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Improve Planningand Management on Any Construction Project with Powerful BIM Tools

Building information modeling (BIM) integrates 3D drawings and 4D animations to dramatically improve the communication, coordination, and planning of construction projects, while reducing risks, errors, and costs. Building Information Modeling is an in-depth resource that shows architects and building professionals how to capitalize on BIM concepts, tools, and techniques for their own building projects.

• An in-depth explanation of BIM concepts, tools, and techniques
• Guidance on applying BIM to new and retrofit construction projects
• More than 200 photos, charts, diagrams, and details of the BIM process
• Detailed case studies

Inside this Comprehensive Guide to BIM Technology

Customer Reviews (2)

strong on concepts!
I was interested in this book because it seemed less like a "how to" book and more about what makes this technology work.It has not disappointed on those issues at all.Very rich in information.The biggest weakness I have found is that the author clearly favors certain software packages over others, which I can understand... everyone has their preferences.However, when discussing Autodesk's Revit platform, I found the book to be overly biased and sometimes, flatly, mistaken.This issue does not however, severely detract from the overall value of the information.Where the book seeks to discuss BIM without focusing on specific software, it is without equal.As long as you aren't making purchasing decisions based on the information, anyone familiar with the basics of BIM will find it fascinating.

Excellent insight
Well organized, well written.Provides information about model composition which most books on this subject do not include.Very informative.Organizations looking to move down the BIM/VDC path should definitely take the time to read as they will learn a great deal about the process changes needed to effectively utilize 3D models in their workflow. ... Read more

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“The authors are the originators of isogeometric analysis, are excellent scientists and good educators. It is very original. There is no other book on this topic.”
—René de Borst, Eindhoven University of Technology

Written by leading experts in the field and featuring fully integrated colour throughout, Isogeometric Analysis provides a groundbreaking solution for the integration of CAD and FEA technologies. Tom Hughes and his researchers, Austin Cottrell and Yuri Bazilevs, present their pioneering isogeometric approach, which aims to integrate the two techniques of CAD and FEA using precise NURBS geometry in the FEA application. This technology offers the potential to revolutionise automobile, ship and airplane design and analysis by allowing models to be designed, tested and adjusted in one integrative stage.

Providing a systematic approach to the topic, the authors begin with a tutorial introducing the foundations of Isogeometric Analysis, before advancing to a comprehensive coverage of the most recent developments in the technique. The authors offer a clear explanation as to how to add isogeometric capabilities to existing finite element computer programs, demonstrating how to implement and use the technology. Detailed programming examples and datasets are included to impart a thorough knowledge and understanding of the material.

• Provides examples of different applications, showing the reader how to implement isogeometric models
• Addresses readers on both sides of the CAD/FEA divide
• Describes Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBS) basis functions

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CAD (Computer Aided Design) can have many advantages for model engineers over traditional draughting methods. This book explains CAD and provides practical advice on how to choose the right system and make progress. ... Read more

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This book covers some of the technological changes that have emerged in the fashion world. It provides a way of integrating this technology with the process of designing clothes. This book focuses on the representational and graphic aspects of fashion design. It gives the history of computer-aided design followed by a description of the types of systems presently utilized in the industry and the role each plays in the design process. It also breaks down the design process and describes the CAD- related experiences that a designer might encounter while on the job. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Not very helpful.
This was sadly disappointing and did not really talk about how to do anything but rather how CAD for design was being used all over the industry. I would think that a book titled CAD for Fashion Design would actually show you how to do CAD for fashion design.

this book is not very helpful - and it was written in 97
Especially with that title, you would expect alot of info on CAD for fashion right? Maybe see things like; how you would create patterns, even 3-D representations, or create prints and colors for fabrics, where I might look for resources on manufacturers and software providers, etc. Well, there are countless mentions in the book of people who use CAD for tons of various things, but almost no mention of HOW any of those people go about it. In some instances the writer is like: yeah, this internet thing is great for selling clothing, web sellers can actually superimpose different colors onto the same garments! yipee. You get the picture, OLD, and not really hands-on at all, more like an informationless overview.

