Introduction to AutoCAD 2008 : 2D and 3D design / Alf Yarwood.

By:

Yarwood, A. (Alfred), 1917-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Newnes, 2007.Description: xii, 358 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

0750685123
9780750685122

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

620.0042 YAR

Contents:

Includes: 2D Design: Osnap, AutoSnap & Draw tools; Zoom, Pan & templates; Modifying tools; Dimensions & text; Orthographic & isometric; Hatching; Blocks & inserts; Sheet sets; Building drawing. 3D Modelling: 3D models in viewports; Modification of 3D models; Rendering; Three dimensional space; 3D surface models; Editing 3D solid models; Internet tools; Design and AutoCAD 2008. Appendices: Printing / Plotting; List of tools; Set variables. Index.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This edition gives increased coverage of dynamic blocks and 3D modelling in an area that has undergone extensive development in the new software release. It takes the reader step by step through the features of AutoCAD, providing a practical, structured course of work matched to the 2007 release of this software.

Includes index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface (p. xi)
Registered Trademarks (p. xii)
Part I 2D Design
1 Introducing AutoCAD 2008 (p. 3)
Aim of this chapter (p. 3)
Opening AutoCAD 2008 (p. 3)
The mouse as a digitiser (p. 6)
Palettes (p. 7)
The DASHBOARD palette (p. 8)
Dialogs (p. 9)
Buttons in the status bar (p. 11)
The AutoCAD coordinate system (p. 12)
Drawing templates (p. 14)
Method of showing entries in the command palette (p. 16)
Tools and tool icons (p. 17)
Another AutoCAD workspace (p. 17)
The DASHBOARD (p. 18)
Revision notes (p. 20)
2 Introducing drawing (p. 22)
Aims of this chapter (p. 22)
The 2D Drafting & Annotation workspace (p. 22)
Drawing with the Line tool (p. 22)
Drawing with the Circle tool (p. 28)
The Erase tool (p. 30)
Undo and Redo tools (p. 31)
Drawing with the Polyline tool (p. 32)
Revision notes (p. 36)
Exercises (p. 37)
3 Draw tools, Osnap and AutoSnap (p. 40)
Aims of this chapter (p. 40)
Introduction (p. 40)
The Arc tool (p. 40)
The Ellipse tool (p. 42)
Saving drawings (p. 44)
Osnap, AutoSnap and Dynamic Input (p. 44)
Object Snaps (Osnaps) (p. 45)
Using AutoSnap (p. 48)
Dynamic Input (p. 50)
Examples of using other Draw tools (p. 52)
The Polyline Edit tool (p. 56)
Transparent commands (p. 58)
The set variable PELLIPSE (p. 59)
Revision notes (p. 59)
Exercises (p. 60)
4 Zoom, Pan and templates (p. 65)
Aims of this chapter (p. 65)
Introduction (p. 65)
The Aerial View window (p. 67)
The Pan tool (p. 68)
Drawing templates (p. 69)
Revision notes (p. 79)
5 The Modify tools (p. 81)
Aim of this chapter (p. 81)
Introduction (p. 81)
The Copy tool (p. 81)
The Mirror tool (p. 83)
The Offset tool (p. 84)
The Array tool (p. 85)
The Move tool (p. 89)
The Rotate tool (p. 90)
The Scale tool (p. 91)
The Trim tool (p. 91)
The Stretch tool (p. 93)
The Break tool (p. 95)
The Join tool (p. 96)
The Extend tool (p. 97)
The Chamfer and Fillet tools (p. 98)
Revision notes (p. 99)
Exercises (p. 101)
6 Dimensions and Text (p. 106)
Aims of this chapter (p. 106)
Introduction (p. 106)
The Dimension tools (p. 106)
Adding dimensions using the tools (p. 107)
Adding dimensions from the command line (p. 109)
The Arc Length tool (p. 113)
The Jogged tool (p. 114)
Dimension tolerances (p. 114)
Text (p. 118)
Symbols used in text (p. 120)
Checking spelling (p. 121)
Revision notes (p. 123)
Exercises (p. 124)
7 Orthographic and isometric (p. 126)
Aim of this chapter (p. 126)
Orthographic projection (p. 126)
First angle and third angle (p. 128)
Sectional views (p. 129)
Isometric drawing (p. 131)
Examples of isometric drawings (p. 132)
Revision notes (p. 134)
Exercises (p. 135)
8 Hatching (p. 138)
Aim of this chapter (p. 138)
Introduction (p. 138)
Revision notes (p. 145)
Exercises (p. 146)
9 Blocks and Inserts (p. 150)
Aims of this chapter (p. 150)
Introduction (p. 150)
Blocks (p. 150)
