AutoCAD : a problem-solving approach : 2013 and beyond /
Tickoo, Sham.
Clifton Park, N.Y. : Delmar : Cengage Learning [distributor],
c2013.
Master the latest trends in 3D modeling and design! Tickoo helps you increase your speed and productivity, while exploring hands-on projects and step-by-step approaches that help you solve today's drafting and design problems.
Includes index.
Introduction to AutoCAD -- Getting started with AutoCAD -- Starting with advanced sketching -- Working with drawing aids -- Editing sketched objects-I -- Editing sketched objects-II -- Creating texts and tables -- Basic dimensioning, geometric dimensioning, and tolerancing -- Editing dimensions -- Dimension styles, multileader styles, and system variables -- Adding constraints to sketches -- Technical drawing with AutoCAD -- Isometric drawings -- Hatching drawings -- Model space viewports, paper space viewports, and layouts -- Plotting drawings -- Template drawings -- Working with blocks -- Defining block attributes -- Understanding external references -- Working with advanced drawing options -- Grouping and advanced editing of sketched objects -- Working with data exchange & object linking and embedding -- The user coordinate system -- Getting started with 3D -- Creating solid models -- Modifying 3D objects -- Editing 3D objects -- Surface modeling -- Mesh modeling -- Rendering and animating designs -- AutoCAD on Internet -- Accessing external database -- Script files and slide shows -- Creating linetypes and hatch patterns -- Customizing the acad.pgp file.
Master the latest trends in 3D modeling and design! Tickoo helps you increase your speed and productivity, while exploring hands-on projects and step-by-step approaches that help you solve today's drafting and design problems.
AutoCAD.
Computer graphics.
Computer-aided design.
Engineering design