Fashion Designers must have this book...
Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) is used in every field of Fashion. Fashion Designers who work with different types of Design programmes, must read this book in the beginning. This book is so easy to read and understand for beginners.It also has a 3.5'' floppy disk containing of apparel images. It's worth to buy...

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SolidWorks 2007 Tutorial is written to assist students, designers, engineers and professionals. The book provides a introduction to the user interface, menus, toolbars, concepts and modeling techniques of SolidWorks to create parts, assemblies and drawings.

Follow the step-by-step instructions and develop multiple assemblies that combine over 80 extruded machined parts and components. Formulate theskills to create, modify and edit sketches and solid features. Learn the techniques to reuse features, parts and assemblies through symmetry, patterns, copied components, design tables and configurations. Review 2hours of flash movie files that follow the steps in the book.

Desired outcomes and usage competencies are listed for each project. Know your objective up front. Follow the steps in Project 1 through Project 4 to achieve your design goals. Work between multiple documents, features, commands and custom properties that represent how engineers and designersutilize SolidWorks in industry.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Linkage Assembly
2. Front Support Assembly
3. Fundamentals of Drawing
4. Pneumatic Test Module Assembly
Appendix
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Customer Reviews (5)

Found this book the most useful
I bought "SolidWorks 2007 Bible" by Matt Lombard, and "SolidWorks for Dummies", but I found this "SolidWorks 2007 Tutorial" to be the most useful.It helped someone like me who didn't know how to do anything in SolidWorks at all to get started.It was clear and concise about each step you needed to take in order to create the device that you see on the cover.That was the kind of hand-holding I needed.

SolidWorks 2007 Tutorial
SRES:

It is a book what do not can buy in any librery.

It have four examples very good explain.

I am wraiting with the autores looking for have this book in spanish and meabe i can be co-autor.

Tranquilino Acosta

Nice Book for Beginners
Im new to Solidworks, and after going through the book, I feel pretty comfortable using the software.In the exercises the book covers, you build various parts and sub-assemblies.At the end of the book, you put it all together and end up with the assembly shown on the cover of the book.So basically, you'll be able to do that when you're done with the tutorial.Nice book, I only wish it covered Importing from AutoCAD.It completely ignores the subject.Other than that, I was happy with it.

The SolidWorks book to have for the beginner
This is a great step-by-step book for the SolidWorks user who is a beginner. I've been using SolidWorks for approximately three months. The book provides a solid foundation and a straight forward logical procedure to follow. The enclosed CD-ROM is priceless. The CD provides a solid foundation to learn the fundamentals of SolidWorks. Read, watch, learn, and do. Great book.

Look no further for a great SolidWorks Book
I`m a Mechanical Design Engineer by profession.I have over 20 years in the CAD industry primarily with AutoCAD, SDRC, and Pro/E, and the last three years using SolidWorks.SolidWorks, by far is the most intuitive 3D CAD package out there today!

A few years ago, I decided to leave industry, and I now teach at a mid size college in Texas.I teach four freshmen sections of SolidWorks, along with evening and weekend SolidWorks classes.

I, like many instructors who are teaching a software class review numerous books, for potential classroom text and lecture notes.Last year, my local VAR recommended the SolidWorks Tutorial book by Planchard & Planchard.The book provides an excellent foundation in a timely step-by-step procedure with numerous illustrations to clearly enforce the chapter desire outcomes and objectives.

The book is suited well for a classroom / learning environment.It is also great as a self learning tool either for a student or an adult.The material is clearly presented, in a very logical manner.It starts with the SolidWorks Interface, moves to 2D sketches, and then progresses to 3D features: Extruded Boss/Base, Extruded Cut, Extruded Revolved, Loft, Swept, etc.The features are then applied to build parts, assemblies, and drawings.

