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Summary: Need some more explanation
Review: The SolidWorks 2003 Tutorial and MultiMedia CD book is a good book, it just needs some more explanation.Not a bad book to start with, but only if you have some prior knowledge.
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Summary: Learn at Your Own Pace
Review: This and other SolidWorks books by Dave and Marie Planchard are simply the best out there. Students, Other CAD users and anyone wishing to enter a fun and exciting field, finally have a chance to learn the most popular (and in my opinion the BEST) CAD software out there... SolidWorks. Now anyone can afford to educate themselves on their own time, at their own pace and not have to pay the hundreds or even thousands of dollars for a class. THANK YOU Dave and Marie!!
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Summary: No Experience Required
Review: This was the easiest program tutorial I've ever read. My boss is a designer, but not a very computer savvy one. So that's where I came in. I am fairly proficient with computers, but I have no knowledge of drafting principles or design concepts. With this tutorial, I can now confidently plot any image from the 2D sheets he provides me with. It was very easy to follow through - no foreign terms left unexplained, diagrams on every single page. Of course, it didn't teach all aspects of the program but most everything else can be discovered on your own once you know the basics of the book.
My only complaint is that the drawing of the final project is a bit vague as to where to place some of the components, but by then, you've already learned the program. In short: Don't expect to learn anything about drafting or get bogged down 'industry lingo'.
This is the perfect book for learning the ins and outs of the computer program. It took me about a week to get through the book. (The corresponding CD Rom tutorial was pretty useless, other than providing some of the images you need for the final project. It basically reads the book out loud to you, and the book is so easy to read it's quite unnecessary)
I recommend this to anyone with no prior knowledge of the industry that may suddenly need the ability to comfortably maneuver in Solid Works.
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