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Product Description Based on Pro/ENGINEER 2000i - Ideal for university or corporate instructor led training - Suitable as a self-study guide - 5 sections - 30 Lessons - 33 Exercises - Customizing the User Interface - Intent Manager - Advanced Datums - Advanced Form Features - Involute Gears - Helical threads - UDFs - Tweak Features - Skeletons - Pro/PROGRAM - Pro/NOTEBOOK (layouts) - Simplified Reps - Merge and Cut-Out - Dimension Bounds - Top-Down Assembly Design - Custom BOMs - Family Tables - Functional Interchange Assemblies - Shrinkwrap Models and more... Includes ‘template’ part, assembly, and exercise files available on-line About the Author Steven G. Smith is the president of CADQUEST, an independent training provider and publisher of Pro/ENGINEER books. Mr. Smith is a mechanical engineer with over 20 years design experience. He has been using Computer Aided Design systems since 1982, and began teaching IBM's CADAM software at the Harrisburg Area Community College (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) in 1987. Over the years, Mr. Smith has also used Applicon Bravo, Prime Medusa, AutoCAD, and Unigraphics II. Mr. Smith holds four United States Patents for various product and equipment designs. Mr. Smith started using Pro/ENGINEER in 1994 while supporting a rapidly growing implementation at AMP Incorporated. He began teaching Pro/ENGINEER in 1995, and in 1997 founded CADQUEST.