SolidWorks 2009 Bible
Chapter One
Introducing SolidWorks
IN THIS CHAPTER
Starting SolidWorks for the
first time
Identifying different types of
SolidWorks documents
Understanding feature-based
Modeling
Understanding history-based
Modeling
Sketching with parametrics
Understanding Design Intent
Editing Design Intent
Working with associativity
Tutorial: Creating a part
template
If you are coming to SolidWorks from Inventor, Solid Edge, or another
program in that class, you will find SolidWorks to be very familiar
territory, with a similar if not identical design philosophy. SolidWorks
also shares a lot of underlying structure with Pro/ENGINEER, and if you are
coming from that product, there will be some relearning, but much of your
training will be transferable.
If you are coming from 2D AutoCAD, CADKEY, or MicroStation,
SolidWorks may at first cause a bit of culture shock for you. However, once
you embrace feature-based modeling, things will go more easily. As you will
see, SolidWorks, and in fact most solid modeling i ... read full excerpt from SolidWorks 2009 Bible ebook
