AutoCAD: A Visual Approach R13 - 2d Basics, Release 14

by Steven Foster

This book provides complete coverage of 3D commands and concepts. Topics include working in 3D space, including coordinate systems; viewpoints and viewports; building wireframe models, surface models and solid models; paper space; and rendering.
-- Includes free trial of AutoCAD 2000 on CD-ROM, which expires 30 days after initial installation. The CD-ROM also contains drawing files which can be used with AutoCAD 2000.
-- Extensive illustrations and examples aid in the understanding of AutoCAD 2000 concepts for 3D modeling.
-- Real-world applications of concepts are provided through numerous exercises in both the book and CD-ROM.
-- All command entry options, including pull-down menus and toolbars, are illustrated to make navigation easy.
-- Command explanations are reinforced by sample command prompts, dialog boxes, and descriptions of related system variables.
-- An Online Companion provides professional resources for the CADD user.
-- Questions for self-examinations ensure mastery of every topic.

288 pages, Paperback

About the author

Best-selling author, photographer, consultant, and herbalist, Steven Foster, has 39 years of comprehensive experience in the herbal field. He started his career at the Sabbathday Lake, Maine, Shaker’s Herb Department—America’s oldest herb business dating to 1799.

As an international consultant in medicinal and aromatic plant technical and marketing issues, Foster has served on projects in Argentina, Armenia, Belize, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, England, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Peru, the Republic of Georgia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam and elsewhere.

Steven has 17 books published. He is senior author of three Peterson Field Guides, , including A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs (with Dr. James A. Duke), 2nd edition, 2000, A Field Guide to Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs with Christopher Hobbs, (2002), and A Field Guide to Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants of North America (with Roger Caras, 1995 and many other books. Other titles include Tyler’s Honest Herbal 4th edtion (with Varro Tyler) and the 1999 Independent Publisher's Association's Best Title in Health and Medicine—101 Medicinal Herbs. Foster is senior author of National Geographic’s A Desk Reference to Nature’s Medicine (with Rebecca Johnson), a 2007 New York Public Library “Best of Reference.” He has also authored over 800 articles for numerous trade, popular and scientific periodicals. An acclaimed photographer with thousands ofimages in his stock photos files, Foster’s photographs appear in hundreds of publications. He is Associate Editor of HerbalGram, and Chairman of the Board Trustees of the American Botanical Council in Austin, Texas. Steven makes his home in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.