"Quick Start" chapter-At the beginning of the book.
- Allows students to get up to speed in no time to create and even plot AutoCAD drawings, links to corresponding chapters later in the book-allowing users to delve into detailed topics instruction as they choose, at their own pace.
Chapter Objectives.
- Provides students with a roadmap of important concepts and practices that will be introduced in the chapter.
Emphasis on vocabulary.
- Supplies students with KeyTermsóitalicized within the running text, briefly defined in the margin, and defined in more detail in the Glossary at the end of the book.
Command Gridsó Appear in the margin, alongside the discussion of the command.
- Presents a visual of the action options using either: Standard Toolbar, Pull-Down Menu, Command Line, or Command Alias, ensuring that students are in the right place at the right time, correctly following the authorsí direction.
Discipline IconsóIn the margin alongside each project, identify the discipline to which each project applies: General, Mechanical, Architectural, Electrical, Plumbing/HVAC, or Civil.
- Enables instructors to quickly identify homework assignments that will appeal to the varying interests of their students. Allows students to work on projects that have the most interest and relevance depending on their course of study.
Icon flags.
- Highlights content covering features that are new to the 2007 version of the AutoCAD software, creating a quick "study guide" for instructors who need to familiarize themselves with the newest features of the software as preparation for teaching the course.
Professional tips, warning notes, and references boxes throughout.
- Highlights additional helpful information for students.
Chapter-end review questions and projects-Organized by discipline to allow for application of skills to various fields.
- Requires students to use all the commands and skills they have learned cumulatively.
Exercises-Throughout the chapters.
- Provides students with step-by-step walk-through activities, allowing immediate practice and reinforcement of newly learned skills.
A modern approach to using AutoCAD.
- Tackles complex subjects with fresh, easy to understand information that gets students quickly up to speed.
Coverage of advanced subjects-Often insufficiently addressed in other texts.
- Explains in laypersonís terms how to:
- Manage external reference files (Xrefs) the correct way
- Set up and manage paper space layouts with multiple views and scales
- Import and format raster images
- Share information with other Windows programs using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
- Publish drawings over the Internet using Drawing Web Format (DWF)
- Use all of the other latest AutoCAD features
Real world examples-Includes drawingsfrom an actual 30 story office tower and condominium designed and built in Portland, Oregon.
- Supplies students with examples of drawings from the following design disciplines:
- Architectural
- Civil
- Electrical
- Mechanical
- Plumbing HVAC
- and shows how these drawings are created from beginning to end as the projects are recreated. Included in this process is how to create a complete set of drawings.
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