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AutoCAD 2008 in 2D and 3D: A Modern Perspective offers a complete guide to two-dimensional and three-dimensional drawing skills and commands using the 2008 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. Users of this text will develop complete proficiency in the program and gain an understanding of AutoCAD's full capabilities.
Features:
- Real world samples that include explanations of how to create drawings from beginning to end.
- Practice questions and projects in every chapter review the commands learned and are organized by discipline to allow for application of skills to various fields.
- Emphasizes features, uses, and applications of AutoCAD not found in other books so that readers realize the full capabilities of the program.
AutoCAD 2008 in 2D and 3D: A Modern Perspective is appropriate for Introductory and Intermediate AutoCAD courses.
Combining two of the most comprehensive and accessible AutoCAD books, Paul Richard and Jim Fitzgerald's Introduction to AutoCAD 2008: A Modern Approach, 1st Edition, and Frank Puerta's AutoCAD 2008 in 3D: A Modern Perspective, 1st Edition, this book embraces the full capabilities of this powerful program and is the most complete guide to learning the current release of AutoCAD.
Introduction to AutoCAD 2008: A Modern Approach, 1st Edition, addresses advances in technology and introduces readers to two-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 created using the software will give you hands-on experience and a thorough understanding of how to use AutoCAD in the 21st Century.
AutoCAD in 3D: A Modern Approach offers a complete guide to the creation and modification of 3D models. Using simple language and descriptive illustrations, it provides a foundation in the three basic modeling techniques and includes chapters on generating drawings, outputs and rendering. Each chapter is filled with aids to increase understanding – from command grids to job skills sections, to icons that show AutoCAD's 2008 enhancements. Comprehensive projects, tutorials and exercises are geared to specific disciplines and help you develop an understanding of this software's potential in your own professional life.
Features:
An emphasis on AutoCAD's full capabilities - is discussed throughout the text.
- Provides readers and instructors with features, uses and applications of AutoCAD not always discussed in competing texts.
- Discusses how to create and modify both 2D and 3D models.
A Quick-Start Tutorials chapter – appears early in the text.
- Helps introduce users to software capabilities and get them practicing right away.
Chapter Objectives – provide a bulleted list of key concepts for each chapter.
- Provides students with a roadmap of important concepts and practices that will be introduced in the chapter.
Key Terms – highlight important vocabulary throughout.
- Defines key terms in the margins and in more detail in the Glossary at the end of the book.
Command grids – appear in the margin alongside the text.
- Provide specific information about the ways of invoking each command such as the toolbar icon, control panel of the dashboard, pull-down menu and more!
Discipline icons – appear in the margin alongside each exercise, tutorial or project.
- Allows instructors to quickly select discipline-specific assignments and enables students to work on projects that have the most relevance to their course of study.
Tips, Notes and For More Details boxes – highlight additional helpful information.
- Includes items such as dos and don'ts, facts, warnings, and alternative ways of proceeding.
AutoCAD 2008 icons – indicate commands and tools that are new to the 2008 program.
- Helps users quickly see topics that are completely new and demonstrates the recent improvement in the software.
Job Skills sections – provide information on how content relates to particular job skills.
- Adds relevance to chapter material and makes concepts more meaningful to students.
In-text exercises — appear throughout the chapters.
- Provide students with step-by-step walk-through activities.
- Gives students immediate practice and reinforcement of newly learned skills.
Projects organized by discipline – end each chapter and offer more in-depth activities.
- Includes discipline-specific projects that reinforce understanding and chapter content from a practical viewpoint.
- Help students learn about the most advanced techniques of the AutoCAD program and encourage them to practice numerous skills by solving these real design problems from start to finish.
Autodesk Learning Licenses – are available with the purchase of the text.
- Gives students the option of obtaining an Autodesk learning license for 180 days or one year.
- Provides adequate time for a student to complete all the activities in the book using the AutoCAD software.
