This perfect resource for users with beginner to intermediate-level experience with SolidWorks illustrates clearly and carefully how multiple design situations and systematic steps combine to produce successful designs, and offers readers a comprehensive reference guide that begins with an overview of the software's concepts and terminology. Create, modify, and edit sketches and solid features using the latest release of one of the most popular software programs in the industry, SolidWorks« 2009. Subsequent chapters address System and Document properties, FeatureManagers, PropertyManagers, ConfigurationManagers, and RenderManagers as well as 2D and 3D sketch tools, sketch entities, and more. This thorough coverage provides readers with a solid understanding of the techniques for reusing features, parts, and assemblies through symmetry, patterns, copied components, design tables, and configurations.

David Planchard is the President of D&M Education, LLC. Before starting D&M Education LLC, he spent over 25 years in industry and academia holding various engineering, marketing, and teaching positions and degrees. He has five U.S. patents and one International patent. He has published and authored numerous papers on equipment design. David is also a technical editor for Cisco Press. He is a member of the New England Pro/Users Group, New England SolidWorks Users Group, and the Cisco Regional Academy Users Group. David holds a BSME and a MSM. David is a SolidWorks Solution Partner and holds the Certified SolidWorks Associate CSWA Certification.Marie Planchard is the Director of World Education Markets at SolidWorks Corporation. Before she joined SolidWorks, Marie spent more than 10 years as an engineering professor at Mass Bay College in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. She has some 14 years of industry experience and has held a variety of management and engineering positions. Marie has co-authored a variety of books on SolidWorks, Pro/SHEETMETAL, and Pro/ENGINEER. The founder of the New England SolidWorks Users Group, she is an active corporate council member of the American Society of Engineering Education. Marie holds a BSME, MSME, and the Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) Certification.

Introduction Chapter 1 & Quick Start Chapter 2 & System Options Chapter 3 & Document Properties Chapter 4 & Sketching and Sketch Entities Chapter 5 & Sketch Tools, Geometric Relations, and Dimensions/Relations tools Chapter 6 & Extruded Boss, Extruded Cut, and Fillet Features Chapter 7 & Extruded Boss, Extruded Cut, and Fillet Features Chapter 8 & Shell, Draft, and Rib Features Chapter 9 & Pattern and Mirror Features Chapter 10 & Sweep and Loft Features Chapter 11 & Bottom-Up Assembly Modeling Chapter 12 & Top-Down Assembly Modeling Chapter 13 & Drawings and eDrawings Chapter 14 & Sheet Metal and COSMOSXpress Chapter 15 & PhotoWorks Summary Appendix Types of Decimal Dimensions ASME Y14.5M SolidWorks Keyboard Shortcuts Helpful On-Line Information Index