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A Commands Guide For Solidworks 2008: The Reference Edition Including More Than 200 Integrated Stand-Alone Tutorials
Learn to effectively create, modify, and edit sketches and solid features using the latest release of one of the most popular software programs in the industry, SolidWorks 2008. A Commands Guide for SolidWorks 2008 offers readers a comprehensive reference guide that begins with an overview of the software's concepts and terminology. Subsequent chapters
address System and Document properties, FeatureManagers, PropertyManagers, ConfigurationManagers, and RenderManagers as well as 2D and 3D sketch tools, sketch entities, and more. This thorough coverage provides readers with a solid understanding of the techniques for reusing features, parts, and assemblies through symmetry, patterns, copied components, design tables, and configurations. The perfect resource for users with beginner to intermediate-level experience with SolidWorks, this book illustrates clearly and carefully how multiple design situations and systematic steps combine to produce successful designs.
Features
* over 200 integrated stand-alone tutorials reinforce and demonstrate the functionality and ease of various SolidWorks tools while a back-of-book CD provides models and solutions for the tutorials so readers can check their work
* step-by-step instructions clearly articulate important information and processes
* detailed illustrations offer valuable visualizations of critical concepts
* chapter objectives open each chapter to prepare readers for the material that they are about to cover
* end-of-chapter summaries highlight and reinforce the most important features
CONTENTS:
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Quick Start
Chapter 2 - System Options
Chapter 3 - Document Properties
Chapter 4 - Sketching and Sketch Entities
Chapter 5 - Sketch Tools, Geometric Relations, and Dimensions/Relations tools
Chapter 6 - Extruded Boss/Base, Extruded Cut, and Fillet Features
Chapter 7 - Revolved, Hole and Dome Features
Chapter 8 - Shell, Draft, and Rib Features
Chapter 9 - Pattern and Mirror Features
Chapter 10 - Sweep, Loft, Wrap and Flex Features
Chapter 11 - Bottom-Up Assembly Modeling
Chapter 12 - Top-Down Assembly Modeling
Chapter 13 - Drawings and eDrawings
Chapter 14 - Sheet Metal and COSMOSXpress
Chapter 15 - PhotoWorks
Summary
Appendix
Types of Decimal Dimensions ASME Y14.5M
SolidWorks Keyboard Shortcuts
Helpful On-Line Information
Index
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