Technical Drawing 101 with AutoCAD 2024

Name: Technical Drawing 101 with AutoCAD 2024
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781630576011
Price: 158.0 NZD
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By Douglas Smith and Antonio Ramirez and Ashleigh Congdon-Fuller

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Technical Drawing 101 with AutoCAD 2024 introduces readers to both fundamental and advanced aspects of technical drawing and CAD, beginning with freehand sketching of machine parts and progressing to creating AutoCAD dimension styles in line with ASME Y14.5-2009 standards. The text balances mechanical and architectural projects to engage a wider range of students, providing a comprehensive foundation for one semester of study.

Complemented by 178 instructional videos (26 hours total), the authors guide users through AutoCAD's interface, commands, and advanced topics, enhancing hands-on learning. Emphasising drafting theory alongside practical CAD skills such as drawing setup, tool usage, and 3D modelling fundamentals, the book prepares learners for more advanced CAD concepts in subsequent courses.

The inclusion of both mechanical assembly and architectural design projects reflects the diverse career interests of students, aiming to broaden appeal and future enrolments in drafting and design fields.
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This book is ideal for first-semester students and beginners in technical drawing or computer-aided design, particularly those pursuing mechanical or architectural design careers. Educators seeking a balanced, multimedia-supported curriculum that covers essential CAD skills in one semester will also find it valuable.

Technical Drawing 101 covers topics ranging from the most basic, such as making freehand, multiview sketches of machine parts, to the advanced—creating an AutoCAD dimension style containing the style settings defined by the ASME Y14.5-2009 Dimensioning and Tolerancing standard.

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Technical Drawing 101 with AutoCAD 2024 covers topics ranging from the most basic, such as making freehand, multiview sketches of machine parts, to the advanced—creating an AutoCAD dimension style containing the style settings defined by the ASME Y14.5-2009 Dimensioning and Tolerancing standard. Unlike the massive technical drawing reference texts on the market, Technical Drawing 101 aims to present just the right mix of information and projects that can be reasonably covered by faculty, and assimilated by students, in one semester. Both mechanical and architectural projects are introduced to capture the interest of more students and to offer a broader appeal.

The authors have also created extensive video training (178 videos, 26 hours total) that is included with every copy of the book. In these videos, the authors start off by getting students comfortable with the user interface and demonstrating how to use many of AutoCAD's commands and features. The videos progress to more advanced topics where the authors walk students through completing several of the projects in the book.

The CAD portion of the text incorporates drafting theory whenever possible and covers the basics of drawing setup (units, limits, and layers), the tools of the Draw, Modify, and Dimension toolbars, and the fundamentals of 3D modeling. By focusing on the fundamental building blocks of CAD, Technical Drawing 101 provides a solid foundation for students going on to learn advanced CAD concepts and techniques (paper space, viewports, xrefs, annotative scaling, etc.) in intermediate CAD courses.

In recognition of the diverse career interests of our students, Technical Drawing 101 includes projects in which students create working drawings for a mechanical assembly as well as for an architectural project. We include architectural drawing because our experience has shown that many (if not most) first-semester drafting students are interested in careers in the architectural design field, and that a traditional technical drawing text, which focuses solely on mechanical drawing projects, holds little interest for these students. The multidisciplinary approach of this text and its supporting materials are intended to broaden the appeal of the curriculum and increase student interest and, it is hoped, future enrolments.