Basic to Advanced Computer Aided Design Using NX 8.5: Modeling, Drafting, and Assemblies

NX 8.5 Basic to Advanced book, the newly revised version of our previous CAD training text books. Design Visionaries is an engineering consulting firm that performs many design projects great and small, including industrial design, product design and engineering analysis. Our customers entrust us with the design of medical devices, aerospace components, heavy machinery, consumer products, etc. The methods outlined in this book go beyond an academic use of the software. They are tricks of the trade that come from thousands of hours of actual use of the software to design some of the most difficult products in the world. In addition, Design Visionaries offers world class on-site training which enables us to develop and evolve our training material to provide maximum benefit. Please enjoy this text, and we invite you to log on to our websites – designviz.com and nxtutorials.com, where you can download the part files pack that accompanies this book. There are also additional free materials, other advanced materials, products, and goodies.

Design Visionaries (DV) Founder and President, Stephen Samuel PE, earned his BSME from the University of Massachusetts in 1983. Stephen worked at Pratt & Whitney as a Senior Engineer for 10 years designing jet engine components and performing numerous analyses involving airfow and strength in materials. A Brooklyn, NY, native, Stephen enjoys his position at Design Visionaries where he maintains strategic alliances with major engineering firms located in the US, UK, Holland and Japan. Stephen has created numerous designs for firms, large and small, all around the world. He has trained thousands of engineers, written self-paced courses in Siemens/UG NX Advanced Modeling and Best Practices, and performed design work for numerous Fortune 500 companies. Stephen is the author of nine distinctive publications on UGNX CAD and Teamcenter Engineering PLM. He holds one patent. Stephen is fortunate to have a staff of extremely talented, highly qualified, creative, professionals available to supply an extraordinary array of design and engineering services. Our knowledge and experience span a large range of engineering disciplines and industries.