Instant AutoCAD: Engineering Drawing Fundamentals 
This is the next book in the Instant AutoCAD series and continues with the tradition of delivering technical information in a quick and easy format. With integrated Hands-On sessions to illustrate basic concepts and lots of questions, texts and exercises, it will offer a look at engineering drawing fundamentals using AutoCAD. It begins with a refresher in the essential elements of AutoCAD and continues with: drawing conventions, orthographic projection, dimensioning, sectional views, auxiliary views, isometric views, assembly components, and working drawings and ends with an introduction into the realm of 3 dimensional modeling. This text provides students with the skills and practical applications necessary to use AutoCAD in the field of engineering drawing.

The text contains a number of features that make the basic ideas more concrete and clear. These include:

• a list of Key Concepts at the start of each Chapter
 
• an In a Nutshell conclusion of each chapter
 
• brief Hands-On labs throughout each chapter to reinforce newly learned concepts.
 
• a Testing . . . testing . . .1, 2, 3 section of fill-in-the-blank, true-false, multiple choice, and matching questions at the end of each chapter.
 
• a What? question section at the end of each chapter
 
• a Let's Get Busy list of related assignments at each chapter end
 
• a number of Tip boxes to introduce important ideas
 
• font enlargement of key ideas
 
• hundreds of drawings, menus, and icons to add clarity
 
• a teachers' supplement with Testing . . . testing . . . 1, 2, 3, answers

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