The step-by-step instructions and clear explanations make the book ideal for courses with limited contact time, and for independent study. Numerous exercises throughout enable students to develop their own CAD skills as well as reinforcing their understanding of AutoCAD commands. Ian Mawdsley has drawn on his own extensive teaching experience to produce material for use in a CAD suite where the lecturer will be supporting a number of students who are progressing at different rates. His book is the only AutoCAD resource available written with a real understanding of teaching requirements - a breath of fresh air for lecturers who have been working with hefty application manuals or superficial software guides. This book has been carefully designed to meet the needs of AutoCAD courses run by universities, colleges and an increasing number of schools. Anyone who completes Ian Mawdsley's course will have gained a thorough grounding in 2D techniques and explored the basics of 3D work. The content of the course covers the requirements of the new City & Guilds 4351 scheme and the new Edexcel Advanced Award in AutoCAD (level 3).

Accompanying CD-ROM ... "includes files unde in the exercises of this book ... other examples and programs ... [and] link[s] to AutoCAD on the Internet" ... p. xxv.

* Major update of Sutphin’s successful AutoCAD 2000 Programmer’s Reference. * Introduction to Visual Basic allows use by experienced AutoCAD developers who are new to programming. * Comprehensive coverage of the AutoCAD object model. * New coverage of AutoCAD 2000 features including file and security programming, customizing the IDE and accessing the Win32 API.

"Discusses the basic concepts: stresses involved and design procedures for simple machine elements"--

Learn how to master 3D with the most powerful design tool available. Matthews explores creating 3D models and exporting them to a Web site for client viewing, which decreases project development time. A 16-page Color Studio educates readers by illustrating results of projects, such as joining wire-frame, surface, and solid models, which are complex to understand in black and white.

Providing extensive coverage and comprehensive discussion on the fundamental concepts and processes of machine design, this book begins with detailed discussion of the types of materials, their properties and selection criteria for designing. The text, the first volume of a two volume set, covers different types of stresses including direct stress, bending stress, torsional stress and combined stress in detail. It goes on to explain various types of temporary and permanent joints including pin joint, cotter joint, threaded joint and welded joint. Finally, the book covers the design procedure of keys, cotters, couplings, shafts, levers and springs. Also examined are applications of different types of joints used in boilers, bridges, power presses, automobile springs, crew jack and coupling.

For courses in AutoCAD in Technology Education and Industrial Technology programs. A beginner's guide for learning AutoCAD 2000 software to create 2D and 3D computer-aided drawings, this text enables students to learn to use the software in the easiest possible manner. Information is based on a generic systems approach, and the terms most commonly used in creating, editing, displaying, plotting, and printing drawings are carefully defined and explained. Students can thus understand the basics for using the software and then apply these to their own areas of expertise.

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