SOLIDWORKS 2023: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users

Sandeep Dogra

CADArtifex

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SOLIDWORKS 2023: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users textbook has been designed for instructor-led courses as well as self-paced learning. It is intended to help engineers and designers interested in learning SOLIDWORKS for creating 3D mechanical designs. This textbook is a great help for new SOLIDWORKS users and a great teaching aid in classroom training. This textbook consists of 14 chapters, with a total of 780 pages covering the major environments of SOLIDWORKS such as Sketching environment, Part modeling environment, Assembly environment, and Drawing environment. This textbook teaches users to use SOLIDWORKS mechanical design software for creating parametric 3D solid components, assemblies, and 2D drawings. This textbook also includes a chapter on creating multiple configurations of a design.

This textbook not only focuses on the usage of the tools and commands of SOLIDWORKS but also on the concept of design. Every chapter in this textbook contains tutorials that provide users with step-by-step instructions for creating mechanical designs and drawings with ease. Moreover, every chapter ends with hands-on test drives which allow users to experience the user friendly and technical capabilities of SOLIDWORKS.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction to SOLIDWORKS

Chapter 2. Drawing Sketches with SOLIDWORKS

Chapter 3. Editing and Modifying Sketches

Chapter 4. Applying Geometric Relations and Dimensions

Chapter 5. Creating Base Feature of Solid Models

Chapter 6. Creating Reference Geometries

Chapter 7. Advanced Modeling - I

Chapter 8. Advanced Modeling - II

Chapter 9. Patterning and Mirroring

Chapter 10. Advanced Modeling - III

Chapter 11. Working with Configurations

Chapter 12. Working with Assemblies - I

Chapter 13. Working with Assemblies - II

Chapter 14. Working with Drawings

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Sandeep Dogra is the founder of CADArtifex LLC and has over two decades of experience in the engineering & design industry. He has authored textbooks on various CAD/CAM/CAE software such as AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Fusion 360, Creo Parametric, SOLIDWORKS, and SOLIDWORKS Simulation. 

 

He has worked in various capacities in design, production, teaching, and management functions prior to founding CADArtifex. He is a qualified Mechanical Engineer and has decades of hands-on experience with various CAD/CAM/CAE software as a designer, trainer, and consultant. He has been teaching various CAD software for more than 15 years and has worked as an industry consultant with many engineering companies on various designing & engineering projects. He is also a member of Autodesk Developer Network (ADN).

CADArtifex LLC is an independent publisher of Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing, and Engineering textbooks. The company was founded by Sandeep Dogra, in the year 2015, with a vision to provide the best quality of learning solutions to engineering students and professionals.