Publisher's Synopsis
For courses in Basic Computer-Aided Design, Computer Graphics, Computer-Aided Design and Graphics, Introduction to Computer Graphics, Technical Illustration, Solid Modeling, Electro-Mechanical Design, AutoCAD® 3D, and Intermediate CAD.
This book on drawing is appropriate for use in either lecture or self-paced AUTOCAD and has enough exercises for several semester-length courses using the AutoCAD® 2004 program. Individual commands are explained as they are used to make a recognizable drawing; not as isolated descriptions that have little connection to where they are used. The new features of AutoCAD® 2004 such as gradient hatch, plotting of rendered drawings using the new Shade Plot option in the Plot dialog box, smaller file size, multiple redo, and reconfigured AutoCAD® DesignCenter with the DC Online feature, are covered in detail. The new chapter F with sketches that can be used for approximately 200 exercises is a welcome source of problems for the busy instructor. These problems range from simple to complex.
