This project-based textbook provides a working overview of the newest version of AutoCAD Designer, the parametric modelling tool which works with AutoCAD 13. The author places the use of this tool within the larger context of engineering design and shows how it can be used as a creative tool for testing and implementing design ideas. The book is suitable for either beginning or advanced CAD users, and provides boxed review material on necessary AutoCAD commands. It begins with simple 2D models (in Chapter 2) and progresses to more complex 3D mechanical assemblies (Chapter 8). The design process presented by the author takes full advantage of Designer's parametric modelling and automatic drafting capabilities.
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The finest intro to Parametric Solid and Assembly Modeling,
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This review is from: Mechanical Desktop(r): Parametric Solid and Assembly Modeling (Paperback)
Having read a number of books on Parametric Solid and Assembly Modeling, I can say assuredly that this book, although a bit dated now (copyright in 1998), is still the best introduction to this subject. This is because the author, Steven K. Howell, actually explains the rationale for using the various commands to construct various solids and then to assemble them together to form the final assembly. Whereas other books just have you pretty much follow a cookbook approach to constructing parametric solids and assemblies thereof, this book is chock full of explanations. As an indication of how highly I value this book, I periodically visit Amazon.com and other on-line bookstores just hoping that Mr. Howell has written another book on the subject. And when I don't find a later book, I search the internet for any news of a later book. If I had to pick just one book for learning any version of Mechanical Desktop (yes, even Version 5), this would be it.
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