Yeah, yeah, boring title, I know. I was pretty limited in my options here, y’know? I suppose I could have gone for some long, convoluted title, but why? I’m mean, when all is said and done, you’re here now aren’t ya?
SolidWorks has put out a great self-study guide, but I’m a bit late to the party as far as reviewing it. Rob Rodriguez, Gabi Jack and Deepak Gupta have all done reviews, but I’ll add my 1/2 cent as well.
This 511 page, 35 chapter manual, including a Tips and Tricks chapter, is the perfect manual if you want to learn how to create animations in SolidWorks. Complete with a DVD that contains all the files you’ll need to complete the lessons within. It’s obvious that the anonymous authors did their due diligence in writing this book, as well as thinking about the intended audience. Each chapter contains easy to understand steps that slowly build upon each other. Chapter one explains, in detail, all the various interfaces within the Motion Manager so you, the audience, will understand all the terminology as it’s used in the rest of the manual. Using a liberal amount of images, the user is walked through each step necessary to create everything from a simple animation to a large assembly animation.
If animation is, or is going to become, a part of your workload, you’d be doing yourself a favor making the investment in this book, available for $89.95 in the SolidWorks Store or from your VAR.
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