Part, assembly, and drawing fundamentals and foundations are addressed.This is a great book for the beginner in SolidWorks.
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KEY BENEFIT: This hands-on book leads readers through the complete process of building a ready-to-fabricate CMOS integrated circuit using popular commercial design software. KEY TOPICS: The VLSI CAD flow described in this book uses tools from two vendors: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Synopsys Inc. Detailed tutorials include step-by-step instructions and screen shots of tool windows and dialog boxes. MARKET: A useful reference for chip designers. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

Triumph d'VLSI
Fantastic text using insight, background material, and overall knowledge from premier user in EDA design tools.Erik does a tremendous job of explaining things and providing step by step detail in using complex VLSI design tools for creating design flows.I have known Erik for several years and he amazes me in his level of compassion, knowledge, and gift of teaching in a very complex area.This book is excellent for users both in the academic and commercial world who are looking for a guide that will help users learn the material well and provides a great reference for those that already have backgrounds in this area.This is a book that belongs on everyone's bookshelf not to mention having it very close by for reference while doing anything of importance in VLSI.More importantly, Erik provides the files for users, so that they can follow along and create their own libraries.

Good book for starter
It is an ideal book for starter to learn the design flow of digital implementation using Cadence and Synopsys platform. The usages of the tools are described (much better than reading the long manuals). However, I think the starters usually cannot do the steps as smoothly as described in the book, since the users usually will encounter some error messages. The book seldom mention the method to solve the error messages displayed by the tools.

Great resource for learning Cadence design tools
This book addresses a very hard problem - teaching the essentials of designing VLSI digital circuits using the industrial-strength Cadence environment.As a longtime user of Cadence IC tools in the analog/RF design area, I am finding it to be very educational as I work to bring up the digital flow to support our increasingly complex mixed-signal designs.

The book addresses exactly what I needed - navigating through the maze of software tools offered by Cadence.It does not cover IC process technology, nor the Verilog language - making the correct point that these are covered more than adaquately elsewhere.What it does do is address the software tools, and it does so with well written text supported by many figures.This is exactly what I needed.

I have no illusions everything will work exactly as described.Having struggled through learning Cadence tools on my own for years, I understand the task the author has taken on is enormous.I am therefore willing to accept more struggles, but these will be much reduced thanks to the guidance I am finding in this book.Even if the NCSU toolkit or the UoU standard cells don't work for me, I don't care.I can learn from the book and use it guide me in the use of standard-cell based design in my favorite foundaries.I read 5 chapters on a recent airline trip, and was impressed enough with the knowledge gained that I bought 4 more copies to share with my graduate students.At the price offered by Amazon, I think this is a real bargain and will save my team hundreds if not thousands of dollars in personnel time!

Good book, but not without flaws
This book provides a good introduction to synopsys and cadence software, however it is not without many flaws.

First of all, throughout the book the author reference the University of Utah libraries which are supposed to be available online, but were nowhere to be found.This made it very difficult for me to follow along, since I was using the NCSU libraries which are claimed to be supported by this book, but are not fully.This book seems like it was written for a specific purpose (to teach U of U students how to use VLSI design software the way it is set up on their campus).That's great, but it doesn't belong in published book format.

Also, when the author finally discusses synthesis using design compiler / vision, he does a terrible job explaining how libraries work and where to find them.Once again, it assumes you are using the set-up at U of Utah and its all there for you.

Treasure trove of expert knowledge
Bringing up a industrial-strength CAD flow for VLSI requires a wealth of knowledge that has never been documented in a single place.This book breaks new ground by showing how to set up a design flow using the Cadence and Synopsys tools mixing custom and synthesized blocks.It is ideal for universities fabricating class projects in the MOSIS 0.6 um process.If you are setting up such a flow at your university, this book will save months of effort.The book also includes well-illustrated tutorials on using such a flow once it is set up. ... Read more

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Drafting & Design: Engineering Drawing Using Manual and CAD Techniques is a highly illustrated, complete text designed to teach the practices and techniques used by drafters. Written to meet the educational needs of both beginning and advanced students, Drafting & Design features comprehensive instruction in both manual (traditional) drafting and computer-aided drafting (CAD).

The Seventh Edition has been extensively revised and expanded to cover manual drafting and CAD in tandem. Step-by-step, detailed drafting procedures are presented throughout the text to illustrate the tools and techniques of both methods. For each drafting task presented, manual and CAD procedures are given in sequence to explain both approaches to drafting.

Two new chapters on CAD provide in-depth coverage of CAD principles, commands, and applications. A new chapter on structural drafting is included in addition to other chapters on drafting disciplines, including architectural drafting, electrical and electronics drafting, map and survey drafting, and welding drafting.

