Features
- Full of hands-on exercises, this book addresses advances in technology and introduces students to the current release of AutoCAD.
- Introduces AutoCAD, drafting skills, editing techniques, working with complex objects, annotating drawings, outputting your work, and advanced drawing and construction methods.
- Pedagogy reinforces learning objectives throughout—with chapter objectives; key term definitions; command grids concisely offer multiple ways of achieving task at hand; “New” in this version icons highlight new software features quickly; Discipline icons identify the field of study throughout.
- Hands-on exercises appear throughout the text to reinforce learning and end-of-chapter projects require students to demonstrate a full understanding of the concepts presented in the chapter.
- Copyright 2017
- Dimensions: 8-1/2" x 10-7/8"
- Pages: 960
- Edition: 1st
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Book
- ISBN-10: 0-13-450695-2
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-450695-1
This book addresses advances in technology and introduces students to 2-dimensional drawing skills and commands using the current release of AutoCAD. It continuously builds on concepts covered in previous chapters, contains exercises combined with in-text notes, and offers examples that provide the “how and why” of AutoCAD fundamentals. Projects are included at the end of each chapter and provide hands-on experience creating various types of mechanical, architectural, civil and electrical drawings. This text is appropriate for Introductory and Intermediate AutoCAD courses.
Table of Contents
- Part One An Introduction to AutoCAD
- Chapter 1 Introduction to AutoCAD
- Chapter 2 Quick Start Tutorial
- Part Two Drafting Skills: Drawing with AutoCAD
- Chapter 3 Controlling the Drawing Display
- Chapter 4 Basic Drawing Commands
- Chapter 5 Drawing Tools and Drafting Settings
- Chapter 6 Managing Object Properties
- Part Three Understanding Editing Techniques: Basics Through Advanced
- Chapter 7 Basic Editing Techniques
- Chapter 8 Advanced Editing Techniques
- Part Four Working with Complex Objects
- Chapter 9 Drawing and Editing Complex Objects
- Chapter 10 Pattern Fills and Hatching
- Part Five Annotating Drawings
- Chapter 11 Adding Text
- Chapter 12 Working with Tables
- Chapter 13 Dimensioning Drawings
- Part Six Outputting Your Work
- Chapter 14 Managing Paper Space Layouts
- Chapter 15 Plotting and Publishing
- Part Seven Advanced Drawing and Construction Methods
- Chapter 16 Blocks and Block Attributes
- Chapter 17 Working with External References
- Chapter 18 Drawing Management Tools and Utilities