Residential Design Using AutoCAD 2008

Features

• Perfect Paperback: 418 pages
• Published by: Schroff Development Corporation June 8, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1585033677
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1585033676
• Book Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 2.2 pounds

Product Description
This textbook starts with a basic introduction to AutoCAD 2008 and then begins a house floor plan. Using step-by-step tutorial lessons, the residential project is followed through to create elevations, sections, details, etc. Throughout the project, new AutoCAD commands are covered at the appropriate time. Focus is placed on the most essential parts of a command rather than an exhaustive review of every sub-feature of a particular command.

Table of Contents
1. GETTING STARTED WITH AUTOCAD 2008
2. Crash Course Introduction (The Basics)
3. Drawing Architectural Objects (Draw & Modify)
4. Residential Project: Floor Plans
5. Residential Project: Exterior Elevations
6. Residential Project: Sections
7. Residential Project: Plan Layout & Interior Elevations
8. Residential Project: Site Plan
9. Residential Project: Schedules & Sheet Setup
10. Residential Project: Lineweights & Plotting
Appendix A: Helpful Information

Reader Reviews
This book is horribly unorganized, and full of typographical and grammatical errors. The basic premise is good--you are guided through a complete project from start to finish. Each subsequent exercise builds from the previous. However, Stine's instructions are inconsistent. Sometimes he's point by point; other times he leaves you searching the book--forward and backward--for information necessary to complete the task. Sometimes it doesn't exist! Often he falls into the trap of using jargon that beginners haven't been exposed to, and the book has no glossary for reference, and a very weak index. Stine's intentions are good. I blame the editors for letting his manuscript hit the printers.