Creo™ Parametric 2.0 1st Edition

Professor Gary Lamit's books are great references for both the NEW and more EXPERIENCED users. We purchase Mr. Lamit's books once a year to train our NEW users (15-20 new students each year)...they find the book to be clear and easy to understand. The more EXPERIENCED users will use it as a reference for those less used commands and operations. I would recommend any of his books, especially for the NEW beginner/intermediate users!

Excellent as a tutorial book. Your benefit is directly proportional to the seat time you invest in working through each chapter. On-line version helps to clarify material. The author knows Creo well and is very good at transferring the details you need to work the program. A cut above other work-through-example CAD books.

As a former editor, tech books tend to be inconsistent, typically. This version is consistent, but still a bit difficult to read. The diagrams are plentiful, and would be more helpful in color, or not greyed out so much. Overall, they are well-labeled and are well-coordinated with the text and practice boxes. The confusing part is the layout from text to practice boxes, or just within the practice boxes when they run over several pages. I understand the use of the ">" notation, but for following and reading, it's hard on the eyes.I would prefer separate lines and (2) columns of text rather than a full across the page layout for following lines of commands or clicks as needed. Smaller diagram boxes may also be good to "tighten up" the layout. The abbreviations for the mouse clicks (LMB, RMB, MMB) take a bit getting used to, but are efficient.

I'm an aerospace/mechanical engineer with nearly 19 years of experience. For most of my career, I have used Solidworks and found it to be very easy to pick up and usually all that I ever needed for mechanical design and for prepping designs for finite element analysis work. At my new job, we use Creo Parametric (Pro-E) and I can clearly see why Solidworks was invented from this monstrosity. That being said, I hear Creo Parametric is more powerful but the lack of surface functions that Solidworks does with ease (midsurfaces for example) leaves Creo Parametric a weak tool for use in Ansys FEM work - and that is my main use for Creo Parametric for my job these days.The book itself is much like Creo Parametric. It is choppy, takes a while to do the simplest things, and leaves you wondering "what did I learn?" There is little explanation of why you are following a particular procedure to create a feature and a significant number of actions in the book are just running you in a circle. I presume it is to show the reader certain features of the software exist but that could be prefaced with an objective or something that tells you why you just wasted your time getting nowhere on your exercise.Furthermore, the way the author lays out the step-by-step key strokes/menu picks is a royal pain to read quickly. I have seen far, far better books that accomplish the same thing for their respective softwares. Laying it all as if you are reading prose, when in fact there are significant usage of icons, may be saving space but is not easy to read. The one useful thing is that at least the author shows you enough figures to help work your way through the exercises.

This is a great tutorial for learning proe/creo. Mr. Lamit has a knack for putting just the right amount of theory with the exercises. In addition, lectures can be downloaded that mimic the book exercises. I believe the excellence of the book is indicative of a person who has dedicated their career to design. Hard to beat a been there done person with a passion for the subject. The book in combination with the lectures is a great value. I recommend them highly.

I have constant problems with this ebook. Every time I want to open it I get an error. To fix the error I have to delete it from my device, delete the application from my device, unregister the ebook on Kindle, reinstall the app on my device, and redownload the books to my device. I am tired of it and am requesting a refund.

I have worked with layout software before and I know the difficulties with finding the right button for the right function. Gary Lamit has project based learning chapters and online content to simplify the functions, mechanical terminology, and software icon/menus. Great introduction to Creo.

Pure Gold!I learnt Creo 2.0 in a week. Im a convert now.There are a lot of useful downloadable resources.Cengage books are great. I request similar NX 9, Catia, and SW books. I'd buy them all.