A Tutorial Guide to AutoCAD(R) 2006 [Paperback]

Shawna D. Lockhart (Author)

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Publication Date: July 17, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0131713833 | ISBN-13: 978-0131713833

A Tutorial Guide to AutoCAD 2006 provides a step-by-step introduction to AutoCAD with commands taught "in context." In 15 clear and comprehensive sessions, author Shawna Lockhart guides readers through all the important commands and techniques in AutoCAD 2006, from 2D to solid modeling. In each lesson, the author provides step-by-step instructions with frequent illustrations showing exactly what appears on the AutoCAD screen. Later, individual steps are no longer provided, and readers are asked to apply what they've learned by completing sequences on their own. Carefully developed pedagogy reinforces this cumulative-learning approach and supports readers in becoming skilled AutoCAD users.

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A Tutorial Guide to AutoCAD 2006 provides a step-by-step introduction to AutoCAD with commands taught “in context.” In 15 clear and comprehensive sessions, author Shawna Lockhart guides readers through all the important commands and techniques in AutoCAD 2006, from 2D to solid modeling. In each lesson, the author provides step-by-step instructions with frequent illustrations showing exactly what appears on the AutoCAD screen. Later, individual steps are no longer provided, and readers are asked to apply what they’ve learned by completing sequences on their own. Carefully developed pedagogy reinforces this cumulative-learning approach and supports readers in becoming skilled AutoCAD users.

 

Introduction to AutoCAD

Basic Construction Techniques

Basic Editing and Plotting Techniques

Geometric Constructions

Template Drawings and More Plotting

2D Orthographic Drawings

Dimensioning

Advanced Dimensioning

Section and Auxiliary Views

Blocks, Design Center and Tool Palettes

Introduction to Solid Modeling

Changing and Plotting Solid Models

Creating Assembly Drawings from Solid Models

Solid Modeling for Section and Auxiliary Views

Rendering

Product Details

• Paperback: 672 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (July 17, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131713833
• ISBN-13: 978-0131713833
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,645,928 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars can keep you very busy, October 22, 2005

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This review is from: A Tutorial Guide to AutoCAD(R) 2006 (Paperback)

To be fluent in the latest AutoCAD, you should practise using it as extensively as possible. Which is what Lockhart offers this book for. Its merit is a lengthy set of tutorials that go through much of AutoCAD.

The early chapters start at the basics. As in how to bring up the program, and what you should see when that happens. Also, she points out that if you are running it under Microsoft Windows, several of its user interface practises deliberately conform to what other applications running under that operating system do. Hopefully, this makes AutoCAD a little easier to learn, if you can key off your established intuition.

Other topics covered in these introductory chapters are things like having snap to grid, or being able to name drawing files, or setting units to metric or imperial. Pretty mundane, actually. But if this is really your first time with AutoCAD, then you need this type of coverage.

Further into the text are lessons that should prove more challenging. One lesson discusses how to have tolerances in your dimensions; to reflect the realities of the machining processes. Another lesson shows how tool palettes let you use AutoCAD to design electronic circuits. It is not usually thought of in this context, since there are several specialised circuit design packages that tend to be used by electrical engineers. Whereas AutoCAD is mostly for mechanical engineers.

Then you might need a true three dimensional solid modelling. The book starts off easy with modelling a 3d object by projecting it into various 2d views. But eventually, you'll need to deal with the object in a full 3d context. There are all sorts of issues which emerge, like different types of rendering, which are moot in 2d. It turns out that rendering is vital in letting you get a realistic visualisation of the object you are designing. It may well be that the 3d tutorials give you the best appreciation of AutoCAD's power.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Job!, September 20, 2010

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This item came very quickly and was even better than described :D the seller was quick with communicating. The book was at a great price and was well worth it. Over all great job!

1.0 out of 5 stars Not happy with book, May 30, 2010

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The book' introduction made it clear that you had to go to the publisher's website and download exercise files that are used in each tutorial the book takes you through. When I went to the publisher's website, there were no exercise files to download and after numerous attempts to get these files by talking with different people at the publisher, I gave up. One of the people I talked with at publisher told me that you had to be a student registered at a community or regular college to get the exercise files downloaded to work with the book tutorials. But this is not indicated in the advertisement for the book at Amazon.com.

I tried to indicate this to Amazon.com customer service but to no avail.

Do not recommend the book to anyone else, and request Amazon.com put note at advertisement for the book, "Requires download of exercise files from publisher that are available to students registered in community or regular colleges only"

Thanks