Introduction to AutoCAD 2015: A Modern Perspective

Introduction to AutoCAD 2015: A Modern Perspective

<div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <p style="margin: 0px;">This book addresses advances in technology and introduces students to 2-dimensional drawing skills and commands using the current release of AutoCAD. It continuously builds on concepts covered in previous chapters, contains exercises combined with in-text notes, and offers examples that provide the “how and why” of AutoCAD fundamentals. Projects are included at the end of each chapter and provide hands-on experience creating various types of mechanical, architectural, civil and electrical drawings. This text is appropriate for Introductory and Intermediate AutoCAD courses.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;">Features:</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;"> <b>AutoCAD’s 2-D tools–</b>are presented from the basic concepts to the most powerful tools used in design and engineering.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">·   Presents material (in seven parts) that advances with complexity.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">·   Introduces AutoCAD, drafting skills, editing techniques, working with complex objects, annotating drawings, outputting your work, and advanced drawing and construction methods.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;"> <b>Advanced drawing and construction methods</b>–appear after teaching the tools used in design and engineering.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">·   Explains blocks and block attributes, working with external references, and file management and object linking and embedding.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;"> <b>A “Quick Start” chapter–</b>appears early in the text (see Chapter 2).</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">·   Allows students to get up to speed in no time to create and even plot AutoCAD drawings.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">·   References corresponding chapters later in the book, allowing readers to delve into topics at their own pace and level.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;"> <b> <i>Chapter Objectives</i>–</b>provide a bulleted list of key concepts for each chapter.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">·   Provides students with a roadmap of important concepts and practices that will be introduced in the chapter.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;"> <b> <i>Key Terms</i>–</b>highlight important vocabulary throughout.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">·   Defines key terms in the margins and in more detail in the Glossary at the end of the book.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;"> <b> <i>Command Grids</i> </b>–appear in the margin alongside the discussion of the command.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">·   Presents a visual of the action options using either: Standard Toolbar, Pull-Down Menu, Command Line, or Command Alias, ensuring that students are in the right place at the right time, correctly following the authors’ direction.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;"> <b> <i>Discipline Icons</i> </b> <i>–</i>identify whether the project applies to a General, Mechanical, Architectural, Electrical, Plumbing/HVAC, or Civil field.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">·   Enables instructors to quickly select homework assignments that will appeal to the varying interests of their students.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">·   Allows students to work on projects that have the most interest and relevance to their own course of study.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;"> <b> <i>Icon Flags</i>–</b>highlight features that are new to the latest version of the AutoCAD software.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">·   Creates a quick “study guide” for instructors and students who need to familiarize themselves with the newest features of the software.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;"> <b> <i>Tips, Notes</i>, and <i>For More Details Boxes</i>–</b>appear throughout the text.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">·   Highlights additional information for students.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;"> <b>In-text exercises</b>–appear throughout the chapters.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">·   Provides students with step-by-step walk-through activities.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">·   Gives students immediate practice and reinforcement of newly learned skills.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;"> <b>Chapter projects organized by discipline</b>–provide additional challenges that require students to use all the commands and skills they have learned. Offers projects from a variety of disciplines including mechanical, architectural, electrical, civil.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> <br> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;"> <b> </b> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> <b>Profesional Features:</b> </p>Chock full of hands-on exercises, this book addresses advances in technology and introduces students to 2-dimensional drawing skills and commands using the current release of AutoCAD 2015.<br> </div> <div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <br> </div> <div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <p style="margin: 0px;"> <br> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;">·   Introduces AutoCAD, drafting skills, editing techniques, working with complex objects, annotating drawings, outputting your work, and advanced drawing and construction methods.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> <br> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;">·   Pedagogy reinforces learning objectives throughout–with chapter objectives; key term definitions; command grids concisely offer multiple ways of achieving task at hand; “New” in this version icons highlight new software features quickly; Discipline icons identify the field of study throughout.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> <br> </p> <p msonormal="" style="margin: 0px;">·   Hands-on exercises appear throughout the text to reinforce learning and end-of-chapter projects require students to demonstrate a full understanding of the concepts presented in the chapter.</p> </div> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p>