AutoCAD 2021 for the Interior Designer

AutoCAD 2021 for the Interior Designer provides the Interior Design student with a non-intimidating, tutorial-based approach to learning the AutoCAD program. It accomplishes this by taking students who have no computer design experience from simple commands to complete projects in this single-semester sized text. This well-organised and progressive approach to learning AutoCAD sets this text apart from others. To support all users, this book covers AutoCAD for both Macs and PCs.

The emphasis of this book is on easy-to-understand descriptions and instructions, allowing the non-technical, artistic, visual-learning Interior Design student to quickly get past the fear of using the computer to produce drawings. The focus is entirely on the use of AutoCAD for the Interior Design field and not simply architectural drawings.

Chapters alternate between command descriptions, which are organised by a command set category, and tutorials. This allows students to easily refer back to command descriptions without hunting through a tutorial that introduces commands as it progresses. The emphasis is on the practical use of commands using the AutoCAD ribbon workspace, rather than the multiple (and seldom used) command options.

Multiple tutorials of the hotel suite, which includes floor plan, elevation views, dimensioning, and plotting, provide a practical application of the commands learned in the preceding chapters. Completely dimensioned drawings are provided at the beginning of each tutorial so that the advanced student, or an instructor-led class, can complete them without going through the step-by-step process.

This classroom-proven textbook offers relevant interior design homework problems. After completing this book, the student will be able to create all their 2-D Interior Design work using AutoCAD.