Mastering SolidWorks

SolidWorks is the leading 3D CAD program and is an essential tool for engineers, mechanical designers, industrial designers, and drafters around the world. This book is a comprehensive reference every SolidWorks user needs, with tutorials, background, and more for beginner to advanced techniques. The book begins starts with an introduction to SolidWorks, enabling you to learn the installation process, concepts, and terminologies of SolidWorks. You’ll also become familiar with parametric history-based design. Next, you’ll explore the SolidWorks interface and create simple sketches and drawings using different tools. Towards the end, you’ll make your drawings livelier by using Assemblies, and advanced techniques such as surface modeling and multibody modeling. By the end of this book, you’ll have gathered a thorough understanding of SolidWorks and how it is applied in the context of everyday design or engineering practice.