The Complete Technical Illustrator w Bi Subscription Card

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 500 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
• Edition: 1st Edition June 20, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 007292229X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072922295
• Book Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.2 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 2.7 pounds

Product Description
The Complete Technical Illustrator was developed to present a comprehensive overview of the art of technical illustration using today’s most popular software packages—including Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, AutoCAD, and 3D Studio Max. Perfect for everyone from students just learning to professional technical illustrators, this new text highlights the strategies and procedures that will help your students apply knowledge about the geometry, assemblies, materials, and processes needed to accurately communicate technical information. A special CD-ROM, included with every new edition of this text, features a productivity tool called AxonHelper. Developed by Jon Duff, AxonHelper is a productivity application that's used to determine axonometric information. This includes scales, angles, ellipses, shearing data, and X Y Z viewpoint positions for over 400 axonometric views. The AxonHelper also presents examples of the most popular illustration tools, examples of textures and materials from Greg Maxson’s studio, and a gallery of professional illustrations.

Reader Reviews
Overall, I find this book very good. It covers detailed step-by-step information on how to go about creating technical illustrations using Adobe Illustrator. Of course the book assumes you KNOW Illustrator. (If you never used it, don't start whining that it doesn't cover how to use Illustrator!) You'll be guided to create illustrations using standard isometric, dimetric, trimetric, and perspective views, using step-by-step details about how to setup the view and how to create and position ellipses and other object correctly based on the view. The book covers how to create correct and compelling line illustrations, and later, how to apply color and shading for realistic looks. The book also covers illustration techniques using 3ds Max and AutoCAD, but most of the book is focuses on Adobe Illustrator. (You can use any version of Illustrator, by the way.) The only negativeI have is that there are quite a few typos. I didn't expect a book not to have typos, I mean it does happen, but for a $100 book there are a lot of it! Despite the errors, I would still highly recommend this book to anyone who would like to create correct technical illustrations because of the invaluable advice and detail given. I would like to thank professor Duff for writing this book! (And I'd recommend the publisher, McGraw-Hill, to actually use a spell checker before they publish such an expensive book!)