Engineering Design with SolidWorks 99

by David C. Planchard and Marie P. Planchard

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585030201
• ISBN13: 9781585030200
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Schroff Development Corp
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

New User

I am a new user of SolidWorks. I used Pro/E for over 5 years; "This is my problem". I found this book to be an execellent source of information for the major features of the software. Planchard does an outstanding job in presenting and identifing key feature areas in SolidWorks. The book is very accurate with it's commands. I wish I had a book like this when I was learning Pro/E. The book needs a few more sample examples. Money well spent!

SolidWorks99 User

I am a designer and SolidWorks 99 user. I purchased this book a few weeks ago. The book provides a good step by step learning approach. The examples and siturations are real. I would recommend this book, ( And I did ) to any SolidWorks user. I will purchase the SolidWorks 2000 version when we upgrade.

User of SolidWorks

This is a great book. I would highly recommend this book for all user levels. I agree with the other reviews in that the authors present a clear and precise picture in using SolidWorks with a understanding of the real world. The sample reveiw questions and exercises in the back of each chapter are good. I enjoyed the information in Chapter 6 on Rapid Prototyping files and the Top down design approach in Chapter 7 is awesome.

New Users

This is the first time I ever wrote a book review - engineers do not like to write! But in this case I am making an exception. This is a great book. The book helped me to apply SolidWorks in my job. I liked it because I could follow every step. There are numerous pictures to assist the new SolidWorks user like me. The book quickly brought me up to speed on SolidWorks. It made me aware of the various project team issues which need to be addressed in a design environment. It provided real life situations between sales, engineering and manufacturing. This was great. This is the first book I've seen that addressed Top Down assembly. More books should be written this way. PS - The reproduction quality of the pictures could be improved.

Great Book

Finally, a book that talks about using SolidWorks in a true "Real world engineering environment". The authors definitely understand real world design issues with customers, manufacturing and sales that I face every day! The clear step-by-step instruction made it easy to work through machined parts, plastic parts and sheet metal parts. All projects are presented from the assembly point of view. Great idea! I learned a lot about why parts fail to rebuild and how to correct them. The project on Top Down design using a sheet metal part was great.