to visually communicate ideas and...

Mechanism Design with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 is designed to help you become familiar with Mechanism Design, a module in the Pro/ENGINEER software family, which supports modeling and analysis (or simulation) of mechanisms in a virtual (computer) environment. The book is written following a project-based learning approach and is...

Revit Structure 2009 Fundamentals is designed to teach students how to take full advantage of Building Information Modeling (BIM) with Revit Structure 2009. This book will teach students the concepts and principles from building designs through construction documentation using Revit Structure 2009. This textbook introduces students to the...

CATIA V5 Tutorials Mechanism Design and Animation Releases 18 is composed of several tutorial style lessons. This book is intended to be used as a training guide for those who have a basic familiarity with part and assembly modeling in CATIA V5 Release 18 wishing to create and simulate the motion of mechanisms within CATIA Digital Mock Up...

SolidWorks 2009 Tutorial with Multi-media CD is targeted toward a technical school, two year college or four year university instructor/student or industry professional that is a beginner or intermediate user who is looking for a step-by-step project based approach with an enclosed 1.5 hour Multi-media CD. The book covers the...

The primary goal of Introduction to Finite Element Analysis Using Pro/MECHANICA Wildfire 4.0 is to introduce the aspects of finite element analysis that are important to engineers and designers. Theoretical aspects of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) are also introduced as they are needed to help better understand the operations. The primary...

Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2009 & Multimedia CD 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 beginning to intermediate SolidWorks user. Explore the user interface, menus, toolbars and modeling...

Automating SolidWorks 2009 Using Macros is designed as a tutorial to help beginner to intermediate programmers develop macros for SolidWorks and SolidWorks Workgroup PDM. This new edition focuses primarily on the new Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) macro interface. It covers many of the major API functions through practical use...

An Introduction to COSMOSFloWorks 2008 takes the reader through the steps of creating the SolidWorks part for the COSMOSFloWorks simulation followed by the setup and calculation of the COSMOSFloWorks project. The results from calculations are visualized and compared with theoretical solutions and empirical data. Each chapter starts with the...

The Primary Goal of Parametric Modeling with UGS NX 6 is to introduce the aspects of designing with Solid Modeling and Parametric Modeling. This text uses UGS NX as the modeling tool and the chapters guide you from constructing basic solid models to building intelligent mechanical designs, creating multi-view drawings and assembly models....

The main purpose of this book is to provide civil engineering students with a clear presentation of the theory of engineering graphics and the use of AutoCAD 2008. Each chapter starts with the chapter objectives followed by the introduction. The contents of each chapter are organized into well-defined sections that contain step-by-step...

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Essentials is designed for students, Civil Engineers and Surveyors who want to take advantage of AutoCAD Civil 3D's interactive, dynamic design functionality. AutoCAD Civil 3D permits the rapid development of alternatives through its model-based design tools. You will learn techniques enabling you to organize project...

Engineering & Computer Graphics Workbook Using SolidWorks 2008 is an exercise-based workbook that uses step-by-step tutorials to cover the fundamentals of SolidWorks 2008. The intended audience is college undergraduate engineering majors, but it could also be used in pre-college introductory engineering courses or by self learners....

Engineering Graphics Technical Sketching and AutoCAD 2009 provides a thorough introduction to the graphic language and AutoCAD software. Freehand sketching exercises are formatted on special grids. This book uses logical and powerful analyzation techniques to develop visualization skills.