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• Comprehensive guide to creating CAD drawings using SOLIDWORKS • Covers a wide range of part types and technical drawing topics • Emphasizes the importance of ASME standards and best practices • Extensively covers geometric dimensioning and tolerancing in technical drawing • Demonstrates assembly drawings, custom properties and configurations • Describes Model-Based Definition and how to collaborate with others on projects • This edition features a new chapter on the Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional Advanced Drawing Tools exam We thrive as learners when we actively practice the skills we want to master, and this is especially true for learning computer-aided design. Mastering Modern CAD Drawings with SOLIDWORKS 2025 provides new and more experienced users with the perfect blend of preparation and plenty of practice to build their skills. Clearly explained theory and techniques help you create 2D drawings and engineering graphics for a variety of parts, meaning you will never have to ask why you are completing a step. Designed as an efficient tool for busy, visually oriented learners, this book offers excellent technical detail and motivating real-world examples, focusing on the latest standards, materials, industries and production processes. Because of its popularity, there is a high demand for those with SOLIDWORKS skills. In Mastering Modern CAD Drawings with SOLIDWORKS 2025 you create the types of SOLIDWORKS projects that students, designers, engineers, and other manufacturing professionals routinely encounter. The diverse assortment of parts covered, including machined, plastic injection molding, casted and sheet metal, will pique every learner’s interest. The drawing exercises give you room to remember and apply your new-found skills at your own pace. Topics important to technical drawing are included, such as customizing the Bill of Materials, using the Custom Properties, creating Tabulated Table