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A Commands Guide Tutorial for SolidWorks 2010- David C.Planchard & Marie P.Planchard
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Product Description:-
The Commands Guide Tutorial for SolidWorks 2010 is a comprehensive reference book written to assist beginner to intermediate users of SolidWorks. SolidWorks is an immense software package, and no one book can cover all topics for all users. The book provides a centralized reference location to address many of the System and Document properties, FeatureManagers, PropertyManagers, ConfigurationManagers and RenderManagers along with 2D and 3D Sketch tools, Sketch entities, 3D Feature tools, Motion Study, SustainabilityXpress, DFMXpress, SimulationXpress, Sheet Metal, PhotoView 360 and more.
Chapter 1 provides a basic overview of the concepts and terminology used throughout this book using SolidWorks 2010 software. If you are completely new to SolidWorks, you should read Chapter 1 in detail and complete Lesson 1, Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 in the SolidWorks Tutorials.
If you are familiar with an earlier release of SolidWorks, you still might want to skim Chapter 1 to become acquainted with some of the commands, menus and features that you have not used; or you can simply jump to any section in any chapter.
Each chapter (17 total) provides detailed PropertyManager information on key topics with individual stand alone short tutorials to reinforce and demonstrate the functionality and ease of the SolidWorks tool or feature. All models for the 230 plus tutorials are located on the enclosed CD with their solution (initial and final). Learn by doing, not just by reading!
Formulate the skills to create, modify and edit sketches and solid features. Learn the techniques to reuse features, parts and assemblies through symmetry, patterns, copied components, design tables, configurations and more.
The book is designed to compliment the Online Tutorials and Online Help contained in SolidWorks 2010. The goal is to illustrate how multiple design situations and systematic steps combine to produce successful designs.
The authors developed the tutorials by combining their own industry experience with the knowledge of engineers, department managers, vendors and manufacturers. These professionals are directly involved with SolidWorks everyday. Their responsibilities go far beyond the creation of just a 3D model.
Table of Contents Introduction 1. Quick Start 2. SolidWorks System Options 3. SolidWorks Document Properties 4. Design Intent, Sketching and Sketch Entities 5. Sketch Tools, Geometric Relations and Dimensions/Relations tools 6. Extruded Boss/Base, Extruded Cut, Fillet and Cosmetic Features 7. Revolved, Simple Hole, Hole Wizard and Dome Features 8. Shell, Draft and Rib Features 9. Pattern and Mirror Features 10. Swept, Loft, Wrap and Flex Features 11. Bottom-Up Assembly Modeling and more 12. Top-Down Assembly Modeling and more 13. 2D Drawings and eDrawings 14. Sheet Metal 15. PhotoView 360 16. SolidWorks Design Library, Explorer, Toolbox and Measure tool 17. SimulationXpress & SustainabilityXpress
About the Author David Planchard is the Founder of D&M Education LLC. Before starting D&M Education, he spent over 27 years in industry and academia holding various engineering, marketing, and teaching positions and degrees. He holds five U.S. patents and one International patent. He has published and authored numerous papers on Machine Design, Product Design, Mechanics of Materials, and Solid Modeling. He is a member of the New England Pro/Users Group, New England SolidWorks Users Group, and the Cisco Regional Academy Users Group. David holds a BSME, MSM and a Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) Certification. David is a SolidWorks Solution Partner and an Adjunct at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Marie Planchard is the Director of World Education Markets at SolidWorks Corporation. Before she joined SolidWorks, Marie spent over 10 years as an engineering professor at Mass Bay College in Wellesley Hills, MA. She has 14 plus years of industry software experience and held a variety of management and engineering positions. Marie holds a BSME, MSME and a Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) Certification. She is an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
SolidWorks Innovation Day 2009 - Solidworks 2010 Launch Event in Chennai,Tamilnadu,India
Solidworks 2010-Faster,Smarter,Rock Solid
Solidworks is glad to invite you all to attend Solidworks Innovation Day 2009.
Built on 14 years of give and take with the now one million-strong SolidWorks community, SolidWorks software provides designers, engineers, and other creative professionals with all of the tools they need to design great products.
1.Design creation, validation, documentation, management, and environmental impact analysis as a single streamlined process.
2.A simple design experience from the first sketch line to the finished 3D model.
3.The ability to work smarter and faster with power packed into every feature.
4.Rock-solid reliability in every phase of your work.
5.Strong bonds with the growing SolidWorks community. At This Event Learn about the new solidworks 2010 product line and how it can boost your Design Productivity.Work Smarter and Faster and improve your success.This event is designed for new and current users of solidworks Products.
Date: Wednesday 16th September 2009.
