My name is Jim Boland and I am an independant contractor supporting the Training Department.  I have been using SolidWorks since 1997 and have be writing training manuals since 2000. I now primarily write the Step-by-Step books on Photorealistic Rendering, Animations and Improving Large Assembly design.  I was the original author of the File Management and the Workgroup PDM series and have contributed content to many of the other books in the inventory.