New features include new drafting problems, new hands-on drafting procedures, many new illustrations, and new CAD drafting coverage throughout the text.

Detailed instruction is provided to illustrate orthographic projection, multiview drawings, dimensioning, and the development of section views, pictorial drawings, auxiliary views, revolutions, intersections, and developments.

In addition to drafting instruction, Drafting & Design provides coverage of drafting careers, drawing management, and manufacturing processes. Coverage builds from geometric constructions to more advanced topics, including geometric dimensioning and tolerancing. A problem-solving approach is emphasized throughout the text with strict adherence to ANSI and industry standards. ... Read more

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This perfect resource for users with beginner to intermediate-level experience with SolidWorks illustrates clearly and carefully how multiple design situations and systematic steps combine to produce successful designs, and offers readers a comprehensive reference guide that begins with an overview of the software?s concepts and terminology.Create, modify, and edit sketches and solid features using the latest release of one of the most popular software programs in the industry, SolidWorks? 2009. Subsequent chapters address System and Document properties, FeatureManagers, PropertyManagers, ConfigurationManagers, and RenderManagers as well as 2D and 3D sketch tools, sketch entities, and more. This thorough coverage provides readers with a solid understanding of the techniques for reusing features, parts, and assemblies through symmetry, patterns, copied components, design tables, and configurations. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (13)

By it
If you are new or have some experiences about SW this book gonna save money and time for you. Compared to the literature that comes whit the SW training, at least in Sweden this is ten times better in all manners.

ok for beginners
This Planchard book is great for the beginner. It contains very detailed, step by step instructions.
It would be best suited for the person teaching himself SW.I, however, am advanced and found it to be very elementary and of little use to me.But if I was just starting out, it would be great.
Brian Rasco, CSWP

a great book with short tutorials and all model files
I started to use SolidWorks about two weeks ago when my company and my department was both down sized. I needed to learn SolidWorks fast. This is one of two book's which I purchased.

The book provides tons of short tutorials (ten to twenty steps) to learn and practice various features and design techniques with a quick start section in the first chapter. All initial and final model files are provided on the CD. At this time, I'm somewhat overwhelm on the ability and functionality of SolidWorks. This is a very powerful software CAD tool with analysis capabilities.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking to learn SolidWorks by using short tutorials

The SW reference book to have!
I purchased two 2009 SW reference books: This one and the bible. The Commands Guide is by far; easier to read, utilize and comprehend. To coin a phase, "It is very user friendly." It covers substantial information on system options and document properties, default settings, (which is key when you have multi-users on the same system) and important modeling features for parts and assemblies always applying the correct design intent.
The drawing and sheet metal sections are also very good. This is any excellent SW desk reference book for any user who is looking to supplement the SolidWorks online help files and tutorials. The file structure on the CD makes it very easy to locate the corresponding model file to the chapter tutorial. Sometimes, just having a hard copy is nice.

Mr. & Mrs. Planchard ROCK
It's a privilege and honor to be able to write a review about such an Incredible piece of Literature. This is, by far, The BEST book on SolidWorks in the WORLD. I (stupidly) bought the Solidworks 2009 Bible and got it yesterday and today I am using it for fire Kindling!

I plan to purchase every one of David's books, once you get one, you want them all.

I also purchased the Certified SolidWorks 2008 Preparation Exam Guide...WOW, ECELLENT. See my comment that Mr. Planchard quoted in response to that book. If you are really starving for knowledge with SolidWorks (like I am) then you've found it HERE! ... Read more

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This sourcebook delves into the way the clock and the calendar structure the lives of adolescents, their families, and their peer groups. The authors use a variety of research methods, including time sampling and ethnography, to examine distinct patterns of adolescent behavior and emotions across the school day, on weekdays and weekends, and during the school year versus during the summer.

Their research shows some of the forces that give rise to the temporal rhythms in adolescents' lives, including physiological, family, and community processes. Their findings also uncover the role of temporal patterns in shaping parent-child relations, peer interactions, and problem behavior in adolescence.

Finally, the volume emphasizes that community planners, schools, youth leaders, and others charged with organizing the contexts in which adolescents develop need to understand these rhythms to effectively meet the needs of adolescents.

