New to SW, will learn a lot from this NG

Greetings All,
I'm a die maker who has an interest in CAD software and has taken a pair of
SW course in college. Jeez, what a powerful app.... There are so many
facets to this, it's beyond me how someone can really master it.
Unfortunately, since I don't use it at work, I have to learn on my own time.
I find it the most useful to make individual components, assemble them and
check for interferences (think cams in a prog die). My local junior college
only has the 2 classes, is www.igetit.com worth anything? It looks good from
the outside, but almost anything does. I need to improve my sketching
skills, among other things. Any other recommended sources? (besides SW for
Dummies....) Thanks, Mark

P.S. After lurking in the CNC NG, I have learned to tune out the bickering
between jb et al.....

 

I am doing the projects in my Inventor text. Otherwise, I have some drafting
texts that I use. I bought some of them at a thrift store for 75 cents and
one of them was my board drafting text from long ago. Inventor material is
also close enough to easily translate to SW.

Bob

 

Read the help.
Experiment on a small scale.
Test.
If you get a chance attend SolidWorks World.
Ask questions.
The SW training is good for one reason. It is pretty exhaustive on the
interface and you will learn some things that can't be found anywhere
else. The drawing book has been very helpful over the years as a
reference.

Remember one thing. SW changes a lot. The interface has changed
radically about every other year since forever. Concentrate on what it
does and doesn't do and how it does it. Then all you will have to do
from year to year is learn where they put the buttons.


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Check out your local user groups to: http://www.swugn.org That site
also has links to a ton of blogs that serve as great resources.

Matt Lorono
http://sw.fcsuper.com
http://www.fcsuper.com/swblog

 

Check out your local user groups to: http://www.swugn.org That site
also has links to a ton of blogs that serve as great resources.

Matt Lorono
http://sw.fcsuper.com
http://www.fcsuper.com/swblog
Thanks, Matt. Just checked it out and it looks like a lot of resources
there.

 

I've been around the block a few times and know how to filter out some of
the obvious bs. Thanks, Mark

 

Looks to be a banquer-free zone too.
My guess: For actual users.