CAD Books

An Introduction to CATIA V5 Release 16 is a collection of tutorials meant to familiarize the reader with the mechanical design workbenches that are available in CATIA Release 16. The reader is not required to have any previous CATIA knowledge. The workbenches covered in this book are; Sketcher, Part Design, Wireframe and Surface Design,...

Assembly Modeling with SolidWorks is written to assist the intermediate SolidWorks user who desires to enhance their skill sets in assembly modeling. The book provides a solid foundation in assembly modeling using competency-based projects. In step-by-step instructions, you perform the following tasks: Explore top-level assemblies...

The ten lessons in this tutorial introduce students to Pro/ENGINEER's design capabilities. The MultiMedia CD bundled with this textbook contains an audio/visual presentation of all the tutorial exercises found in the book.

Parametric Modeling with I-DEAS 12 is written as a training guide for students. The text covers I-DEAS 12 and is a hands-on, exercise-intensive look at all the important concepts needed to do feature-based parametric solid modeling. The basic premise of this book is that the more models you create using I-DEAS, the better you learn the...

SolidWorks 2006 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...

Automating SolidWorks 2006 Using Macros is designed to help beginner to intermediate programmers develop macros for SolidWorks and PDMWorks through the SolidWorks VBA interface and macro recorder. It teaches Visual Basic fundamentals as well as SolidWorks, PDMWorks and Excel API functions.

The text provides a set of step-by-step lessons that assist the user in creating parts to be used in an assembly.

This book is intended to provide a foundation to understanding MicroStation and its use as a tool for computer-aided drafting and design. It is written in a tutorial manner allowing the reader to better understand the concepts by actually working with the software.