SolidWorks For Dummies

- Introduction

Part I: Beginning the SolidWorks Journey
Chapter 1: Getting to Know (And Love) SolidWorks
Chapter 2: Taking Control of SolidWorks
Chapter 3: Building Blocks for the Virtual Prototype

Part II: Design Intent and the Virtual Prototype
Chapter 4: Do What I Mean, Not What I Sketch
Chapter 5: Making Better Parts
Chapter 6: Putting It All Together

Part III: The Devil's in the "Drawing" Details
Chapter 7: Creating Drawings
Chapter 8: Speeding It Up: Automating the Drawing
Chapter 9: Changes, Changes, Changes
Chapter 10: Leveraging Your Existing Designs
Chapter 11: Printing and Plotting

Part IV : Playing Nicely with Others (And Picking Up Your Toys)
Chapter 12: Managing the Clutter
Chapter 13: Collaborating with Team Members
Chapter 14: Viewing and Reviewing Documents

Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 15: Ten Tips for Becoming More Proficient with SolidWorks
Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Extend and Reuse Your Design Information
Chapter 17: Ten Resources for the SolidWorks Community

- Appendix: About the CD

- Index

Greg Jankowski is the Customer Satisfaction Manager at SolidWorks corporation. He is a veteran (translation: been doing this longer than he cares to admit) in the CAD industry with experience using SolidWorks, ProEngineer, and Computervision CAD systems in a variety of mechanical design and developmental positions. Greg was the Principal at CIMCO, a SolidWorks Solution Partner since SolidWorks 95.

Greg is the author of the book SolidWorks for AutoCAD Users and the e-book Exploring SolidWorks. In addition, he authored and developed the SolidWorks workstation benchmark. He is also the author of the Cadalyst magazine column "Solid Thinking" and is a regular columnist for the SolidWorks Express newsletter.

Richard Doyle is the User Community Coordinator at SolidWorks, responsible for helping SolidWorks user groups grow and thrive. A SolidWorks user since 1997, Richard has 29 years of experience in the field of mechanical drafting and design, including 22 years spent working with CAD. As one of the original founding members of the SolidWorks User Group Network (SWUGN) committee, Richard has spent a good deal of time helping to keep SolidWorks users informed and educated and enjoying the benefits of working with 3D CAD.