AutoCAD® Book: Drawing, Modeling and Applications Using AutoCAD 2004, The

The AutoCAD^® Book: Drawing, Modeling, and Applications Using AutoCAD^® 2004 provides a hands-on approach to the concepts of AutoCAD 2004, allowing the users to start drawing early on in the text. The text begins with an introduction to the basic concepts of AutoCAD, its on-screen appearance and interface, and ways to solve common problems. It then moves from basic AutoCAD commands to complex z-Dimensional exercises and finally to advanced 3-Dimensional modeling and rendering. The exciting new concepts of gradient hatch rendering, plotting rendered drawings directly from AutoCAD, and using the Internet to capture 2D and 3D blocks for use in existing drawings is covered in detail. The text ends with a series of application sections, with projects for architectural, civil, electronic and electromechanical drawing and for technical illustrating. The final section contains 41 hand-drawn pencil sketches that can be used for more than 200 exercises.

The text includes the following features to help users learn, practice, and master AutoCAD^® skills:

• Project-based approach that guides users through the software in a logical way
• An easy-to-follow "prompt/response" format that takes users step by step through each new command/activity
• Highlighted information boxes—Tips, Warnings, and Notes—that help new AutoCAD users become more comfortable with the software
• Practice exercises in every chapter
• Real-world applications for a variety of fields
• Numerous figures, screen captures, and illustrations
• Review questions at the end of every chapter
• Hand-drawn, real-world SKETCHES FOR INDUSTRY exercises
• to simulate a working environment
• Icon identifies features new to AutoCAD 2004