Up and Running with AutoCAD 2012: 2D and 3D Drawing and Modeling - Softcover

Gindis, Elliot

9780123870292: Up and Running with AutoCAD 2012: 2D and 3D Drawing and Modeling

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0123870291 ISBN 13: 9780123870292

Publisher: Academic Press, 2011

Gindis introduces AutoCAD with step by step instructions, stripping away complexities to begin working in AutoCAD immediately. All concepts are explained first in theory, and then shown in practice, helping the reader understand what it is they are doing and why, before they do it.

Divided into three parts, the book covers beginning through advanced AutoCAD, including 3D features.

Also included is an extensive Appendix

for each part, detailing additional useful CAD-related information not often found

in other text books

The book contains supporting graphics (screen shots) and a summary with a self-test section at the end of each chapter. Also included are drawing examples and exercises, and two running “projects that the student works on as he/she progresses through the chapters .

Strips away complexities, both real and perceived and reduces AutoCAD to easy-to-understand basic concepts
Teaches only what is essential to operating AutoCAD first, thereby immediately building student confidence
All basic commands are documented step-by-step, meaning that what the student needs to type in and how AutoCAD responds is all spelled out in discrete and clear steps with screen shots added as needed
Using the author’s extensive multi-industry knowledge of what is important and widely used in practice versus what is not, the material is presented by immediately immersing the student in practical, critically essential knowledge, with no padding of text or filler material
All concepts are explained first in theory, and only then is AutoCAD introduced and the actual “button pushing discussed. This is one of the key concepts in having students understand exactly what it is they are doing and why, before they do it.

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Review:

An easy-to-learn introduction to AutoCAD featuring step-by-step instruction that explains both the "why" and the "how" for using this industry-standard software package

About the Author:

Elliot Gindis has used and taught AutoCAD in the New York City area since 1996, logging in well over 20,000 hours of screen time as a designer and consultant in a wide variety of architecture and engineering fields. From 1999 to 2008 he was on staff at the Pratt Institute of Design and as visiting instructor at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT). He is currently president of Vertical Technologies Consulting and Design, an AutoCAD training firm, and has advised, consulted, or assisted more than 60 companies nationwide in using and optimizing AutoCAD. Elliot is part of the AutoDesk Developers Network and is a Certified Technical Trainer.

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