Solid Modeling with I-DEAS(TM)

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This handbook offers instruction for using I-DEAS as a design tool. Taking a 3-D approach to modeling, the book describes the design process in the context of concurrent engineering. It then proceeds to discuss topics like the I-DEAS work environment, file management, sketching, revolution, 3-D constraints, feature-based modeling, lofting, sweeping, and extracting data. Each chapter includes a set of "guided tours," outlining the features of I-DEAS. Sorby teaches at Michigan Technological University.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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Solid Modeling with I-DEAS by Sheryl Sorby teaches students how to use I-DEAS as a powerful tool for design. It takes a true 3-D approach emphasizing how modeling is inherently different from 2-D CAD. Beginning with a brief introduction to the design process in the context of concurrent engineering, this text proceeds to cover topics such as the I-DEAS work environment, file management, sketching, revolution, applying and modeling 3-D constraints, features and feature-based modeling, lofting, sweeping, and extracting data from 3-D models. Sorby encourages students "to learn by doing." Each chapter includes a set of "Guided Tours" that walk students through features of I-DEAS. Chapters conclude with an ample number of drawing problems.


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