Solid Edge mechanical design

Author: Cui Fengkui et al.
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: SolidEdge is CAD software released by EDS. A significant advantage of SolidEdge is its strong modeling capabilities and ease of learning and use. It has been widely applied in industrial design. This book aims to enhance readers' practical operation skills and design proficiency with the software, avoiding vague command descriptions by incorporating a reducer design example throughout the book. Reducers are highly representative components in mechanical design, featuring various typical structures. This book explains the process of product design using SolidEdge, combined with the design of reducer parts, covering most of the commonly used CAD module functions in SolidEdge. The book consists of 10 chapters. Chapters 1 and 2 provide a brief introduction to the basic knowledge of SolidEdge. From Chapter 3 to Chapter 7, the reducer parts are categorized into shaft-type parts, disc-type parts, gear-type parts, and housing-type parts based on their structural characteristics. SolidEdge's functions and command usage are systematically introduced in conjunction with the design processes of typical structural parts. Chapters 8 and 9 cover the process of overall reducer assembly modeling and the generation of engineering drawings. In SolidEdge, sheet metal design is a distinctive module, and Chapter 10 provides a detailed explanation of sheet metal design. This book offers detailed steps for reducer design, allowing readers to follow the examples and learn by doing. In this process, readers can gradually learn how to use SolidEdge for modeling while also mastering the basic process of engineering design using SolidEdge. This book is suitable for self-study and is aimed at a broad audience of engineering design personnel using SolidEdge software. It can also serve as a teaching material for relevant majors in higher education institutions.