(Part 2) Best products from r/SolidWorks

Its gonna be hard to find a laptop in your price range with a graphics card and current gen processor. Personally I have a preference for new stuff. I'd just watch stores sales and wait until a well reviewed laptop with min. i5,256GB SSD, and light-weight goes on sale.

Just from a quick search look into these if your adamant on a dedicated graphics card, just keep in mind Solidworks can be picky which graphics card they consider "supported."

(Probably the best deal of the bunch if you don't mind manufactured-refurb, just act quick if your gonna buy)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/371831416733?rmvSB=true


https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-E5-575G-53VG-Laptop-Windows/dp/B01DT4A2R4/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1484243786&sr=1-1&refinements=p_n_feature_seven_browse-bin%3A3012497011


http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Description=laptops%20with%20dedicated%20graphics%20card&Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=-1&LeftPriceRange=200%20600

no-graphics card but great laptop overall (ment to link to Lenovo Flex 4)
http://weeklyad.staples.com/StaplesSD/WeeklyAd?storeid=2396840#!/store/2396840/category/5227337

This is the only mouse worth using.

All others are playing for second place.

/Thread over.

And for that, I thank you!

Logitech G602 Lag-Free Wireless Gaming Mouse - 11 Programmable Buttons, Up to 2500 DPI https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E4MQODC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_DqoDDbCPSBG2Q

Here's the one I just ordered and a coworker has. This thing feels great. And it's on sale!

I bought this laptop for the exact same purpose:

https://www.amazon.ca/HIDevolution-M580VD-EB76-HID1-US-Diamond-Thermal-Compound/dp/B074Q5ZMJM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1525219023&sr=8-2&keywords=asus%2Bm580vd-eb76%2Bvivobook&th=1

Love it.

I got this book, and passed my exam a few months ago. It's a great guide on how the format of the exam will be like. It doesn't go in depth on how to model the parts or make configurations and assemblies, as it assumes you know the basics. Working through the book will probably take you a couple hours.

As for the content, you'll want to be able to quickly read the drawing as the dimensions can sometimes be oddly defined. Most of the questions are just the same part you created in question 1 but something slightly different added, removed, or the dimension changed, so you'll want to be able to change feature properties fast too.

~~Solidwork 2014 Part I - Basic Tools: Parts, Assemblies and Drawings

One of my instructors recommended both parts of this book, especially after I mentioned the Solidworks Bible which is more of a reference than a learning guide than these books by Paul Tran. He also knows that I want to go for my CSWA certification very soon, and try progressing through the CSWE.

I'm going to try getting through the first book in the next week or two. Let me know if you have any questions.~~

EDIT: Now that I'm actually scanning this book, I realized it's not the same book. It looks like this book.

It's been 1 year since I took CSWE. Questions were not very different from CSWP ones but more detailed and focus driven.


This books has question examples nearly same type like in exam


https://www.amazon.com/CSWE-Certified-SolidWorks-Preparation-Materials/dp/158503763X/ref=sr_1_21?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1501560555&sr=1-21

The test prep books from David and Marie Planchard are very good.

Official Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) Certification Guide with Video Instruction: SolidWorks 2012-2014 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1585038997/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_6Rc6ybPSHGH0T

Evoluent Vertical Wireless Mouse

This thing has saved my wrist!

More like this:
Bicycle Design https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1905005687/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_AcNwCbW6F41B0

Desktop: ryzen 5 2600x processor ($150)

https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-Processor-Wraith-Cooler/dp/B07B428V2L/ref=bdl_pop_ttl_B07B428V2L

Asus Prime X 470 pro ($160)

https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Prime-X470-Pro-Ryzen-Motherboard/dp/B07C57Q1XH/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=asus+prime+x470+pro&qid=1564473616&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Used Gtx 1070ti/1080ti with warranty ($250/400)

RAM 16GB 3200 MHz C16 ($82)

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-3200MHz-Desktop-Memory/dp/B0143UM4TC/ref=sr_1_3?crid=OQ7IBJ06MR3W&keywords=ram+16gb+ddr4+3200mhz&qid=1564473897&s=gateway&sprefix=ram+16gb+ddr4+32%2Caps%2C345&sr=8-3

A 50 piece LEGO kit.

When I was in school a we used this book when working on projects.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/007007139X?pc_redir=1396175388&robot_redir=1

this was over a year ago, and they only had a couple in stock in denver. it was a version of the lenovo flex.

it was this one exactly: https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Flex-1920x1080-Touchscreen-Laptop/dp/B06WWN2JX3/ref=pd_sbs_147_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B06X9BX4WR&pd_rd_r=SY2QESVD5TJPMJW1E8GK&pd_rd_w=1K7QG&pd_rd_wg=0k4u1&refRID=SY2QESVD5TJPMJW1E8GK&dpID=4122dkMqSKL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=detail&th=1

Get this book, go through the disk content:
http://www.amazon.com/Official-Certified-SolidWorks-Professional-Certification/dp/1585036587/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1348141498&sr=1-1&keywords=cswp

I aced the exam with a 100% score after reading it and going through the tutorials.

https://www.amazon.com/SOLIDWORKS-2017-Basic-Tools-Paul/dp/1630570583/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1503517217&sr=1-1&keywords=solidworks+sdc

Any Paul Tran book actully.

http://www.amazon.com/Certified-SolidWorks-Professional-Certification-Instruction/dp/1585038997/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453952795&sr=8-1&keywords=cswp

I don't think they have a 2015/2016 edition, but as far as I know the exam hasn't changed much.

Honestly, the K2000 is too middle-ground. Get a K620, much cheaper. If you're working on something complex enough that it makes the K620 crap its pants, then a K2000 isn't going to be worlds better and it'll still stutter.

I went from an old crappy Quadro 600 (not even K600...) to a K5000 and the difference in SW wasn't life-changing. Like, the super-heavy assemblies that bogged the Quadro 600 to a snail's pace are still slightly choppy even on the K5000.

I think SW very quickly reaches a point where scene complexity skyrockets; anything less and a K620 is just fine, anything more and even the $4000 beast that is the K6000 won't be butter-smooth.

For less messy amazon links you can extract the part after "/dp/" in

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-E5-575G-53VG-Laptop-Windows/dp/B01DT4A2R4/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1484243786&sr=1-1&refinements=p_n_feature_seven_browse-bin%3A3012497011

and make it:

https://amzn.com/B01DT4A2R4

Or via smile link:

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01DT4A2R4

BEEP BOP

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