SOLIDWORKS 2020 Learn by doing - Part 1: Sketching, Part Modeling, Assembly, Drawings, Sheet metal

I found this book easy to follow. I have prior cad experience which helps. If you have no prior cad experienceit may be more difficult to learn from any book. I do feel though that this book does break it down to as simple as it can. it covers the user interface and menu's which is important to new users to grasp first.

Solidworks 2020 is not the most straight forward software,I have found this book very useful for figuring out how to get my work done

The book is good for beginners . Somethings are missing or lead you in the wrong direction but overall it's ok for starting off.

Poor Explanation on just about every exercise. Takes a long time to figure out how to do each exercise.Also settings in the beginning like units and other things before each exercise is not specified which makes it difficult when you get to dimensioning. Many times I had to start an exercise over again and again in order to work based on the explanation of this book. I learn a lot more things faster on Youtube then this book. My recommendation, very simple, don't buy it.

easy to follow and great for the self learner

Black and white illustrations not great. Menu tree illustrations are illegible. Can be difficult to follow instructions, menu items not necessarily as depicted. Maybe update from 2018 to 2020 is not complete. Not clear how to correct mistakes, to the extent of constantly restarting each exercise. Hopefully there is a better tutorial our there.

A technical book without an index is likes house without a roof — useless. This book has no index.