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Summary: Good Theory analysis.
Review: Disappointed because it lacked tutorials. The few examples that were in the book were not too easy to follow
Rating: 
Summary: An excellent guide to learning Pro/Surface
Review: I recently finished the book, and I learned quite a bit from it. If you want to be taught exact command sequences to perform specific modeling tasks, this may not be the book for you. If you do not mind a bit of work and experimentation, which leads to a pretty thorough knowledge of Pro/Surface, this is it. My suggestion for using this book to learn surfacing is to read/skim the first 6 chapters (part I & II; essentially no modeling exercises in these), attempt the next 3 chapters' modeling problems, re-read the first 6 chapters, and then do the modeling exercises in chapters 7 thru 12, with the assistance of the info in ch. 14 --> 18.
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Summary: Definately not worth the time or price.
Review: If you are already familiar with surfacing this may not be a bad book, but for someone trying to learn, the applications are very weak, and presume the user has more knowledge concerning the art of surfacing than a newcomer to this area of modeling could have.
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Summary: WORTHLESS - except as kindling
Review: If you expect to learn surfacing techniques in Pro-E
with help from this book - good luck! The examples are weak
at best and lack any step by step instruction. Save your money.
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Summary: From "Engineering Automation Report," December 1997:
Review: INSIDE Pro/SURFACE is an excellent book devoted to fundamental and advanced
topics covering Pro/ENGINEER's surfacing capabilities...[T]his volume goes a
long way in shining light on this often untapped but extremely important area...
[T]he author does a good job describing surfacing tools and outlining the
construction method through the use of examples.
...There is a good short discussion of using Tweak-Surface-Replace, a very
powerful, handy, and widely used feature in Pro/E...INSIDE Pro/SURFACE
emphasizes blended surface construction...This is often the most powerful way to
build an exact surface...We found the "Shelling Difficult Geometry" example to be
very useful. There are times when Pro/E's shell functionality does not work.
The book provides a method to get the shell you want in spite of these problems.
This method alone can get users out of some very difficult situations.
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Summary: Inside ProSurface ??? humm...
Review: This book is well written but not meant for beginning users of ProE. The creation of surfaces requires the designer to create datum features which more advanced surfaces can be created with. The book dose a poor job discussing the creation of datum features. But if you are a intermediate level user of ProE it will not matter. The book is great for getting some valuable concepts from... However, you will not be able to do surfacing even if you master the concepts in the book because there are no menu picks in the book. The material is presented in a clear manner but the menu picks for some of the more advanced topics are 3-4 layers deep.. "so good luck finding them"
FYI: You will still need the advice of an experienced Surfacing Designer. Just to find the menu picks.... There are few surfacing books on the market so I suggest you get what you can.. BUY THE BOOK...
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Summary: Definately not worth the time or price.
Review: This book offers a wide range of useful information involving surface creation theory and techniques. However, it does not offer in depth surface creation tutorials.
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Summary: A good book of theory and techniques, not tutorials
Review: This book offers a wide range of useful information involving surface creation theory and techniques. However, it does not offer in depth surface creation tutorials.
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Summary: Inside Pro/Surface
Review: This is the best in depth treatment of surfacing in non-PTC literature. It is not a tutorial. It is very dense. Read it slowly and work examples as if they were tutorials. I think it's better time spent for the advanced user than in the ProE surfacing class.
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Summary: On contents
Review: Written to revision 18, INSIDE Pro/SURFACE makes the creation of complex
surfaces intuitive through practical examples of high-curvature surface construction,
with an emphasis on creating manufacturable, easily modifiable models. The book
also covers techniques for evaluating design problems and determining the
most appropriate working method before modeling begins. Audience: Both new and experienced Pro/SURFACE users, as well as the general
Pro engineer, drafting specialists, and solid modeling designers.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Part I: Fundamentals
Chapter 1: Design Philosophy
Chapter 2: Pro/SURFACE Model Construction
Part II: The Tool Box
Chapter 3: Datum Features
Chapter 4: Datum Curves
Chapter 5: Surfacing
Chapter 6: Surface Trimming and Intersecting
Part III: Applications
Chapter 7: Solving a Difficult Solid Modeling Problem
Chapter 8: Hammer Head Blended Surface
Chapter 9: Top Half of a Plastic Mouse
Chapter 10: Creating a Spoon
Chapter 11: Casting Construction Local Blend
Chapter 12: Ear Piece for an Eyeglass Frame
Chapter 13: Importing Foreign Geometry
Chapter 14: Shelling Difficult Geometry
Part IV: Investigation and Troubleshooting
Chapter 15: Analysis Tools
Chapter 16: Surfacing Rules
Chapter 17: Surface Troubleshooting
Chapter 18: Surface Model Management
Index
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