Excerpt from the Preface
We live in digital world where the trend in technology is to duplicate reality as much as possible. As time goes on, more and more industries and fields require the use of AutoCAD drafting and design software and 3D CAD files. AutoCAD has long been, and will remain, the industry standard for generating top-of-the-line CAD drawings in the least amount of time possible, as well as excellent 3D work.
AutoCAD 2008 in 2D and 3D: A Modern Perspective offers a complete guide for students and professionals who want to enter the interesting world of computer-aided drafting using AutoCAD. This book covers all aspects of the AutoCAD program's 2D and 3D tools, from the basic concepts to the most powerful tools used in design and engineering.
In this book, readers will find an interesting combination of theory and many complex projects and exercises, as well as many clear and descriptive illustrations. Real design problems starting from scratch will be solved throughout the projects. In addition, many other short exercise sections are included to ensure full comprehension of the commands.
Concepts are explained clearly in easy-to-understand language and are accompanied by descriptive illustrations, which help the reader understand each topic and speed up the learning process. By following the steps in each project, readers will see immediate results and understand the development process as they go along, rather than just entering instructions at the command line.
After using this book, readers will realize that AutoCAD is the premier software for generating 2D drawings and 3D models. Its ease of use, combined with its ability to create complex drawings, makes it the first choice among many design and drafting professionals.
About this Book
This book serves as a reference for designers, drafters, or anyone with a basic knowledge of technical drawing who wants to learn how to use the AutoCAD program to create their work and to enter the interesting world 3D modeling. The projects and the exercise sections are designed to enhance and help the reader retain the content learned in each chapter.
You do not need to be an expert draftsperson to use this book, but you should have some drafting background. Parts One through Seven focus on using AutoCAD as a tool for creating 2D CAD drawings. Occasionally, industry standards are referenced as they relate to a topic. Unfortunately, it is impossible to address standards thoroughly because each industry and discipline is different.
Parts Eight through Eleven address concepts such as paper space and tracking methods, as well as commands related to 3D work, such as SPLINE, FILLET, and CHAMFER.
The main purpose is to make you understand that 3D modeling is, above all else, the combination of the way you look at the objects and the way the working plane is set.
It is also assumed that you have some knowledge of computers and basic file management. Because some of the topics in the later chapters are rather technicaly advanced, having some computer background is helpful. A basic technical background is required because AutoCAD has many Internet and network-enabled features that facilitate the sharing of electronic information.
In addition to learning the basic AutoCAD tools, you will also learn to recognize and use these tools to achieve specific goals. A number of challenging end-of-chapter projects from varying disciplines progress through multiple chapters so you can see how a drawing is put together from start to finish. Brief definitions of the commands involved, as well as notes containing tips and warnings, will give you extra help in understanding the commands.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to AutoCAD. Chapter 2: Quick Start. Chapter 3: Controlling the Drawing Display. Chapter 4: Basic Drawing Commands. Chapter 5: Drawing Aids and Drafting Settings. Chapter 6: Managing Object Properties. Chapter 7: Basic Editing Techniques. Chapter 8: Advanced Editing Techniques. Chapter 9: Drawing and Editing Complex Objects. Chapter 10: Pattern Fills and Hatching. Chapter 11: Adding Text. Chapter 12: Working with Tables. Chapter 13: Dimensioning Drawings. Chapter 14: Managing Paper Space Layouts. Chapter 15: Plotting and Publishing. Chapter 16: Blocks and Block Attributes. Chapter 17: Working with External References. Chapter 18: File Management and Object Linking and Embedding. Chapter 19: Introduction to 3D in the AutoCAD Program. Chapter 20: Quick-Start Tutorials. Chapter 21: Wireframe Modeling. Chapter 22: Creating and Modifying Faceted Surfaces. Chapter 23: Creating 3D Solids and Surfaces. Chapter 24: Editing 3D Solids and Surfaces. Chapter 25: Advanced Tutorials. Chapter 26: Generating Drawings and DWF Files. Chapter 27: Rendering and Other Presentations. |
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