Instant AutoCAD®: Essentials Using AutoCAD 2000 - Softcover

Ethier, Stephen J.; Ethier, Christine A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130305359 ISBN 13: 9780130305350

Publisher: Peachpit Press, 2000

Synopsis

For courses in Computer Aided Drafting/Design, as well as for Engineering and Engineering Technology students and others who need to learn AutoCAD.

This text provides users with an introduction to 2-dimensional drawing using AutoCAD®. The light-hearted tone of the text makes it enjoyable and easy to use both in the classroom and as a self-paced learning tool. The integrated CD-ROM provides exercises, templates, and symbol libraries to help users in practicing the skills presented in the text and in completing useful drawings.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This introductory text is part of a series of books designed to take the beginner in AutoCAD® to basic proficiency in record time and with as much fun as possible. With frequent Hands-On sessions to illustrate basic concepts and lots of questions, tests, and exercises, the learner is bound to understand AutoCAD® concepts more easily than ever before. And, with a conversational tone and many friendly illustrations, even the most reticent will become involved immediately.

The text contains a number of features that make the basic ideas more concrete and clear. These include:

• a list of Key Concepts at the start of each chapter
• an In a Nutshell conclusion for each chapter
• brief Hands-On labs throughout each chapter to reinforce newly learned concepts, making use of an integrated learner-friendly dialog box especially designed for this textbook
• a Testing…testing… 1, 2, 3 section of fill-in-the-blank, true-false, multiple choice, and matching questions at the end of each chapter
• a What? question section at the end of each chapter
• a Let's Get Busy! list of related assignments at each chapter end
• a number of Tip boxes to introduce important ideas
• font enlargement of key ideas
• hundreds of drawings, menus, and icons to add clarity
• an appendix section with a listing of al the aliases and commands for AutoCAD® 2000

An integrated CD-ROM Learning Assistant is included with this text. It includes:

• hands-on practice for all concepts presented in the text
• Exercises, Template files, and Symbol files in such areas as Architecture, Machine Design, Electrical, Electronics, Landscape, Piping and Welding
• a special Symbol Manager dialog box that makes inserting blocks an easy and efficient task

Edition details

• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130305359
• ISBN 13: 9780130305350
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 221