Venue: Hotel GRT Grand Thyagaraya Road, T.Nagar, Chennai 600083
Time: 9:30 AM-13:00 PM
For all the other outstation CAD users check the appropriate dates and register for Solidworks Innovation Day 2009.
Can you believe it? SolidWorks has just launched the Engineering Stimulus Package offering a free 90 day copy of SolidWorks only to US and Canadian residents.
The free copy of SolidWorks is basically the same thing as the Student Design Kit.
So, like the Student Design Kit, you will have a watermark on all of the files you create.
To me that doesn’t sound like too much of a restriction for getting $3,000 worth of software for free.What do you think?
PDF is the standard method for sharing documents. Add in 3D capabilities, and now you've got documents really worth sharing.
With Presentation Studio you can create a Design Brief, Price Sheet, Technical Summary, Feature Review, or Product Specification in minutes. But unlike ordinarly PDFs, an embedded 3D model conveys your design in a way 2D just can't. The PDF can then be read on any computer with Adobe Acrobat 8 or above.
After downloading and installing the add-in, it will need to be activated in SolidWorks. Select the "Add-ins..." entry under the Tools menu, bringing up the Add-in Manager. Find the Presentation Studio entry and make sure both of its checkboxes are checked.
Now that add-in is loaded, there will be a new Presentation tab containing the Layout command. This will launch the Presentation Studio Layout Property Manager.
Elecworks for Solidworks: The Elecworks 3D Cabinet module for SolidWorks is a unique application which allows the design of Cabinet within SolidWorks using data in real-time from the scheme project, and will enable most convenient placement and clash detection.
Trace Software, for 20 years an innovator in CAD software development for the electrical engineering and the automation market, the maker of TraceParts, announces elecworks designed to cover the electrical and automation needs of the SolidWorks engineering offices. elecworks increases collaboration between electrical and mechanical teams and allows them to create automation and electrical installation projects better designed with faster documentation generation.
Trace Software will demonstrate elecworks at the SolidWorks World 2009 Conference. Attendees will discover a new generation software tool which allows users to work on all areas of a digital installation in real time, based on a single database with multiple views: cable synoptic, schematics, equipment management, input/output tables, etc., including a full SolidWorks 3D Cabinet module.
"elecworks is the result of an unprecedented technological development. Through the SolidWorks Solution Partner program, we developed elecworks to provide SolidWorks designers with the tools to use and share electrical and automation information on the 3D mock-up. elecworks has been designed to run in many languages, our goal is to make it the electrical CAD worldwide de-facto standard. elecworks is definitely the right choice for the companies using SolidWorks as their design tool," said Etienne Mullie, CEO of Trace Software.
elecworks and its 3D Cabinet module for SolidWorks will be sold worldwide through the SolidWorks dealer network.
elecworksTM is a powerful new generation software tool, that enables electrical designers and automation experts to create automation and electrical installation projects. Through Windows standard interfaces, engineers can produce better installation designs and supporting documentation faster.
elecworksTM allows project data to be entered right from the preliminary research stages. A huge part of the project planning can be achieved even before completing fully-fledged schematic diagrams, thanks to the processing tools like Cable Synoptic or Components Management.
elecworksTM has been originally developed to do electrical CAD, it is dedicated to the design engineers professional use. So, to create schematic diagrams you use electrical lines and the symbols, when inserted or deleted, ensure the continuity of the lines. The I/O table is dynamically linked to the project equipments.
There is no learning curve, using elecworksTM is straightforward. You just drag and drop or use the smart tools designed to automate the schematic generation process. Smart Help and contextual menus will help the user whatever the command. elecworksTM allows users to create not only small projects but also lets an entire team to collaborate on large scale projects.
About Trace Software
Trace Software provides design and management software solutions since 1989 for the industrial automation and power distribution markets. Partner to SolidWorks and Autodesk, Trace Software is present worldwide and market its product range through its subsidiaries and distribution channel. Its subsidiary TraceParts is a world expert in 3D engineering content and develops and markets software solutions for CAD parts libraries, electronic catalogs and product configurations.
A couple of weeks ago SolidJott Launched an Addin for solidworks aiming to get your questions and issues answered fast, online.
Today They announced that it’s available inside SolidWorks 2009.
It is an direct access to the collective brainpower of SolidWorks users worldwide.It’s absolutely free and available for download here (796kb .zip).
It’s quick. It’s convenient. You can type a short question about an issue you’re having, submit it and everyone else immediately sees it.We can then communicate with some of the top experts in SolidWorks community right within SolidWorks.We can comment and rate other people questions also.
It’s a lightweight add-in that allows you to interact with SolidWorks users without leave your work or your issues.
Future developments of solidjott Add-in will include a button to send a screen capture to the post and a button to ‘pack and go’ the file(s) we are working on currently and send to post to make things even easier in describing problems or solutions.
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