AutoCAD(R) for Architectural Drawing Using AutoCAD(R) 2002

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From the Back Cover
This text is written specifically for students studying architectural drawing and covers 2- and 3-dimensional aspects of AutoCAD® 2002.

It includes the following features to help users learn, practice, and master AutoCAD® skills:

• An easy-to-follow "prompt/response" format that takes users step by step through each new command/activity
• Practice exercises in every chapter
• Activities geared for architects and space planners
• A real-world design project, the Tenant Space Project, which spans multiple chapters and contains step-by-step instructions for drawing each specific stage of the project
• Numerous figures and illustrations
• Review questions at the end of every chapter

Product Description:
This well-organized book, built around architectural projects, helps users master the AutoCAD and industry standard graphics program. Command prompts and margin art throughout the book have all been updated to AutoCAD Release 2002. The AutoCAD Design Center, new object snaps, new lineweight settings, autotracking, quick dimensioning, plotting with layouts, right-click menus, 3dOrbit, solidedit and Properties dialog box have been incorporated into relevant chapters. The book makes a valuable self-paced tutorial for entry-level employees, and a good reference for updating architects who have purchased AutoCAD 2002. A four-part organization presents an introduction to using AutoCAD 2002, covers two-dimensional AutoCAD; explores special topics, and concludes the treatment with three-dimensional AutoCAD. This accessible format moves from basic commands to complex drawing exercises and utilizes a step-by-step learning process.

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AutoCAD has become the industry standard graphics program for architecture; it is used to complete the many drawings that make up a design project. Many architectural firms have adopted AutoCAD as their standard because:

• it saves time
• affiliated professions use it, and these firms need to be able to exchange disks in order to work on the same drawing
• their competitors are using it, and
• their clients expect it.

To be successful in architectural drafting today, students must be proficient in the use of AutoCAD. This need for a specific AutoCAD textbook is what led us to write AutoCAD for Architectural Drawing.

This text, for AutoCAD 2002, is divided into four parts:

• Part I: Preparing to Draw with AutoCAD (Chapters 1-3)
• Part II: Two-Dimensional AutoCAD (Chapters 4-13)
• Part III: Special Topics (Chapters 14-17)
• Part IV: Three-Dimensional AutoCAD (Chapters 18 and 19)

This new text includes many features designed to help the reader master AutoCAD 2002.

• A Prompt/Response format leads the reader through each new AutoCAD command to avoid confusion and frustration.
• Exercises are geared to architects and space planners, providing students the opportunity to work with real-world situations.
• Chapters 2 and 3 introduce AutoCAD 2002. Material in Chapters 4 through 19 progresses from basic to complex in a step-by-step learning process for users of AutoCAD 2002.
• Over 400 figures (many printed to scale) support the text and reinforce the material.
• Illustrations located in the margins help the user locate AutoCAD commands within the AutoCAD menus and toolbars. (Margins also contain notes, tips, and warnings that give students additional support and information.)
• Chapters 8-15 follow the graphic development of a design project called the Tenant Space project; each chapter contains step-by-step instructions for drawing each stage of the project.
• Five other projects are included in the text as practice exercises. One of these is a Habitat for Humanity house.
• Practice exercises in every chapter review the commands learned.
• Learning objectives and review questions in every chapter reinforce the learning process.
• An Instructor's Manual is available to support the text.

Most importantly, this text was written to help you, the reader, master the AutoCAD program, which will be a valuable tool in your professional career.

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