A Tutorial Guide to AutoCAD(R) 2006

• Cover Type: Paperback with 672 pages
• Published by: Prentice Hall July 17, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0131713833
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0131713833
• Book Dimensions: 9.7 x 8 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 2.7 pounds

A Tutorial Guide to AutoCAD 2006 provides a step-by-step introduction to AutoCAD with commands taught “in context.” In 15 clear and comprehensive sessions, author Shawna Lockhart guides readers through all the important commands and techniques in AutoCAD 2006, from 2D to solid modeling. In each lesson, the author provides step-by-step instructions with frequent illustrations showing exactly what appears on the AutoCAD screen. Later, individual steps are no longer provided, and readers are asked to apply what they’ve learned by completing sequences on their own. Carefully developed pedagogy reinforces this cumulative-learning approach and supports readers in becoming skilled AutoCAD users.

Introduction to AutoCADBasic Construction Techniques

Basic Editing and Plotting TechniquesGeometric Constructions

Template Drawings and More Plotting

2D Orthographic Drawings

Dimensioning

Advanced Dimensioning

Section and Auxiliary Views

Blocks, Design Center and Tool Palettes

Introduction to Solid Modeling

Changing and Plotting Solid Models

Creating Assembly Drawings from Solid Models

Solid Modeling for Section and Auxiliary Views

Rendering

Reader Reviews
To be fluent in the latest AutoCAD, you should practise using it as extensively as possible. Which is what Lockhart offers this book for. Its merit is a lengthy set of tutorials that go through much of AutoCAD. The early chapters start at the basics. As in how to bring up the program, and what you should see when that happens. Also, she points out that if you are running it under Microsoft Windows, several of its user interface practises deliberately conform to what other applications running under that operating system do. Hopefully, this makes AutoCAD a little easier to learn, if you can key off your established intuition. Other topics covered in these introductory chapters are things like having snap to grid, or being able to name drawing files, or setting units to metric or imperial. Pretty mundane, actually. But if this is really your first time with AutoCAD, then you need this type of coverage. Further into the text are lessons that should prove more challenging. One lesson discusses how to have tolerances in your dimensions; to reflect the realities of the machining processes. Another lesson shows how tool palettes let you use AutoCAD to design electronic circuits. It is not usually thought of in this context, since there are several specialised circuit design packages that tend to be used by electrical engineers. Whereas AutoCAD is mostly for mechanical engineers. Then you might need a true three dimensional solid modelling. The book starts off easy with modelling a 3d object by projecting it into various 2d views. But eventually, you'll need to deal with the object in a full 3d context. There are all sorts of issues which emerge, like different types of rendering, which are moot in 2d. It turns out that rendering is vital in letting you get a realistic visualisation of the object you are designing. It may well be that the 3d tutorials give you the best appreciation of AutoCAD's power. Comment | | (Report this)