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Introduction to AutoCAD® 2007: A Modern Perspective
Paul Richard, College of Staten Island
Jim Fitzgerald

ISBN-10: 0132283433
ISBN-13: 9780132283434

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 944 pp
Published: 09/05/2006
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Appropriate for Introduction to Computer-Aided Drafting

This modern text 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 created using the software will give students hands-on experience and a thorough understanding of how to use AutoCAD in the 21st century.

Features

Appropriate for Introduction to Computer-Aided Drafting

“Quick Start” chapter-At the beginning of the book.

Allows students to get up to speed in no time to create and even plot AutoCAD drawings, links to corresponding chapters later in the book-allowing users to delve into detailed topics instruction as they choose, at their own pace.

Chapter Objectives.

Provides students with a roadmap of important concepts and practices that will be introduced in the chapter.

Emphasis on vocabulary.

Supplies students with KeyTerms—italicized within the running text, briefly defined in the margin, and defined in more detail in the Glossary at the end of the book.

Command Grids— Appear in the margin, alongside the discussion of the command.

Presents a visual of the action options using either: Standard Toolbar, Pull-Down Menu, Command Line, or Command Alias, ensuring that students are in the right place at the right time, correctly following the authors’ direction.

Discipline Icons—In the margin alongside each project, identify the discipline to which each project applies: General, Mechanical, Architectural, Electrical, Plumbing/HVAC, or Civil.

Enables instructors to quickly identify homework assignments that will appeal to the varying interests of their students. Allows students to work on projects that have the most interest and relevance depending on their course of study.

Icon flags.

Highlights content covering features that are new to the 2007 version of the AutoCAD software, creating a quick “study guide” for instructors who need to familiarize themselves with the newest features of the software as preparation for teaching the course.

Professional tips, warning notes, and references boxes throughout.

Highlights additional helpful information for students.

Chapter-end review questions and projects-Organized by discipline to allow for application of skills to various fields.

Requires students to use all the commands and skills they have learned cumulatively.

Exercises-Throughout the chapters.

Provides students with step-by-step walk-through activities, allowing immediate practice and reinforcement of newly learned skills.

A modern approach to using AutoCAD.

Tackles complex subjects with fresh, easy to understand information that gets students quickly up to speed.

Coverage of advanced subjects-Often insufficiently addressed in other texts.

Explains in layperson’s terms how to:
Manage external reference files (Xrefs) the correct way
Set up and manage paper space layouts with multiple views and scales
Import and format raster images
Share information with other Windows programs using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
Publish drawings over the Internet using Drawing Web Format (DWF)
Use all of the other latest AutoCAD features

Real world examples-Includes drawingsfrom an actual 30 story office tower and condominium designed and built in Portland, Oregon.

Supplies students with examples of drawings from the following design disciplines:
Architectural
Civil
Electrical
Mechanical
Plumbing HVAC
and shows how these drawings are created from beginning to end as the projects are recreated. Included in this process is how to create a complete set of drawings.

Table of Contents

PART ONE – An Introduction to AutoCAD

Chapter 1 - Introduction to AutoCAD

Chapter 2 – Quick Start

PART TWO – Drafting Skills: Drawing with AutoCAD

Chapter 3 – Controlling the Drawing Display

Chapter 4 - Basic Drawing Commands

Chapter 5 - Drawing Aids 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

PARTFIVE – Annotating Drawings

Chapter 11 – Adding Text and Tables

Chapter 12 – Dimensioning Drawings

PART SIX – Outputting Your Work

Chapter 13 – Managing Paper Space Layouts

Chapter 14 – Plotting and Publishing

PART SEVEN – Advanced Drawing and Construction Methods

Chapter 15 - Blocks and Block Attributes

Chapter 16 – Working with Xrefs and Images

APPENDIX A - Drafting Standards Overview

APPENDIX B - Command Reference

APPENDIX C - Commanda Aliases

APPENDIX D - System Variables

APPENDIX E - Express Tools

GLOSSARY

INDEX

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