Mastering Surface Modeling with SOLIDWORKS 2023 Basic through Advanced Techniques Mastering Surface Modeling with SOLIDWORKS 2023 focuses on surfacing tools an important aspect of SOLIDWORKS’ design capabilities that fills in the gaps that might be left by using solid modeling alone. If you are a SOLIDWORKS user currently relying on solid modeling for designs or are just not familiar with surface modeling techniques this book will add these skills to your repertoire to help you create the highest-quality models. For instructors teaching this advanced skillset this book’s proven techniques practical examples and training files will give students a broad understanding of the procedures needed to build freeform shapes and place them well on their way to creating sophisticated surface designs of their own. This manual is one of only a few on the market completely dedicated to mastering surfacing tools. Each of the ten chapters has clean clear instructions with plentiful diagrams to lead you through carefully selected exercises based on the author’s own work experience and techniques. You are guided from a review of surfacing basics to advanced surface modeling of real-world objects to an explanation and example of hybrid modeling to surface repairs and patches. Peruse the table of contents and pick and choose the chapters you are interested in or complete all chapters consecutively to give you an in-depth understanding of all the tools and procedures needed to create surface designs. The projects you will work on in this book include a shoehorn computer mouse phone case a modem housing and stents. Woven into each of these are procedures approaches and solutions for possible issues that might arise when you are using surfacing tools. These can be applied to any project you create. Each project touches on a variety of frequently used commands such as extrude loft boundary and sweep; surface revolved filled split and knit; using deform and configurations; mirroring bodies; creating an axis curve driven and circular patterns fillets and molded parts. Look for the post-it notes next to commands for helpful tips and definitions. Throughout the book you will learn techniques of hybrid modeling the combination of surface and solid modeling. The last part of the book takes it one step further. Chapter 9 examines hybrid modeling in-depth guiding you step-by-step from a 2D sketch to the final product a handle housing. The last two chapters focus on molded parts creating and saving visual properties of models and how to repair faulty surfaces. The advanced surfacing tools and techniques in this book give you the confidence to tackle projects using hybrid modeling. It is the best method to take full advantage of SOLIDWORKS’ modeling power and create more complex designs. Topics Covered Extruded surfaces Knitting surfaces Loft surface Boundary surface Sweep surface RealView graphics Trimming surfaces Mirroring a surface body Revolved surfaces Using deform Using configurations Trimming a sketch Thickening a model Creating an axis Creating a circular pattern Molded parts Surface repairs and patches Curve driven patterns Hybrid modeling | Mastering Surface Modeling with SOLIDWORKS 2023 Basic through Advanced Techniques GBP 59.99 1
Mastering Surface Modeling with SOLIDWORKS 2022 Basic through Advanced Techniques Mastering Surface Modeling with SOLIDWORKS 2022 focuses on surfacing tools an important aspect of SOLIDWORKS’ design capabilities that fills in the gaps that might be left by using solid modeling alone. If you are a SOLIDWORKS user currently relying on solid modeling for designs or are just not familiar with surface modeling techniques this book will add these skills to your repertoire to help you create the highest-quality models. For instructors teaching this advanced skillset this book’s proven techniques practical examples and training files will give students a broad understanding of the procedures needed to build freeform shapes and place them well on their way to creating sophisticated surface designs of their own. This manual is one of only a few on the market completely dedicated to mastering surfacing tools. Each of the ten chapters has clean clear instructions with plentiful diagrams to lead you through carefully selected exercises based on the author’s own work experience and techniques. You are guided from a review of surfacing basics to advanced surface modeling of real-world objects to an explanation and example of hybrid modeling to surface repairs and patches. Peruse the table of contents and pick and choose the chapters you are interested in or complete all chapters consecutively to give you an in-depth understanding of all the tools and procedures needed to create surface designs. The projects you will work on in this book include a shoehorn computer mouse phone case a modem housing and stents. Woven into each of these are procedures approaches and solutions for possible issues that might arise when you are using surfacing tools. These can be applied to any project you create. Each project touches on a variety of frequently used commands such as extrude loft boundary and sweep; surface revolved filled split and knit; using deform and configurations; mirroring bodies; creating an axis curve driven and circular patterns fillets and molded parts. Look for the post-it notes next to commands for helpful tips and definitions. Throughout the book you will learn techniques of hybrid modeling the combination of surface and solid modeling. The last part of the book takes it one step further. Chapter 8 examines hybrid modeling in-depth guiding you step-by-step from a 2D sketch to the final product a handle housing. The last two chapters focus on molded parts creating and saving visual properties of models and how to repair faulty surfaces. The advanced surfacing tools and techniques in this book give you the confidence to tackle projects using hybrid modeling. It is the best method to take full advantage of SOLIDWORKS’ modeling power and create more complex designs. Topics Covered Extruded surfaces Knitting surfaces Loft surface Boundary surface Sweep surface RealView graphics Trimming surfaces Mirroring a surface body Revolved surfaces Using deform Using configurations Trimming a sketch Thickening a model Creating an axis Creating a circular pattern Molded parts Surface repairs and patches Curve driven patterns Hybrid modeling | Mastering Surface Modeling with SOLIDWORKS 2022 Basic through Advanced Techniques GBP 58.00 1
