AutoCAD 2009 for Interior Design: A 3D Modeling Approach
Zane Curry

ISBN-10: 0132342766
ISBN-13: 9780132342766

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 448 pp
Published: 06/05/2008

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For interior design studio courses that incorporate 3D modeling. Also appropriate for advanced AutoCAD courses.

 

AutoCAD 2009 for Interior Design: A Pragmatic Approach to 3D Modeling provides discipline-specific (interior design) 3D modeling and methods of digital illustration using a tutorial-based approach that covers the latest AutoCAD features and commands. This text provides students with the necessary experience and practice to produce and illustrate complex 3D interior components and furnished spaces in an amount of time that will allow additional studio projects to be completed in the course of one semester.

 

This text begins with basic concepts of 3D solid modeling. As the objects included in the chapter exercises increase in difficulty, so does the level of complexity of concepts and processes. This approach helps students understand and construct complex composite solid models. A portion of the book includes a four-part chapter on working with the soft goods such as draperies and tablecloths produced with surface modeling techniques. The text also includes a chapter on teaching students how to render an interior environment and a chapter exercise that teaches students to produce walk-through animations.

 

For interior design studio courses that incorporate 3D modeling. Also appropriate for advanced AutoCAD courses.

 

AutoCAD 2009 for Interior Design: A Pragmatic Approach to 3D Modeling provides discipline-specific (interior design) 3D modeling and methods of digital illustration using a tutorial-based approach that covers the latest AutoCAD features and commands. This text provides students with the necessary experience and practice to produce and illustrate complex 3D interior components and furnished spaces in an amount of time that will allow additional studio projects to be completed in the course of one semester.

 

This text begins with basic concepts of 3D solid modeling. As the objects included in the chapter exercises increase in difficulty, so does the level of complexity of concepts and processes. This approach helps students understand and construct complex composite solid models. A portion of the book includes a four-part chapter on working with the soft goods such as draperies and tablecloths produced with surface modeling techniques. The text also includes a chapter on teaching students how to render an interior environment and a chapter exercise that teaches students to produce walk-through animations.

 

Hallmark Features

  • The introductory chapter introduces students to AutoCAD's newest features, screen layout, standard features, menus, ribbon, menu button browser, toolbars, and various methods of command input.
  • A quick-start chapter helps students gain a quick, basic understanding of the processes and commands used to produce simple, single-component solid models. The basic commands and processes learned in this chapter are expanded and used in combination with other processes and commands to produce complex solid models in subsequent chapters.
  • An increasing complexity in solid modeling techniques empowers students to understand and construct complex composite solid models building on knowledge and skills gained from previous chapters.
  • Working with soft goods helps student understand the processes and commands for producing non-modular geometric shapes such as draperies and tablecloths or other forms whose final shape can be defined by curved edges.
  • Solid editing techniques promote students' understanding of the process used to edit composite solid models to create similar, but different, objects — such as producing a chair that matches a previously created sofa. This saves time and increases accuracy.
  • By creating a furnished 3D space, students gain an understanding of basic modeling processes by producing interior components as well as a 3D space. Students then learn how to put all of the components together and view the interior environment as a rendered static view or as a walk-through animation.
  • Each chapter features objectives, introductions, drawing set-ups, begin-drawing instructions, exercises, summaries, test questions, key terms, command grids, tips, notes, and "what's new in AutoCAD 2009" features.

 

1. Introduction to AutoCAD 2009

2. Drawing Set Up

3. Quick Start: Learning the Basics

4. Lamp

5. Glass Top Coffee Table

6. Desk

7. Desk Chair

8. Bookcase with Adjustable Shelves

9. Sofa

10. Cabriole Leg

11. Wing Chair

12. Building an Office Space

13. Furnishing the Office Space

14. Working with Soft Goods

15. Introduction to Rendering

Zane D. Curry, Ph.D., has taught courses in 2D and 3D AutoCAD for over 17 years at the university level.  During this time, he developed innovative techniques and materials for teaching AutoCAD.  He has been active in interior design and related areas since 1972.  For 12 years prior to entering academia, he served as owner/principal of a design and construction company. 

 

Zane is an associate professor at Texas Tech University and currently serves as Associate Chair in the Department of Design.  He served as Interior Design Program Director for 12 years.  He graduated from the University of North Texas with a B.F.A. in Interior Design in 1973.  He earned a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Environmental Design and Consumer Economics from Texas Tech University with collaterals in industrial engineering and instructional technology.  He has received the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award and is a member of the Texas Tech University Teaching Academy.  His research focus is on computer usage in interior design education and practice, assistive devices for individuals with physical limitations, housing alternatives for rural elderly, and building component technology and development.

 

He lives in rural West Texas.  He enjoys spending time with his wife of 39 years, three children and their spouses, and two grandchildren.  His hobbies include playing music, fishing, and drawing and painting.

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