Learning Solidworks 2010

Learning SolidWorks 2010 provides thorough coverage of part modeling, assembly modeling, and drawing creation. Students begin by making sketches, adding relations and dimensions, and capturing design intent. They progress to creating features, editing part models, and building assemblies. Students are taught how to utilize reference geometry, hole features and standard fasteners, 3D sketches, and mates. The text teaches applications for top-down and bottom-up assembly modeling. Coverage includes advanced topics such as mechanical mates, animations, configurations, and surfaces as well as of creating and annotating part drawings, assembly drawings, and exploded views. Included with the text is SolidWorks 2009-2010 Student Design Kit, which is a 150-day software license available to students through schools. It is for personal use and educational purposes only. Not for institutional or commercial use. Software includes: SolidWorks, PhotoWorks, SolidWorks Animator, eDrawings, and SimulationXpress FEA.