This illustrated handbook provides a complete course, taking
readers step-by-step through the basic operations of SolidWorks
2014. Written by an expert and experienced instructor in this
versatile program, it reveals how SolidWorks, a full two-way
parametric design tool, can be used to create fluid models with
myriad features. SolidWorks Basis is for anyone new to CAD software
who wants to learn how to use SolidWorks (R) and for those who want
to increase their proficiency in this program. It can be used in
virtually any setting, from four-year engineering community
colleges and vocational/technical schools to industrial training
centers. A well-designed self-study manual, it also is an excellent
resource for professionals who use SolidWorks. FEATURES This
complete course is the most fun and effective method for mastering
SolidWorks. It can be used to learn or teach others how to use any
version of SolidWorks, including the 2015 software release.
Detailed instructions teach both specific steps and good design
skills. Full-color illustrated projects design LEGO (R) Minions
(TM), Bar Pullers, Center Jigs, Turkey Calls, and more.
Explanations cover how parts are broken down into logical features
that are created, refined, and added. QR codes (in the print
edition) and Web links (in the ebook) take readers to online
instructional videos. Additional materials are available online for
adopting instructors. "This book provides an excellent introduction
to SolidWorks concepts and techniques, which are explained using
step-by-step instructions, along with extensive graphical
illustrations and video demos. The examples used in this book
ensure that the users can relate the information provided in this
textbook with practical industry designs. This book would be great
for self-paced learning or as a text for a course in 3D parametric
feature-based modeling." - Bill Ferguson Instructor - Mechanical
Engineering Technology, Nova Scotia Institute of Technology
"SolidWorks is a huge program by itself, and with all of the Gold
Partners around the world that make 'add in's' for the program, it
can be mind-boggling to learn. However, with Fulkerson's approach
to modeling based learning, it can even be fun if you follow along.
In this superbly written and detailed learning experience, there
are some neat things that I will start using in my next class. It
really pays to see how other SolidWorks Instructors do things,
explain and demonstrate 'the how to' with newer technologies. This
very detailed-orientated book on SolidWorks is even more enhanced
by the inclusion of the QR or Quick Response links that you will
see throughout this book. Sometimes, words are just not enough so a
visual demonstration can show how something is done when words
alone are too vague. I demonstrate how to do things in my classes,
but I now see that can also be done teaching with a book and a
smart phone. I have never such scannable links used before in any
of the books on SolidWorks that I have reviewed to date. I think
this is a really nice idea, and we all might see a lot more of it
in the future. This is truly a remarkable book to learn SolidWorks
with and I am sure it will be a 'self learner's delight' when they
get started with it. In fact, I have never seen a more detailed and
better illustrated book on this subject. That alone will not do
justice to how completely everything and every step was compiled
and explained along the way. I believe that anyone having the
SolidWorks program and this book could easily use it to learn and
pass the very first step in the certification process that
SolidWorks offers. I highly recommend it to all and give it my
5-star rating." - Richard Williams, Instructor and SolidWorks
Expert Fred Fulkerson graduated from the Faculty of Education,
University of Western Ontario and from Conestoga College, General
Machining program. He is a red seal certified General Machinist and
is a certified Mastercam and SolidWorks instructor. He has been
teaching for 15 years, the last nine at Conestoga College. He is
currently a professor in the Mechanical Engineering department.
Fulkerson lives just south of Cambridge, Ontario with his wife,
triplet teenage daughters, two cats, two rabbits, a pond of gold
fish and a Bassett hound. Any comments or suggestions about this
book may be emailed to
[email protected]. Vocational school
students, college students who learn product design using
SolidWorks Ontario, Canada Getting Started. Basic Sketching. Custom
Templates. Lego (TM) Minions (TM)-Part I: Designing. Design Tables
with Excel. Heat Sink. Lego Minions-Part 2: Assemblies. Lego
Minions-Part 3: Drawing. Lego Minions-Part 4: Revisions. Bar
Puller. Bar Puller-Drawings. Center Jig-Parts. Center Jig-Assembly.
Turkey Call. Appendixes. Index.
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