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For courses and self-study in AutoCAD LT.

This integrated text and CD-ROM package takes the beginner in AutoCAD to basic proficiency in 2-dimensional drawing in record time and with as much fun as possible. The combination of text, hands-on sessions, questions, tests, drawing exercises, and drawing resources (templates, symbols, etc.) gives students intensive skills practice and provides extensive support to help them create their own drawings and projects.

• User-friendly, instructional framework—Includes lists of key ideas found in the coming chapters; stylized print to emphasize key concepts; hundreds of visual aids to clarify discussions; tip boxes that offer useful insights into the program; clear, concise command sequences; In A Nutshell sections that summarize chapter essentials; hands-on exercises to review new ideas; tests and assignments to challenge student's understanding.

  • Supports coverage by highlighting, reviewing, and reinforcing essential concepts and commands.

• Brief hands-on labs—Included throughout each chapter are unique, integrated, learner-friendly files specially designed for the text.

  • Helps students reinforce newly learned concepts.

• A Testing … Testing…1, 2, 3 section—At the end of each chapter. Features fill-in-the-blank, true/false, multiple-choice, and matching questions.

  • Allows the user to check his/her understanding of chapter material.

• A number of Tip boxes—Introduce important ideas.

  • Provides users with an easy reference while at the computer.

• An appendix listing of all the aliases and commands for AutoCAD LT 2002.

  • Allows for easy reference during exercise or review.

• An Integrated CD-ROM Learning Assistant—Includes comprehensive practice for all concepts presented in the text; exercises, template files, and symbol files in such areas as Architecture, Machine Design, Electrical, Electronics, Landscape, Piping and Welding.

  • Helps students to practice the skills presented in the text and to complete useful drawings; and provides—in a single source—a wealth of tools and techniques that users would otherwise have to obtain from a variety of sources.

• A light-hearted tone—Features a conversational tone and user-friendly illustrations.

  • Makes the text enjoyable and easy to use both in the classroom and as a self-paced learning tool. Ensures that even the most reticent user will become immediately involved.

 1. The Big Picture: Ready…


 2. Always Be Prepared: …Set…


 3. Every Journey Begins with a Single Line: …Go!


 4. Alterations Done Here: Modifying.


 5. WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get): Viewing.


 6. A New Slant on Your ABCs: Text.


 7. How Big Was the One That Got Away? Dimensions.


 8. Living in a Material World: Hatching.


 9. Paperless Society: Plotting.


10. Building a Better Mousetrap: Advanced Creation and Editing.


11. Cloning Dolly and Beyond: Symbol Creation and Application.


12. Virtual Cut and Paste: Advanced Viewing and Plotting.


Appendix A: Put It There! Installing CD-ROM Files.


Appendix B: Taking a Shortcut: Identifying Aliases and Commands.


Appendix C: You Sure Can Pick 'Em: Selecting Objects Options.


Appendix D: Adding Printer/Plotters and Plot Style Tables.


Index.

AutoCAD LT - Computer-Aided Drawing [AUTOCAD LT 2002] (CAD / Engineering Graphics / Drafting)

This introductory text is part of a series of books designed to take the beginner in AutoCAD^® to basic proficiency in record time and with as much fun as possible. With frequent Hands-On sessions to illustrate basic concepts and lots of questions, tests, and exercises, the learner is bound to understand AutoCAD^®'s concepts more easily than ever before. And, with a conversational tone and many friendly illustrations, even the most reticent will become involved immediately.

The text contains a number of features that make the basic ideas more concrete and clear. These include:

• a list of Key Concepts at the start of each chapter
• an In a Nutshell conclusion for each chapter
• brief Hands-On labs throughout each chapter to reinforce newly learned concepts, making use of an integrated learner-friendly dialog box especially designed for this textbook
• a Testing ...testing...1, 2, 3 section of fill-in-the-blank, true-false, multiple choice, and matching questions at the end of each chapter
• a What? question section at the end of each chapter
• a Let's Get Busy! list of related assignments at the end of each chapter
• a number of Tip boxes to introduce important ideas
• font enlargement of key ideas
• hundreds of drawings, menus, and icons to add clarity
• an appendix section with a listing of all the aliases and commands for AutoCAD LT^® 2002
• an accompanying CD-ROM filled with Exercises, Template files, and Symbol files in such areas as Architecture, Machine Design, Electrical, Electronics, Landscape, Piping, and Welding

View a Sample Chapter PDF:

• 3D CAD Curriculum
  Puerta
  © 2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132206838 | ISBN-13: 9780132206839
  
  
  
• 3D CAD Curriculum - Architectural -- ADI Press
  Goldberg
  © 2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132206846 | ISBN-13: 9780132206846
  
  
  
• 3D CAD Curriculum - Mechanical -- ADI Press
  Bethune
  © 2006 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132206811 | ISBN-13: 9780132206815
  
  
  

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