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SolidWorks Book Information

SolidWorks Book Information

SolidWorks Book Information

(OP)
Hello Everyone

I was wondering what people had to say about the book, SolidWorks for Designers Release 2005, by Sham Tickoo.  I'm thinking about purchasing this book but would like to see what people think about the book first.  Thank you for comments.

Cheers,

Ralph Wright, CSWP
SolidWorks 2005, SP5.0
P4, 2.53Ghz
1.5 Gb RAM
ATI Fire GL8800 Card
Windows 2000 Pro

RE: SolidWorks Book Information

cadman1997:

I bought the book about two months ago.  I am only halfway through it, but for me it has been an excellent guide.  It doesn't cover sheet metal, which I could use, but it covers most of all the basic and a good part of the advanced capabilities of Solidworks.  Then again I am self-taught with no formal training, so almost any book that provides some how to would look good to me.

What I think I liked best about the book is that it is written in a very easy to follow step-by-step mode.  It gives some background as to what each command accomplishes, and then has you create an entity step by step to learn the process.  It also builds well on previous commands so that you get more practice.

Anyway, my 2 cents.

debodine

RE: SolidWorks Book Information

SolidWorks for Dummies is worth considering too

RE: SolidWorks Book Information

(OP)
Debodine

Thank you for your comments.  I plan on buying SolidWorks for Designers Release 2005.

BandH

Thank you for your comments.  I have already bought SolidWorks for Dummies, I just have to pick it up when it comes in at Chapters, they do not stock it.

Cheers,

Ralph Wright, CSWP
SolidWorks 2005, SP5.0
P4, 2.53Ghz
1.5 Gb RAM
ATI Fire GL8800 Card
Windows 2000 Pro

RE: SolidWorks Book Information

I've bought via amazon the complete set of SW2006 books... one of them was "inside solidworks 4th edition by david murray". I found a good section on sheetmetal. Within minutes of flipping the pages I found features/functions that I always wanted to do but never knew how.
 Anyway you can find a sheetmetal-help forum on the internet... (as it is FOC... it's a good way to learn).

RE: SolidWorks Book Information

Got a question for the SW gurus.
If you've modelled a complex part and you view it iso,di,tri,metric and it is oriented on it's side (L or R) because you started the model on an arbitrary plane, how can you alter the orientation UP and FORWARD so that when you bring it into a DRAWING it is displayed UP and FORWARD?
Is there an easy way to do this? It doesn't have to be remodelled from scratch. I KNOW, I KNOW I didn't remember DESIGN INTENT. MUST......REMEMBER........THIS!!!!!

RE: SolidWorks Book Information

I've got "SW2006 for Designers by Sham Tickoo" on front of me... I found it useful there were some features I didn't know like "composite curve" (combining a helix curve with end-clips [on both sides] to form a single-spring path).

Also I found the book "inside SW 4th edition by David Murray" very helpful too.

:)

RE: SolidWorks Book Information

(OP)
GordonGee

Thank you for your comments.  I have ordered the SolidWorks for Designers Release 2005 book.  I had to order it from Amazon in the USA, the Canadian site show the book but I could not order it for some reason.  Thanks to everyone for their assistance.

Cheers,

Ralph Wright, CSWP
SolidWorks 2005, SP5.0
P4, 2.53Ghz
1.5 Gb RAM
ATI Fire GL8800 Card
Windows 2000 Pro

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