D&M Education: SolidWorks®-The Basics

D&M Education LLC was founded in 1998 and is a SolidWorks Solution Partner. In the past 13 years, we have published over 45 books on SolidWorks, most with video instruction targeted for the beginner to intermediate user. We are the 1# authors of SolidWorks books, and our book are used by the top engineering schools around the world.

SolidWorks: The Basics with MultiMedia CD is targeted toward a technical school, two-year college or four-year university instructor/student or professional person who is a beginner or intermediate user and is looking for a step-by-step project-based approach with an enclosed 1.5 hour MultiMedia CD.

SolidWorks: The Basics with MultiMedia CD covers the SolidWorks User Interface and CommandManager, Document and System properties, Task Pane, Design Library and more, Document and System properties, simple machine parts, SimulationXpress/COSMOSXpress analysis, multi-sheet, multi-view drawings, bill of materials, revision tables, design tables, configurations, and simple assemblies using basic and some advanced features. SolidWorks: The Basics is a sub-set of Engineering Design with SolidWorks. New for 2009, a chapter on the CSWA Certification exam. Sample questions, answers, and SolidWorks models are covered and included.

In a classroom environment, an instructor can take up to six weeks to cover all of the material: five classroom hours/week between lectures and labs with an individual project at the end of the term. The book can be used later as a beginner reference book. This book is used mainly by technical schools and two-year community colleges with limited classtime.