Assembly Modeling with SolidWorks 2006

by Marie P. Planchard, David C. Planchard, Marie Planchard

Assembly Modeling with SolidWorks is written to assist the intermediate SolidWorks user who desires to enhance their skill sets in assembly modeling. The book provides a solid foundation in assembly... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585032808
• ISBN13: 9781585032808
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Schroff Development Corporation
• Length: 556 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 1.0" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Very good content, lacking writing style

I have just completed Chapter 1 and am now able to follow the book's layout. The content so far is very good and I am learning some great features that I would not otherwise have discovered myself. However I found the style a bit off-putting at first - it lacks narration to lead me from one section to the next. The 'style' is more like a series of exercises/examples/projects that have been pasted one after the other. But I'm an engineer and should be used to this format. Bottom line - very good content, effective at improving my SolidWorks skills, lacking good technical writing style (-1 star).

Great for Reviewing SW

I used an earlier version of this book in 2003 and it was satisfactory. I needed a quick way to refresh my skills with the latest version of SW. So I used this most recent version of the book and found that the authors had greatly improved it. Many of the advanced features are covered very well (BOM, Design Tables, and Equations). One area I wanted a better understanding was on the use of SW Explorer that supports the file structure and eases the difficulty with changing of file names while maintaining file references and the book did it very clearly. I was able to complete the book in about 3 weeks working a few hours a day. Being that I was familiar with the vocabulary I was able to understand many details that I missed when I first read the book. Details like design recommendations and standards were skipped the first time. Projects that cover chapter to chapter make them interesting. Parts created in the first chapter as well as other parts and assembles created in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th chapters are used in the 5th chapter. This introduces complexes that reflect the real world. Great Book !!!

Awesome Assembly book using SolidWorks

Great intermediate SolidWorks book focused on Assembly Modeling using advance techniques. I purchased their, "Planchard & Planchard" Engineering Design SW book last year and was very happy with the layout, illustrations, models, and easy to following step by step procedures. This book, Assembly Modeling does an awesome job in describing and addressing issues from simple to complex Mates, and SmartMates, standard to custom Fasteners and Smart Fasteners along with providing great industry models using both top-down and bottom up assembly methods. Mate References, Load References, In-Content Relations, External References and InPlane Mates are all presented in a simple but concise manner with illustrations, easy to follow procedures, and just the right amount of reading information. To obtain additional detail reading information, the book references the SW online help tutorials. I like this very much. Numerous configurations and equations are created from the supplied and created models in the CD incorporated in the book.