AutoCAD 2002: A Building Approach Book 1: Learning the Basics [Paperback]

Terry D. Metz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 22, 2002

These three books cover one-year introductory courses using AutoCAD in computer-aided drawing. A self-paced, step-by-step approach to learning AutoCAD 2002, these texts group related commands and operations together so that students can quickly learn to use the program. The focus is on teaching the most efficient method of operation that enables students to become productive CAD operators. Real-world application assignments and a final employment-situation project prepare students for their future careers.

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From the Back Cover

The purpose of this book and its companions, AutoCAD^® 2002: A Building Approach, Book 2: Taking Command and AutoCAD^® 2002: A Building Approach, Book 3: From Concept to Application, is to teach the fundamentals of AutoCAD^® 2002 so you can easily make simple, professional engineering drawings. This book uses the following features to help you build the basic foundation needed to become a successful CAD operator:

• Provides a true step-by-step approach that guides you through the learning process in a friendly and effective way
• Teaches you one efficient method, instead of overwhelming you with multiple ways to do the same thing, so you can quickly become a productive CAD operator
• Takes you from opening the AutoCAD^® program for the first time to creating your own personal AutoCAD^® template and using it to generate professional engineering drawings
• Teaches you to use the basic drawing, editing, and text tools in an integrated approach that combines learning-related operations and commands together to make them easier to remember
• Uses practical, real-world assignments in which you apply the concepts you learned to projects that new CAD operators could expect to see in their jobs

About the Author

Terry Metz combines 21 years of practical engineering experience (working as a drafter, application specialist, sales engineer, and engineering consultant) with 12 years of current teaching experience (responsible for both the AutoCAD^® and mechanical engineering programs at a two-year technical college) to provide a sound educational approach to learning AutoCAD^®.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (July 22, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130480584
• ISBN-13: 978-0130480583
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,469,664 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best One Yet, August 21, 2002

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Randy Duston (Westminster, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AutoCAD 2002: A Building Approach Book 1: Learning the Basics (Paperback)

I have tried other books to learn AutoCAD and each feel short of giving me a practical approach for this program. Not having the time to attend classes because of my busy travel schedule, I obtained this series of books so I could try one more time to teach myself. The author is a professor at Marion Technical College but he must have worked in industry sometime in his life. This has got to be the easiest format to learn how to draw lines and become productive (I have over 30 years experience in engineering and production and know the importance of become productive quickly). This 3 book series is a must for any instructor that is trying to get his students a job after graduation or a supervisor that is upgrading from an earlier version.

I recommend this trio of books highly