Accessing AutoCAD Architectural Desktop Release 2 (Paperback)

~ (Author) "AutoCAD Architectural Desktop is intended to assist the designer in develop architectural working drawings as well as preliminary schematics and computer models of a building..." (more)
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Product Description

Ideal for beginning through intermediate users, Accessing Architectural Desktop provides a "nuts and bolts" introduction to essential commands and features of AutoCAD Architectural Desktop Release 2. Detailed examples and applications of commands for development of both residential and commercial buildings are included. Each Chapter also features numerous tutorials that offer you hands-on opportunities to use your own Architectural Desktop software to develop each building, step-by-step, while outlining procedures necessary to create the associated architectural working drawings.Keywords: AutoCAD for ArchitectureKeywords: Architectural Desktop

About the Author

William G. Wyatt Sr., Ed.D. is a professor at John Tyler Community College in Chester, VA. He is a certified Engineering Technician, as well as an active member of the Institute for Certification of Engineering Technicians (ICET) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

Product Details

• Paperback: 1056 pages
• Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning; 1 edition (August 16, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766812626
• ISBN-13: 978-0766812628
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,687,874 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's like having your own personal teacher right there, December 26, 2000

By	Dan Cole (Tucson, Arizona USA) - See all my reviews

Having to keep up with CAD technology like I do, I do not have the time to take classes on the new AutCAD programs that come out. This book is constantly being pulled out and used to get me through Architectural Desktop R2. After I got through the beginning chapters that got me familiar with the program, I have been able to go to the chapters that deal with the specific commands that I need to use. The exercises that come with the book have been extremely helpful and make it so that I do not need to experiment on the drawings that I am working on. I have been able to, with the help of this book, make Architectural Desktop become a profitable purchase for the drafting company that I own. I would recommend this book to anyone that has Architectural Desktop R2 and for anyone thinking about purchasing the program. If you are in the latter category, you will be able to see the potential for the program. If you already have the program, get this book.