This is the 82nd issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. ... Read more

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This book delivers an in-depth examinations of the three basic field-theoretical methods used for the design aid of different waveguide components. You'll find CAD algorithms, examples of their applications, and operational principles of various components used in antenna feed systems. ... Read more

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Engineering Drawing with CAD Applications is ideal for any engineering student, needing a user-friendly step-by-step guide to draughting, sketching and drawing. Fully revised to take into account developments in computer aided drawing, and to keep up with British Standards, this guide remains an ideal introduction to the subject. It provides readers with the basic knowledge and skills of draughting and takes them on to more interesting and advanced engineering drawing techniques and procedures.


This latest revision of Ostrowsky's popoular Engineering Drawing represents a comprehensive introductory course in engineering drawing and sketching, and is sutiable for a wide range of college and university engineering students. The author concentrates on the techniques fundamental to effective drawing, key knowledge that is needed wether the drawings are carried out by hand, or via a CAD package. Copious illustrations and a clear, step-by-step approach make this book ideal for distance learning and assignment-based study.

Fully revised to meet current British StandardsOver 280 test questions with selected answersMore than 800 drawing examples


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For nearly twenty years, David Goetsch has provided a one-of-a-kind information resource with his book, Structural Drafting. Now, for a broader audience, he has developed a new and complete introduction to structural drafting with related coverage of civil and piping drafting that has complementary software.Structural, Civil and Pipe Drafting for CAD Technicians is organized into seven sections. The first section of the book supplies readers with an overview of structural drafting, from the organizational structure of the typical department through product fabrication and shipping. Later sections invite readers to hone in on the specifics of structural steel, pre-cast concrete, poured-in-place concrete, and structural wood drafting. Section six includes chapters on pre-fab metal buildings, civil engineering drafting, and process piping to ensure that readers gain all of the expertise they need to become highly competent, professional drafters. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Structural, Civil & Pipe Drafting for CAD techs
Excellent condition, highly recommend this seller, timely delivery

Many mistakes in book - Editor needed right away!
A few changes recommended before (ever) reprinting this book.

-Hiring an Editor who reads drawings is imperative!

-The illustrations for exercises are difficult to read in many cases due to the stylized lettering & smallness of type. Details are difficult to see without a magnifying glass for some people. A suggestion - include an electronic copy of the illustrations on the included cd for easy review. Since most drawings are done on CAD now, get rid of the hand lettering or please make it all caps instead of lowercase.

-Before putting in a hand drawn drawing for an exercise, draw it in CAD first. There were many math errors in dimnesions & missing dimensions. One drawing even had some dimensions that evidently "moved" to where it was referencing nothing. Several drawings that were supposed to work together had discrepancies between them.

-The Appendix is missing the Angle Channel references page stated in the Appendix Contents.

-The chapter on Pre-Engineered Metal Bldgs should be thrown out. It was very frustrating to try and gather enough information from the book to do anything but guess - that is not where you want a student or teacher to be. Get rid of all the pictures of the outside of the buildings - we've all seen them before - and include pictures of the inside & detailed pictures of how they are put together. That is where we really need to see the details. This chapter had the feel that the author thought it should be included but didn't really wanted to spend the time or effort to write it well.

-I'm sorry to say that I don't trust what information is in this book because of all the errors I found. I am not the teacher -I AM A STUDENT. I have been drafting for many years but am new to the Civil & Structural field. Most of the errors were basic drafting & omitted or conflicting information. Unfortunately my teacher doesn't trust the book now either. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED WITH CAREFUL EDITING & MAKING SURE ALL INFO NEEDED WAS INCLUDED IN THE TEXT & EASILY READ.

I am disappointed that textbooks are now soft cover, can contain many errors, and yet still have a list price that boggles the mind. ... Read more

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This is the first book to comprehensively explain how to use fashion computing software to produce fashion designs. The book will take you through the following computing techniques: design clothing as flats/working drawings; create specification/technical sheets for samples and production; create fashion illustrations, and fabrics; create fashion presentations - moods/concepts, fabric, colour, design, illustration, forecasting etc; design promotional material for marketing/branding, business cards and letterheads; and, create designs for print or screen. The chapters have been set out in a logical learning sequence to guide you through the computerised fashion design and presentation techniques, together with self-explanatory worked examples. An instructor's manual with additional exercises and case studies can be downloaded free from the Internet. Computer generated images from designers and illustrators around the world have been included to inspire and demonstrate fashion computing techniques. Specific computer software includes: Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Freehand and Powerpoint. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (8)

Great book, easy to follow and inspirational!
I am thrilled I bought Fashion Computing. The visuals, techniques and exercises are incredibly easy to follow.

