Technical Drawing: International Edition - Softcover

Giesecke, Frederick E.; Mitchell, Alva; Spencer, Henry C.; Hill, Ivan L.; Dygdon, John T.; Novak, James E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131784463 ISBN 13: 9780131784468

Publisher: Pearson, 2003

Synopsis

For courses in Engineering Graphics/Technical Drawing and Drafting/Technical Sketching.

This authoritative text dominates the market by offering the best coverage of basic graphics principles and an unmatched set of fully machinable working drawings. Its practical, well illustrated, step-by-step explanations of procedures have successfully trained students for 60 years, and continue to appeal to today's visually oriented students.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Twelfth Edition of Technical Drawing continues to offer the strongest coverage of basic graphics principles. Edition after edition, this text serves as the authoritative source on the subject. With this new edition, we have acted upon the requests of 10 reviewers and 75 survey respondents to improve certain aspects of this book while preserving its core presentation.

In particular. the new edition features:

• New Instructor System: Contains Instructor's Resource Guide in bath hardcopy and MS Word files. 400 question concept testbank in hardcopy in MS Word, pdf files of text art, MS PowerPoint slides of key figures, and AutaGAD files of solutions.
• www.prenhall.com/giesecke: Updated to contain over 35 large format, Flash and Windows Media Player animations of concepts keyed to sections/figures in the text, Self-Grading Concept Questions―T/F, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank questions for each chapter. Essay Review Questions―answer questions from the text on-line and email to an instructor. Reference Chapters an Graphs, alignment Charts, Empirical Equations and Graphical Mathematics, Glossary of Terms, Chapter Summaries and Objectives, Links―a robust links section on GAD and technical drawing, PowerPoint/PDF files of art from the text; and Edrawings―a new solid modeling technology that lets you view, rotate, and annotate solid models without any special software.
• New four-color signature of key drawing techniques/illustrations
• Content Updates throughout including many new Graphics Spotlight features on topics such as idea generation. Internet drawing communication, and using graphics to design surfboards.
• New Drawings problems at the end of many chapters and new screen captures throughout the book.
• All art completely rechecked far accuracy.

About the Author:

"H.W. JANSON" is a legendary name in art history. During his long career as a teacher and scholar, he helped define the discipline in the United States through his impressive books and other publications. "History of Art," for which he is best known, has been translated into more than a dozen languages.

"ANTHONY F. JANSON" forged a distinguished career as a university teacher, scholar and writer, and museum professional. He took over authorship of "History of Art" and "Basic History of Art" after his father's death in 1982.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0131784463
• ISBN 13: 9780131784468
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 816