Graphics for Engineers - Hardcover

Earle, James H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0201121824 ISBN 13: 9780201121827

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc, 1988

Synopsis

For Engineering Graphics/Technical Drawing courses.

Graphics for Engineers is designed to help students expand their creative talents and communicate their ideas effectively. Its layout, format, and content have been classroom-tested to make it user friendly and excellent for both classroom use and independent study. Students who use this text will learn ANSI standards, techniques to prepare working drawings, the solution of 3D problems and spatial analysis through descriptive geometry, and the use of graphics as a medium of design.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Graphics for Engineers is designed to help students expand their creative talents and communicate their ideas effectively. Its layout, format, and content have been classroom tested to make it user friendly and excellent for both classroom use and independent study. Students who use this text will learn ANSI standards, techniques to prepare working drawings, the solution of 3D problems and spatial analysis through descriptive geometry, and the use of graphics as a medium of design. New features in the fifth edition include:

• New coverage of AutoCAD R.14 and highlights of AutoCAD R.2000
• Greater emphasis on the design process
• Even more illustrations
• Increased coverage of solid modeling
• Over 500 end-of-chapter problems

Problem Books― 18 problem books and teacher's guides (with outlines, solutions, and tests) have been designed to support this textbook and are available from Creative Publishing. A listing of these books and their source information is given inside the back cover.

Prentice Hall publishes a broad range of Gand CAD books available at a discount when bundled with this text. Please consult the preface of this text, your Prentice Hall sales rep, or go to http://www.prenhall.com/cadgrapgics/ for more information.

About the Author

JAMES H. EARLE is a recognized authority in the field of engineering graphics. He received his bachelor of architecture and his Ph.D. in education from Texas A&M, and he has taught engineering design graphics there since 1957. His books have introduced the concepts and techniques of engineering graphics to over half a million students.

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0201121824
• ISBN 13: 9780201121827
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 699