I urgently needed a book that got me up to speed very quickly with the basics of drawing flats using Illustrator and CorelDraw.

I have now started working through the Photoshop exercises to create my fashion presentations - this book makes it all so simple.

I love the way the book presents just the essential techniques and tools of the software and gets straight to the point. It is full of inspiring fashion illustrations, flats and presentation work. This book is one I will continue to use as a reference and inspiration! Well worth the money!

worst book for fashion design using photoshop
This book was a huge disappointment. I am so lucky I purchased a different book to teach me Illustrator (Creative Fashion Design with Illustrator by Kevin Tallon). Tallons book actually has extensive step by step tutorials where Sandra Burke simply skims over her exercises.Many of her exercises don't even work corrently. One could never master Photoshop or Illustrator using this book.

Fashion Computing: Design Techniques and CAD
Out of the 4 books that I have read so far teaching Adobe Illustrator this is the best - my graphics have improved immensely in the short time that I started using this book (and I'm only a third of the way through the book).

The only downside is that with the update in Illustrator (CS 3) some of the instructions for Illustrator do not work and I have had to search through the Illustrator Help menus to download updated instructions.

So the book needs a little updating, but generally I would recommend this book over others so far.

A good guidline for beginner
I have started using Illustrator software recently and this book have served a good support for flat sketching the garments for women,men and kidswear.Is also gives tips to prepare portfolio, but you already should know basics of how to use Illustrator programme. It is nicely illustrated book and one can get ideas. But again its a basic book and does not cover all the aspects of flat sketching.

Inspiring and highly informative - excellent for fashion students and the fashion industry!
Great book! Even if you are a complete beginner you will find this book an informative and useful resource. It gets you up and running quickly with really simple, step-by-step, illustrated techniques for fashion computing using current software.

In my fashion design studio, we predominatly use CorelDraw, Illustrator and Photoshop, and found this book informative for each of these packages. It covers the basics - how to create flat drawings from vests, skirts, shirts, dresses to pants, and then moves on to producing mood and design boards, visualizing your design ideas using Photoshop. The section on creating a digital portfolio is also vital in todays digital world. Plus it covers womenswear, menswear and childrenswear.

It is well illustrated with great examples of flats, illustrations and fashion presentations from illustrators and designers in the fashion industry and from top fashion schools and universities globally.
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Louis Gary Lamit's Moving from 2D to 3D CAD for Engineering Design: Challenges and Opportunities is a much-needed book that clearly explains the industry factors, the many advantages, and the product selection criteria for adopting 3D computer-aided design (CAD) for one's engineering design work.Written by an experienced designer and instructor, the book is essential for any individual or team who wants to make the best product choices, and maximize their productivity with whatever 3D CAD design tools they choose. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

One of the better books on the market for this subject
Our company almost did not get this book because of the review posted here. Seems the review was for something completely different than what the book states as its intent.
The twenty dollars we did spend on it has come back in a considerable savings in our transition from ACAD to a 3D CAD system. Almost every situation and pitfall described in the book(we also invested some new problems) played itself out during out transition(which is not yet complete). From legacy designs to legacy employees we went through every problem and situation.
Not to say that using the book as a guide will remove or eliminate all road blocks, but we at least new what was coming and had a variety of ways to confront the problems with workable solutions before and during the transition.

