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SolidWorks For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
by Greg Jankowski
Product Group: Book
Publisher: For Dummies (2005-08-26)
ISBN: 0764595555
EAN: 9780764595554
Dewy Decimal #: 620.00420285536
Paperback: 360 pages
SKU: 071129015
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: This First Printing copy is in good condition with sealed CD included on inside back cover. No visible markings, highlights, underlining, tears. Tight text and spine. No Dust Jacket. Back Soft Cover has a piece torn, which is stuck with clear scotch tape. Moderate/lots of shelf wear. Apart from the back cover, this is a good copy, worth having at an affordable price. (L 72 )
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
SolidWorks 2006 is a solid modeling program that goes beyond 3D capabilities. Since its initial release over a decade ago, it has transformed the way its users create, express, and document a design. But with so many functions to remember, it can be hard to design an image exactly the way you want it to look. SolidWorks 2006 For Dummies shows you how easy it is to create precision 3D drawings and utilize its other functions. This straightforward, plain-English guide provides all you need to know to take advantage of SolidWorks 2006’s cool functions and controls. You’ll discover how to: - Create sound, robust 2D sketches
- Examine design intent
- Design and model a part and the virtual prototype
- Design drawings using basic controls
- Create drawings automatically
- Edit your design’s visual properties, dimensions, and features
- Maintain old drawing files
- Print and plot your designs
- Improve your project by working with others
- Extend and reuse your design information
The bonus CD-ROM features product demonstrations that show you how to use key parts of the program, examples of various add-on products that can help you get the most from SolidWorks, and case studies that show how other companies in different industries work with SolidWorks. Packed with tips and tricks on becoming more proficient with this program, as well as resources for further referencing and inspiration, SolidWorks 2006 For Dummies is the ultimate guide that will get you familiar with the program and start building!
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Customer Reviews
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Rather disappointed
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-02-17
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I bought this book hoping to learn some little known shortcuts, secrets, etc., but all I got from the book was a different writing of the help file.
This might be a great book for someone just starting out.
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A real success for the "Dummies" brand of books
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-07-27
1 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a good task-based, issues-based overview of SolidWorks. Suitable for today's attention-deficit, info-overloaded, multi-tasked-maxed-out student or working stooge who wants to get a solid beginner's feel for this complex, cool 3D engineering tool--jus' the facts and not a heck of a lot of incomprehensible theorizing. (Of course a committed engineer will need to go somewhere else for the math & other CAD ideas). I'd venture a bold statement and say that this is THE starting point for people considering a career change to this field, and what I liked especially is that the book is pretty clear about being a starting point only. Near the end are the "Ten Tips" for new SW engineers; they make a lot of practical sense. I recommmend pairing this with another task-based product, a video tutorial by VTN, which is also good for the busy beginner who just needs to figure out how to become quickly productive with this tool. Learn SolidWorks by Video - Volume 1 and Learn SolidWorks by Video - Volume 2.
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Excelent biginners book
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-04-08
0 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
I am still busy with the book but have already started enjoying it. As for Amazone the book arrived one day after their estemated day of delivery Very good
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Waste of money
Rating  (1)
Date: 2007-02-15
16 out of 16 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is written by the Solidworks Customer Satisfaction Manager.
He rehashes the same stuff as in the Solidworks Essentials manual that comes with the software.
I found it virtually useless.
I was seeking a different viewpoint in the hopes of gaining a better grasp of the many vague issues in the manual.
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I paid [...] for an infomercial
Rating (1)
Date: 2007-02-05
17 out of 18 customers found this reveiw helpful
I love the dummies series, so I was greatly dissapointed by this book. I needed a solidworks tutorial because I found the help files and "basic" tutorials that come with solidworks to be too advanced. When this book is not tooting its own horn on how great solidworks is, then it is way too technical for the beginner. I am a designer, not an engineer. I am hired for the look of a product, not for how it is molded. This book assumes too much. I had to look up chamfer and fillet on Wikipedia, as this books skips the basics and launches into a thou-shalt-sketch-like-this. (again, I am NOT AN ENGINEER) I understand that engineers out there would find this book too basic because it takes half the book outlining anal-retentive ways of structuring workload before launching into actually making anything. [...].
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