Book excerpt: An extensive guide for learning how to use the Creo Parametric software for 3D design for manufacturing. Design for manufacturability, DFM, is a product design method that enables efficient manufacturing of products. The guide is published as a series of four individual PDF ebooks. Each book can be used as a textbook during a course or for self-studies. All the templates, formats, sheets and parts showed in each book are available for download. Download links can be found inside the books. This book covers basic turning machining and slant type lathe with ZX-coordinate system.