Disappointingly light on real content
I've been doing engineering design for a long time, mostly electrical, but some mechanical stuff here and there. I've done plenty of 2D mechanical drawings. What I was looking for was a book that explained the core differences between AutoCAD-like 2D drafting and the new wave of 3D parametric modeling tools. I wanted an overview of when to use 3D, and when 2D would be quicker. I was hoping for some guidance as to how to approach the modeling of a large assembly in 3D. Some tips for real-world designs, like the thought process to be used when modeling sheet metal assemblies. Do you leave every screw, nut and bolt used to cut holes in the drawing for use on the BOM, or leave them out because they clutter 2D views? Stuff like that. Instead, what this book delivers is breathless prose extolling the superiority of 3D CAD over 2D CAD over and over again. To be fair, the first 5 chapters do a decent job of covering some of the advantages of 3D CAD and the associated workflow, using the usual cylinders and rectangular solids. However, the text is constantly proclaiming"See how easy this is compared to 2D CAD?" Well, no, not really. How do I add 2 degrees of mold relief on that cylinder parametrically? And this leads into what I really hate about this book: the author's answer to that question is: "take college courses, get workplace training, etc. etc" and he spends the last 80 pages explaining the advantages of doing that. Well, sir, I was hoping this BOOK I purchased might contain a little more depth. No such luck.

If you're an IT person or management type who wants to know why your engineers are requesting or need a 3D CAD system, this book is great for bringing a non-technical type up to speed. If you're an engineer trying to figure out how to be productive on a 3D CAD system, well, I guess you'd better take one of the author's college courses, or wait until someone publishes a truly useful book. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Mystery ... Read more

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A book for the 21st Century written by a man well and truly stuck in 20th Century. Many years ago before the advent of the 'PC' brigade and consultants, there was a most wondrous way of problem solving it was called 'common sense'. Now days just by thinking about 'common sense' you can be thrown in prison....Cad is horribly rich and has lots of incriminating evidence on many people in high places, so is immune from prosecution. This is one mans struggle, all be it pointless and futile, to reinstate 'common sense' back into the world in which we live...Don't take Cads word for it, read the reviews below, not the one from Cads mummy mind, she must have managed to get the straight jacket off ... These splendid people have been paid hardly anything to say the marvellous things they do about the book...So stop being a cheap skate and buy the book!
Remember all money made goes toward Cad maintaining his life of extreme pleasure and luxury...I say rather. ... Read more

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Learn your way around AutoCAD 2007

Teach Yourself AutoCAD 2007helps you cut throughthe complexity, providingdetailed, easy-to-followinstructions on AutoCAD’skey tools and techniques.From drawing simple lines tocreating 3-D images, youwill quickly master the skillsyou need to advance your career in design.

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There's one thing CAD managers agree upon: running a CAD department is a difficult job. This new edition of CAD Manager's Guidebook helps readers anticipate problems and devise solutions within their daily jobs. Complete with an all-new companion CD-ROM, this guidebook's convenient, 3-part organization explains the role of the CAD manager; details how to create and institute your own CAD standards, policies, and procedures; and offers tips and suggestions for maximizing CAD efficiency. Thoroughly updated, this book now reflects the current state of CAD, with coverage of topics such as networking, the impact of the Internet, plus the future of CAD and the drawing file. A must-have reference for novice and experienced CAD managers alike! ... Read more

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This text is suitable for an introduction to CAD/CAM taught in departments of mechanical engineering. The book combines a good balance of the three main ingredients of CAD/CAM: computer science, engineering design and applications, and industrial implementations and technology. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Good geometry and modeling theory
This book covers geometry theory for modeling lines, curves, surfaces and solids.

The book does not cover the programming theory.

OUTDATED!!!
This book is extremely outdated. It was a required text for one of my classes, and I just sold it back because there is almost no useful information that is still valid. Many, many pages of this text are wastedon technology that is no longer used.

Good theoretical basis of CAD/CAM
This book has a good theory and some examples to begin in the knowledge of CAD & CAM systems construction and understand. At least, a student interested in CAD/CAM systemwill find the basis of geometric representation, and how to construct some graphics routines to CAD/CAM System ... Read more

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This unique book combines coverage of both mechanical and electrical drafting.The book combines coverage of both basic mechanical/manual drafting techniques and electrical drafting techniques in a single volume. The book introduces AutoCAD Release 13 commands, both DOS and Windows, in the electrical/electronic portion of the book. It presents electronic component outlines, symbols, schematics and printed circuit board techniques. Every chapter includes exercises and projects.Appropriate for readers interested in Drafting, Electrical Drafting, Drawing and Sketching. ... Read more