Engineering Design with SolidWorks 2008

David C. Planchard, Marie P. Planchard

Marie Planchard is the Director of World Education Markets at SolidWorks Corporation. Before she joined SolidWorks, Marie spent over 10 years as an engineering professor at Mass Bay College in Wellesley Hills, MA. She has 14 plus years of industry experience and held a variety of management and engineering positions. Marie was the founder of the New England SolidWorks Users Group and is an active corporate council member of the American Society of Engineering Education. Marie holds a BSME, MSME and the Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) Certification.

David Planchard is the President of D & M Education, LLC. Before starting D & M Education LLC, he spent over 27 years in industry and academia holding various Engineering and Marketing positions. He has five U.S. patents and one International patent. He has published and authored numerous papers on equipment design. He is a member of the New England Pro/Users Group, New England SolidWorks Users Group, and the Cisco Regional Academy Users Group. David holds a BSME and a MSM. David is a SolidWorks Research Partner and a SolidWorks Solution Partner and holds the Certified SolidWorks Associate CSWA Certification.

David and Marie Planchard are co-authors of the following books:

• Official Certified SolidWorks Associate CSWA Exam Guide, Version 1
• A Commands Guide Tutorial for SolidWorks 2007
• The Fundamentals of SolidWorks 2007
• Engineering Design with SolidWorks 1999, 2000, 2001, 2001Plus, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007
• SolidWorks Tutorial with Multimedia CD 2001/2001Plus, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
• SolidWorks The Basics, with Multimedia CD 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007
• Assembly Modeling with SolidWorks 2001Plus, 2003, 2004/2005, and 2006
• Drawing and Detailing with SolidWorks 2001/2001Plus, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007
• Applications in Sheet Metal Using Pro/SHEETMETAL & Pro/ENGINEER