Book Errata

Errata

Chapter 1 Page 8

The first image is missing the horizontal dimension. It should be 1.125"

Chapter 1 Page 9

The dimension 1.125 should be shown as a Horizontal dimension to fully position the vertical line. See the image below.

Chapter 1 Page 22

At the bottom of the page, the dimension to enter should be read as degrees, not inches.

Chapter 1 Page 32

Step 1 should say: "Open a drawing document named: Valve Assembly.slddrw"

Chapter 1 Page 42

Under Summary, the first sentence should say: "The key features to the Challenge 6 are:"

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:

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

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

Chapter 2 Page 5

Shut off surfaces does not populate all edges from the supplied part. This option no longer works as it did in previous version of SOLIDWORKS. The Fillet4 should be deleted in order for this exercise to work. Alternatively, if you wish to keep the Fillet4 in the model, simply select all edges of the other holes manually.

Chapter 2 Page 10

The second to last paragraph should instruct you to: "Repeat the step above and drag the Lower mold block downwards, about the same distance."

Chapter 2 Page 40

Step 4. Should instruct you to select the Shut Off Surfaces Command, as shown in the figure.

Chapter 2 Page 44

Step 8, under the chamfer command, it should say to use the default Angle and Distance option.

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.

Chapter 4 Page 5

Second to last sentence. When the Tear option is selected, you no longer need to enter the .50 relief ratio.