Publisher's Synopsis
Intended for Engineering Graphics and Technical Drawing courses at the undergraduate level, using, exclusively, AutoCAD applications (no paper and pencil except for ch. 4) throughout the text. It offers state-of-the-art coverage on the Release 14 version, integrates helpful screen captures throughout, and includes many new and extensive design and sketching exercises. * NEW - Significantly revises the presentation and development of design exercises and the extent and sketching exercises. * NEW - Adds new, varied, and more challenging design problems throughout. * NEW - Expands chapter of freehand sketching to include sketching an object in different orientations. * Helps students develop visualization skills and create and understand sketches in other courses, such as free body diagrams. * Supplements written text with hundreds of illustrations and screen captures that match the students computer screen exactly. * Uses an easy-to-follow, step-by-step system of teaching, with complete chapter coverage on such areas as: * AutoCADs Draw and Modify toolbars and other commands needed to setup and start drawings.;* Tolerancing - drawing dimensions and tolerances using the Dimension and Tolerance commands; using geometric tolerances with an explanation of how Release 14 can be used to create geometric tolerance symbols directly from dialog boxes, and more. * AutoCADs 3D commands and coordinate system definitions. * A solid modeling approach to Descriptive Geometry, with discussions on the true lengths of lines and shapes of planes, point and plane locations, and properties between lines and planes. * Includes hundreds of exercise and design problems. * Includes a Drawings Disk packaged with the text-keyed to text exercises and allows students to modify.
