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Introduction
Part II: Building Intelligence into Your Parts
This part takes a deeper look at creating parametric relations to automate changes.Part III: Working with Assemblies
Part III delves into assembly modeling in it various aspects, from efficiency to in-context modeling.Part IV: Creating and Using Libraries
Part IV helps you understand how to build and manage libraries of various types with an eye
toward upgrading versions, best practice, and reusing data when possible.Part V: Creating Drawings
This part examines the functionality within the 2D drawing side of the software. Whether you are
creating views, making tables, or customizing annotations, these chapters have something for
everyone.Part VI: Using Advanced Techniques
This part examines several types of advanced techniques, such as surface modeling and multi-body
modeling. This is information you won’t find in other SolidWorks books, explained here by some-
one who uses the functionality daily.Part VII: Working with Specialized Functionality
Specialized functionality such as sheet metal, weldments, plastics, and animation requires detailed
information. Part VII includes these topics because they are key to unlocking all the power avail-
able in SolidWorks.Part VIII: Appendixes
The appendixes in this book contain information that was not appropriate in the main body of the
text, such as the contents of the CD-ROM and other sources of help.Icons Used in This Book
This book uses a set of icons to point out certain details in the text. While they are relatively self-
explanatory, here is what each of these icons indicates:Caution
Caution icons warn you of potential problems before you make a mistake.