The Comprehensive SolidWorks Reference Guide for All Users

Finally, the one SolidWorks book every user needs! This leading 3D CAD program, packed with functionality, is essential for engineers, mechanical designers, industrial designers, and drafters worldwide. Whether you are just learning SolidWorks or are an accomplished user, this guide gives you more than 40 chapters of step-by-step instruction, valuable techniques, and real-world examples that help you take full advantage of the software.

Newcomers will quickly get up to speed with clear lessons and helpful tutorials on the companion website. Veteran users will appreciate the detail about advanced functionality and techniques that have not been widely explored, even in SolidWorks documentation. This is the reference that lets SolidWorks beginners build their skills and transforms skilled users into SolidWorks power users.

Coverage includes:

• Mastering basic SolidWorks 2D and 3D tasks
• Navigating the interface
• Using drag-and-drop, point-and-click, and cut-and-paste tools
• Extending functionality with exclusive techniques
• Working with advanced file management tools
• Creating cleaner, more precise, and more polished designs
• Incorporating improved search and Pack-and-Go into your workflow
• Automating your drawings
• Adopting best practices

• Create Part and Assembly Models More Efficiently
• Simplify and Streamline
• Pre-Flight Checks
• Discover Tips and Techniques Not Covered Elsewhere
• Build Intelligence Into Your Parts
• Employ Master Model Techniques

The complete SolidWorks reference-tutorial for beginner to advanced techniques

Mastering SolidWorks is the reference-tutorial for all users. Packed with step-by-step instructions, video tutorials for over 40 chapters, and coverage of little-known techniques, this book takes you from novice to power user with clear instruction that goes beyond the basics. Fundamental techniques are detailed with real-world examples for hands-on learning, and the companion website provides tutorial files for all exercises. Even veteran users will find value in new techniques that make familiar tasks faster, easier, and more organized, including advanced file management tools that simplify and streamline pre-flight checks.

SolidWorks is the leading 3D CAD program, and is an essential tool for engineers, mechanical designers, industrial designers, and drafters around the world. User friendly features such as drag-and-drop, point-and-click, and cut-and-paste tools belie the software’s powerful capabilities that can help you create cleaner, more precise, more polished designs in a fraction of the time. This book is the comprehensive reference every SolidWorks user needs, with tutorials, background, and more for beginner to advanced techniques.

• Get a grasp on fundamental SolidWorks 2D and 3D tasks using realistic examples with text-based tutorials
• Delve into advanced functionality and capabilities not commonly covered by how-to guides
• Incorporate improved search, Pack-and-Go and other file management tools into your workflow
• Adopt best practices and exclusive techniques you won’t find anywhere else

Work through this book beginning-to-end as a complete SolidWorks course, or dip in as needed to learn new techniques and time-saving tricks on-demand. Organized for efficiency and designed for practicality, these tips will remain useful at any stage of expertise. With exclusive coverage and informative detail, Mastering SolidWorks is the tutorial-reference for users at every level of expertise.