Engineering Graphics With Autocad 2004

by James D. Bethune

Bethune (Boston University) covers the standards and conventions of technical drawing that are in line with national standards, and uses AutoCAD 2004 to apply these standards. The text begins with coverage of basic line drawing commands, and progresses through more complex commands, ending with 3-dimensional and solid modeling. A solid modeling approach is applied to descriptive geometry, with discussions on the true lengths of lines and shapes of planes, point and plane locations, and properties between lines and planes. Step-by-step directions for software commands are demonstrated with b&w illustrations and screen captures on every page. Solved exercises and open-ended design problems are included. Because this 2004 edition does not include a disk, exercises for Chapter 8 are now presented on grids so that the dimensions can be easily derived. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

768 pages, Hardcover

First published October 14, 2003