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Technical Sketching with an Introduction to AutoCAD, 4/E
Dale H. Besterfield, Ph.D., P.E., College of Engineering, Southern University at Carbondale, Besterfield & Associates
Robert O'Hagan

ISBN-10: 0132432781
ISBN-13: 9780132432788

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 464 pp
Published: 08/17/2006

Suggested retail price: $92.80
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For introductory courses in engineering and technology programs. Also valuable for technical programs offered by community colleges and technical institutes, including those covering machine tool, automotive, electronics and electrical, maintenance and welding.

 

Technical Sketching with an Introduction to CAD, Fourth Edition enables students to learn drafting concepts using the sketching methodology and apply them using CAD.  This unique two-pronged approach is ideal because it reinforces learning in lectures and laboratory activities on CAD. Organized intuitively, it begins with chapters on sketching techniques and lettering; covers multiview projection, pictorials, auxiliary views, and sectioning; and includes chapters on dimensioning, tolerancing, fastening techniques and working drawings. This edition offers a revised chapter on 2D CAD, a new chapter on 3D CAD, and a continued examination of the link between technical sketching and computer-aided drafting.

For introductory courses in engineering and technology programs. Also valuable for technical programs offered by community colleges and technical institutes, including those covering machine tool, automotive, electronics and electrical, maintenance and welding.

 

Technical Sketching with an Introduction to CAD, Fourth Edition enables students to learn drafting concepts using the sketching methodology and apply them using CAD.  This unique two-pronged approach is ideal because it reinforces learning in lectures and laboratory activities on CAD. Organized intuitively, it begins with chapters on sketching techniques and lettering; covers multiview projection, pictorials, auxiliary views, and sectioning; and includes chapters on dimensioning, tolerancing, fastening techniques and working drawings. This edition offers a revised chapter on 2D CAD, a new chapter on 3D CAD, and a continued examination of the link between technical sketching and computer-aided drafting.

 

Hallmark Features

 

Uses a two-prong approach–which emphasizes learning drafting concepts using the sketching methodology and applying them using CAD.

  • Designed so that the lectures on sketching and the laboratory activities on CAD can run concurrently.  

Discusses the fundamentals of technical sketching–and emphasizes the need for detail, clarity and accuracy.

  • Demonstrates how to communicate an idea or concept by means of a three-view or pictorial sketch.
  • Introduces the basics of technical sketching techniques and lettering, multiview projections, etc.  

Emphasizes how to read and interpret a working drawing–in Chapter 10 and throughout the text.

  • Reveals how knowledge of sketching can lead to a better understanding of computer-generated working drawings.
  • Discusses types of drawings, components of working drawings, title block, revision block, bill of materials, etc.

Includes an intuitive organization–that is ideal for many students.

  • Begins with chapters on sketching techniques and lettering.
  • Provides a detailed description of orthographic projection, pictorials, auxiliary view, and sectioning.
  • Includes additional chapters on dimensioning and tolerancing that conform to ANSI standards.
Incorporates exercises–at the end of the text.
  • Allows readers to become proficient in a specific technique.
  • Provides material for assignment or self-study.                                  

 

New! Chapter 13, Drawing in 3D-CAD (Geometric Modeling)–appears in this edition.

  • Includes coverage of basic concepts, constructive solid geometry, viewports and 3D views, extrude and revolve, shading, 3D orbit, 3D drawing in AutoCAD, digital product definition data practices, and digital imaging. 

Revised! Chapter 12, Drawing in 2D-CAD–has been updated in this edition.

  • Covers the graphics window, issuing commands, the pull down menus, the tool box, layers and linetypes, and drawing in AutoCAD.

1.      Sketching

2.      Lettering

3.      Multiview Projection

4.      Pictorial Sketching

5.      Sectional Views

6.      Auxiliary Views

7.      Dimensioning

8.      Tolerancing

9.      Fastening Techniques

10.  Working Drawings

11.  CAD

12.  Drawing in 2D CAD

13.  Drawing in 3D CAD (Geometric Modeling)

Dale H. Besterfield, Ph.D., P.E. performs training for SPC, DOE, and TQM.  He operates his own consulting firm, Besterfield & Assoc., and works with public and private organizations.  Fortune 500 compies, universities, and small companies have used his services.  He has conducted public seminars on SPC/SQC, TQM and DOE in cooperation with the American Management Assoc. and a number of universities.  In addition, he was an examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

 

He is an emeritus professor in the College of Engineering at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where he developed and directed the graduate program in manufacturing systems, which has a strong quality focus.  A recognized authority on quality control, he has authored over 22 publications, including a best-selling textbook, Quality Control, 7th edition, 2004, which has been translated into a number of languages.  The third edition of Total Quality Management was released in 2002. 

 

Prior to joining the University, he was an industrial engineer, quality engineer, and a first-line supervisor at the National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.  He organized and participated in a six-day seminar on quality assurance at Damascus, Syria for the Arab world in 1994.

 

Dr. Besterfield is a registered professional engineer in Missouri and California, a certified manufacturing engineer, and a mamaber of ASQ, NAIT, and SME.  He is a fellow of ASQ and receive their E. L. Grant Award for outstanding achievement.

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