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 enlarge | Author: Matt Lombard
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
List Price: $49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 32990
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1104
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.3
ISBN: 0470080132
Dewey Decimal Number: 620.00420285536
EAN: 9780470080139
ASIN: 0470080132
Publication Date: April 30, 2007
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 By far, the best SolidWorks book Available January 10, 2008
1 out of 12 found this review helpful
By far, this has to be the best SolidWorks book out there. Believe me; I am a Mechanical Engineer and a seasoned SolidWorks user. I have purchased several other instructional books on SolidWorks and very few delivered the information in a well structured manner. Lombard's book is well written and very well organized. The book is written both for the beginner and those who have been using SolidWorks for a while. Everybody can learn from Lombard's book. Bottom line is this: If Lombard was to write another book for SolidWorks 2008, I would definitely buy it.
2nd Year Book December 3, 2007
9 out of 17 found this review helpful
Very highly recommended...getting useful information on when best to use the myriad of methods available to model/assemble is usually trial and error and this book offers that advice without you living the pain of going down the wrong path. This is the advice I paid for when ordering this book--and it was delivered on almost every page I've read so far.
That being said...don't order this book as your FIRST resource on SW, but as a complement to existing material. My recommendation is that this is for those who have 6 months of experience or are converts from other 3D software--for those looking to efficiently increase their skill level.
For the price, this is the book to get November 22, 2007
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
I am a college student in Computer Aided Design Engineering A.A.S. I really wasn't required to purchase a book, but I purchased this one. College books are expensive, but for the price of this book I got more than if I would have went for a hands on college book. It includes a CD/DVD with all of the tutorial files and, this book is very thorough. It is the best one I could find.
If it is not here, you don't need it! October 31, 2007
3 out of 15 found this review helpful
From a ten year SolidWorks User: Matt Lombard has done an awesome job of laying SolidWorks out where a user at any level can profit greatly by USING his book. The more that you learn, the more there is for you. This is not a fiction novel, you will use the index and directories a lot. If you are not interested in HOW TO.... or another way to do IT, don't bother with this book.
 Some help, not a good topical reference book October 19, 2007
26 out of 29 found this review helpful
If you have time to sit down and read this book, it is probably quite helpful for intermediate to advanced users, but nobody I know working on SolidWorks has time to read 1100 pages looking for useful hints. It is not a good quick reference book.
I'm sorry to read in other reviews that this book is not really for beginners, because now I don't know who it is good for. There are pages and pages of mundane explanations about toolbars and very basic topics, but this information is much easier learned either at a VAR class or poking around on your own.
But have a more involved question like, how do I change the default view orientations of a part? The index is quite useless, since it only has the names SW assigns to various topics, and if you do know to look up 'View Orientation' the only topic covered is for drawings. I have found this problem with more than half of the topics I have tried looking up: basic information that you don't need a book for, and less help than the SW help file on more challenging topics. An unfortunate waste of $40.
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