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Companion Web site includes templates, custom properties, and macros to help you administer SolidWorks
Matt Lombard
SolidWorks® Administration Bible
Install, configure, and manage SolidWorks
Become your company's CAD administrator
Establish best practices and write standards
The book you need to succeed!
What you need to configure, install, and manage SolidWorks
At last, there is a comprehensive guide for those of you who can already power-use SolidWorks but now find yourself also responsible for installing, monitoring, or maintaining this complex software for your company. From hardware selection and training users to handling licensing, updates, and troubleshooting, this is the bread-and-butter SolidWorks administration book that IT and CAD administratorsor those pressed into service to handle those taskshave been seeking.
Understand network requirements and set up a CAD workspace
Get up to speed on Windows Registry, Msconfig, and other OS tools
Install SolidWorks, implement training, and handle licensing
Define and write your company's 2D and 3D SolidWorks standards
Establish best practices for sketches, features, and assemblies
Become the point person between IT and CAD and management and CAD
Companion Web Site
Visit the book's Web site for document templates, custom properties, macros, and various types of data you'll encounter while administering SolidWorks.
Manage installation of SolidWorks software
Automate libraries with Toolbox
Install and manage SolidWorks Workgroup PDM
Synopsis
SolidWorks Administration Bible is a complete reference that covers how to prepare for SolidWorks implementation, actually deploying the software, and finally maintaining and upgrading the installation. The book is broken up into three sections: Preparing, Installing and Maintaining. Preparing covers topics from hardware selection to mentoring power users. Installing gets involved in the details of setting up shared libraries, automated deployment tools, and licensing. Finally Maintaining deals with updates and upgrades, support and troubleshooting, standardization and collaboration. There are no books currently out in the market that fills this need, not even SolidWorks documentation exists. SolidWorks Administration Bible will fill this space and be a resourceful guide, meeting the needs of IT professionals, CAD administration professional and SolidWorks users needing to administer their own installation.
Synopsis
What you need to prepare, install, and maintain SolidWorks
It's not enough to know how to use SolidWorks, if your job also requires you to install or maintain it, train new users, and implement standards. This in-depth guide was written for those of you who have to actually manage your company's SolidWorks system. From hardware selection to helping users to licensing and more, this is the everyday, bread-and-butter SolidWorks administration resource that IT and CAD managers have been seeking.
- SolidWorks is a powerful 3D solid modeling system that is popular with CAD users everywhere, but often leaves IT administrators in the dark as to how to manage it; this essential guide covers SolidWorks admin for both IT staff and CAD users
- Walks you through preparing, installing, and maintaining SolidWorks
- Covers setting up shared libraries, automated deployment tools, licensing, updates and upgrades, support and troubleshooting, standardization, and collaboration
Get the high-level assistance you need to efficiently manage SolidWorks in your enterprise or small business.
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
About the Author
Matt Lombard is an independent mechanical design consultant. Because of the popularity of his SolidWorks blog Dezignstuff, and sessions at SolidWorks World, he has built a reputation as the go-to resource for everything SolidWorks.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I: Preparing for SolidWorks.
Chapter 1: Defining CAD Administration.
Chapter 2: Preparing Information Technology.
Chapter 3: Preparing Document Management.
Chapter 4: Operating System Tools You Need to Know.
Chapter 5: Training Users.
Part II: Installing SolidWorks.
Chapter 6: Installing the Software.
Chapter 7: Licensing.
Chapter 8: Standardizing Settings.
Chapter 9: Maximizing Your Use of Templates.
Chapter 10: Implementing Toolbox.
Chapter 11: Establishing Libraries.
Part III: Maintaining SolidWorks.
Chapter 12: Writing a SolidWorks Standard.
Chapter 13: Using Custom Properties.
Chapter 14: Establishing Best Practice Rules.
Chapter 15: Automating Tasks with the API.
Chapter 16: Supporting SolidWorks Users.
Chapter 17: Collaboration.
Chapter 18: Managing Change.
Chapter 19: Rolling out New Service Packs.
Chapter 20: Rolling out New Versions.
Part IV: SolidWorks Workgroup PDM.
Chapter 21: Introducing SolidWorks Workgroup PDM.
Chapter 22: Installing and Configuring the Vault.
Chapter 23: Establishing Permissions and Managing Toolbox.
Chapter 24: Establishing Client Best Practice.
Part V: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Online Help Resources.
Appendix B: Sources for Standards.
Appendix C: Tools, Options Menu Settings.
Index.