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Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS 2023

A Step-by-Step Project Based Approach Utilizing 3D Solid Modeling
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Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS 2023 offers a comprehensive guide to mastering SOLIDWORKS, suitable for students, designers, engineers and professionals. Through 11 detailed projects, readers learn essential skills including user interface navigation, part and assembly creation, sheet metal design, simulation, intelligent modelling, and preparing models for 3D printing. The book also covers exam preparation for the Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate qualification, integrating practical industry scenarios developed from real professional experience.
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This book is ideal for beginners to intermediate users seeking structured, project-based learning in SOLIDWORKS. It suits engineering students, design professionals and anyone aiming to gain certification or enhance their CAD capabilities with practical, industry-relevant examples.

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Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS 2023 is written to assist students, designers, engineers and professionals. The book provides a solid foundation in SOLIDWORKS by utilizing projects with step-by-step instructions for the beginner to intermediate SOLIDWORKS user featuring machined, plastic and sheet metal components.

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Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS 2023 is written to assist students, designers, engineers, and professionals. The book provides a solid foundation in SOLIDWORKS by utilising projects with step-by-step instructions suitable for beginner to intermediate SOLIDWORKS users. It features machined, plastic, and sheet metal components.

Desired outcomes and usage competencies are listed for each project. The book is divided into five sections with 11 projects.

Project 1 - Project 6: Explore the SOLIDWORKS User Interface and CommandManager, Document and System properties, simple and complex parts and assemblies, proper design intent, design tables, configurations, multi-sheet, multi-view drawings, BOMs, and Revision tables using basic and advanced features. Additional techniques include the edit and reuse of features, parts, and assemblies through symmetry, patterns, configurations, SOLIDWORKS 3D ContentCentral, and the SOLIDWORKS Toolbox.

Project 7: Understand Top-Down assembly modelling and Sheet Metal parts. Develop components In-Context with InPlace Mates, along with the ability to import parts using the Top-Down assembly method. Convert a solid part into a Sheet Metal part and insert and apply various Sheet Metal features.

Project 8 - Project 9: Recognise SOLIDWORKS Simulation and Intelligent Modelling techniques. Understand a general overview of SOLIDWORKS Simulation and the types of questions included in the SOLIDWORKS Simulation Associate - Finite Element Analysis (CSWSA-FEA) exam. Apply design intent and intelligent modelling techniques in a sketch, feature, part, plane, assembly, and drawing.

Project 10: Comprehend the differences between additive and subtractive manufacturing. Understand 3D printer terminology alongside a working knowledge of preparing, saving, and printing CAD models on a low-cost printer.

Project 11: Review the Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA) programme. Understand the curriculum and categories of the CSWA exam and the required model knowledge necessary to successfully take the exam.

The author developed the industry scenarios by combining his own industry experience with the knowledge of engineers, department managers, vendors, and manufacturers. These professionals are directly involved with SOLIDWORKS every day. Their responsibilities extend far beyond the creation of just a 3D model.

Book Details

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ISBN: 9781630575502

Publisher: SDC Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 May 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: SDC Publications

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 1580g

Pages: 804

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