Autodesk Inventor 2024 A Tutorial Introduction This unique text and video set presents a thorough introduction to Autodesk Inventor for anyone with little or no prior experience with CAD software. It can be used in virtually any setting from four year engineering schools to on-the-job use or self-study. Unlike other books of its kind it begins at a very basic level and ends at a very advanced level. It’s perfect for anyone interested in learning Autodesk Inventor quickly and effectively using a learning by doing approach. Additionally the extensive videos that are included with this book make it easier than ever to learn Inventor by clearly demonstrating how to use its tools. The philosophy behind this book is that learning computer aided design programs is best accomplished by emphasizing the application of the tools. Students also seem to learn more quickly and retain information and skills better if they are actually creating something with the software program. The driving force behind this book is learning by doing. The instructional format of this book centers on making sure that students learn by doing and that students can learn from this book on their own. In fact this is one thing that differentiates this book from others: the emphasis on being able to use the book for self-study. The presentation of Autodesk Inventor is structured so that no previous knowledge of any CAD program is required. This book uses the philosophy that Inventor is mastered best by concentrating on applying the program to create different types of solid models starting simply and then using the power of the program to progressively create more complex solid models. The Drawing Activities at the end of each chapter are more complex iterations of the part developed by each chapter’s objectives. Since CAD programs are highly visual there are graphical illustrations showing how to use the program. This reinforces the learn by doing philosophy since a student can see exactly what the program shows and then step through progressive commands to implement the required operations. Rather than using a verbal description of the command a screen capture of each command is replicated. Included Videos Each book includes access to extensive video training created by author Scott Hansen. The videos follow along with the table of contents of the book. Each chapter has one or more videos in which the author demonstrates how to use the tools that are covered in that chapter. Most videos follow an exercise from start to finish. The exercises created in the video are very similar to the exercise found in the corresponding chapter. Throughout the videos Scott Hansen describes how to perform each step the reason behind these steps and some of the other options available with the various tools. The author's clear and simple description of each exercise is a perfect companion to the text and makes learning Autodesk Inventor easier than ever. There are thirty-four videos with four hours and thirty-nine minutes of training in total. To access the videos you will need to follow the instruction included on the inside front cover to redeem the access code included with each book. Redeeming the code will add this book to your SDC Publications Library and allow you to access the videos whenever you want. | Autodesk Inventor 2024 A Tutorial Introduction GBP 68.99 1
Autodesk Inventor 2023 A Tutorial Introduction This unique text and video set presents a thorough introduction to Autodesk Inventor for anyone with little or no prior experience with CAD software. It can be used in virtually any setting from four year engineering schools to on-the-job use or self-study. Unlike other books of its kind it begins at a very basic level and ends at a very advanced level. It’s perfect for anyone interested in learning Autodesk Inventor quickly and effectively using a learning by doing approach. Additionally the extensive videos that are included with this book make it easier than ever to learn Inventor by clearly demonstrating how to use its tools. The philosophy behind this book is that learning computer aided design programs is best accomplished by emphasizing the application of the tools. Students also seem to learn more quickly and retain information and skills better if they are actually creating something with the software program. The driving force behind this book is learning by doing. The instructional format of this book centers on making sure that students learn by doing and that students can learn from this book on their own. In fact this is one thing that differentiates this book from others: the emphasis on being able to use the book for self-study. The presentation of Autodesk Inventor is structured so that no previous knowledge of any CAD program is required. This book uses the philosophy that Inventor is mastered best by concentrating on applying the program to create different types of solid models starting simply and then using the power of the program to progressively create more complex solid models. The Drawing Activities at the end of each chapter are more complex iterations of the part developed by each chapter’s objectives. Since CAD programs are highly visual there are graphical illustrations showing how to use the program. This reinforces the learn by doing philosophy since a student can see exactly what the program shows and then step through progressive commands to implement the required operations. Rather than using a verbal description of the command a screen capture of each command is replicated. Included Videos Each book includes access to extensive video training created by author Scott Hansen. The videos follow along with the table of contents of the book. Each chapter has one or more videos in which the author demonstrates how to use the tools that are covered in that chapter. Most videos follow an exercise from start to finish. The exercises created in the video are very similar to the exercise found in the corresponding chapter. Throughout the videos Scott Hansen describes how to perform each step the reason behind these steps and some of the other options available with the various tools. The author's clear and simple description of each exercise is a perfect companion to the text and makes learning Autodesk Inventor easier than ever. There are thirty-one videos with four hours and nineteen minutes of training in total. To access the videos you will need to follow the instruction included on the inside front cover to redeem the access code included with each book. Redeeming the code will add this book to your SDC Publications Library and allow you to access the videos whenever you want. | Autodesk Inventor 2023 A Tutorial Introduction GBP 66.00 1