Inserting blocks into a drawing (p. 152)
The Explode tool (p. 155)
The Purge tool (p. 156)
Using the DesignCenter (p. 157)
Wblocks (p. 158)
Revision notes (p. 160)
Exercises (p. 160)
10 Other types of file format (p. 162)
Aims of this chapter (p. 162)
Object linking and embedding (p. 162)
DXF (Data Exchange Format) files (p. 166)
Raster images (p. 167)
External References (Xrefs) (p. 169)
Dgnimport and Dgnexport (p. 172)
Multiple Document Environment (MDE) (p. 173)
Revision notes (p. 174)
Exercises (p. 175)
11 Sheet sets (p. 178)
Aims of this chapter (p. 178)
Sheet sets (p. 178)
A sheet set for 62 Pheasant Drive (p. 178)
62 Pheasant Drive DWF (p. 182)
Revision notes (p. 183)
Exercises (p. 183)
12 Building drawing (p. 186)
Aim of this chapter (p. 186)
Building drawings (p. 186)
Floor layouts (p. 190)
Revision notes (p. 190)
Exercises (p. 190)
Part II 3D Design
13 Introducing 3D modelling (p. 195)
Aims of this chapter (p. 195)
Introduction (p. 195)
The 3D Modeling workspace (p. 195)
Methods of calling tools for 3D modelling (p. 196)
The Polysolid tool (p. 198)
2D outlines suitable for 3D models (p. 199)
The Extrude tool (p. 201)
The Revolve tool (p. 203)
Other tools from the 3D Make control panel (p. 204)
The Chamfer and Fillet tools (p. 207)
Constructing 3D surfaces using the Extrude tool (p. 210)
The Sweep tool (p. 210)
The Loft tool (p. 212)
Revision notes (p. 213)
Exercises (p. 214)
14 3D models in viewports (p. 220)
Aim of this chapter (p. 220)
Setting up viewport systems (p. 220)
Revision notes (p. 227)
Exercises (p. 227)
15 The modification of 3D models (p. 231)
Aims of this chapter (p. 231)
Creating 3D model libraries (p. 231)
Constructing a 3D model (p. 234)
The 3D Array tool (p. 236)
The Mirror 3D tool (p. 238)
The Rotate 3D tool (p. 240)
The Slice tool (p. 240)
The Section tool (p. 242)
Views of 3D models (p. 243)
The Helix tool (p. 247)
Using DYN (p. 248)
3D Surfaces (p. 248)
Revision notes (p. 250)
Exercises (p. 250)
16 Rendering (p. 254)
Aims of this chapter (p. 254)
Setting up a new 3D template (p. 254)
The Render tools and dialogs (p. 257)
The Lights tools (p. 257)
Setting rendering background colour (p. 260)
First example - rendering a 3D model (p. 263)
Adding a material to a model (p. 265)
The 3D Orbit tool (p. 268)
Producing hardcopy (p. 272)
Other forms of hardcopy (p. 273)
Saving and opening 3D model drawings (p. 273)
Exercises (p. 274)
17 3D space (p. 277)
Aims of this chapter (p. 277)
3D space (p. 277)
The User Coordinate System (UCS) (p. 278)
The variable UCSFOLLOW (p. 278)
The UCS icon (p. 279)
Examples of changing planes using the UCS (p. 279)
Saving UCS views (p. 284)
Constructing 2D objects in 3D space (p. 284)
The Surfaces tools (p. 287)
Surface meshes (p. 287)
The Edgesurf tool (p. 288)
The Rulesurf tool (p. 289)
The Tabsurf tool (p. 289)
Revision notes (p. 290)
Exercises (p. 290)
18 Editing 3D solid models (p. 296)
Aims of this chapter (p. 296)
The Solid Editing tools (p. 296)
Examples of more 3D models (p. 301)
Exercises (p. 306)
19 Other features of 3D modelling (p. 311)
Aims of this chapter (p. 311)
Raster images in AutoCAD drawings (p. 311)
Printing/Plotting (p. 313)
Polygonal viewports (p. 317)
Exercises (p. 319)
20 Internet tools and Help (p. 324)
Aim of this chapter (p. 324)
Emailing drawings (p. 324)
Creating a web page (p. 324)
The eTransmit tool (p. 327)
Help (p. 328)
The InfoCenter (p. 329)
21 Design and AutoCAD 2008 (p. 332)
Ten reasons for using AutoCAD (p. 332)
The place of AutoCAD 2008 in designing (p. 332)
A design chart (p. 333)
Enhancements in AutoCAD 2008 (p. 334)
Annotation scaling (p. 335)
Multileaders (p. 335)
System requirements for running AutoCAD 2008 (p. 338)
Appendix A Printing/Plotting (p. 340)
Introduction (p. 340)
An example of a printout (p. 341)
Appendix B List of tools (p. 343)
Introduction (p. 343)
2D tools (p. 343)
3D tools (p. 348)
Internet tools (p. 350)
Appendix C Some of the set variables (p. 351)
Introduction (p. 351)
Some of the set variables (p. 351)
Index (p. 353)