Willis J. SOLIDWORKS 2023. A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermed. Users 2023

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SOLIDWORKS 2023: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users textbook has been designed for instructor-led courses as well as self-paced learning. It is intended to help engineers and designers interested in learning SOLIDWORKS for creating 3D mechanical design. This textbook is a great help for new SOLIDWORKS users and a great teaching aid in classroom training. This textbook consists of 14 chapters, with a total of 780 pages covering the major environments of SOLIDWORKS such as Sketching environment, Part modeling environment, Assembly environment, and Drawing environment. This textbook teaches users to use SOLIDWORKS mechanical design software for creating parametric 3D solid components, assemblies, and 2D drawings. This textbook also includes a chapter on creating multiple configurations of a design.This textbook not only focuses on the usage of the tools and commands of SOLIDWORKS but also on the concept of design. Every chapter in this textbook contains tutorials that provide users with step-by-step instructions for creating mechanical designs and drawings with ease. Moreover, every chapter ends with hands-on test drives which allow users to experience the user friendly and technical capabilities of SOLIDWORKS.
Introduction to SOLIDWORKS
Drawing Sketches with SOLIDWORKS
Editing and Modifying Sketches
Applying Geometric Relations and Dimensions
Creating Base Feature of Solid Models
Creating Reference Geometries
Advanced Modeling - I
Advanced Modeling - II
Patterning and Mirroring
Advanced Modeling - III
Working with Configurations
Working with Assemblies - I
Working with Assemblies - II
Working with Drawings