Workplace Skills for Success with AutoCAD® 2009 - Basics: A Layered Learning Approach

Workplace Skills for Success with AutoCAD 2009 - Basics: A Layered Learning Approach features content based around the rudimentary draw-modify-dimension-print cycle that is commonly used in the production of two-dimensional drawings. This text enables students to gradually build their skills rather than overwhelming them immediately with procedures and commands. This book comes complete with a student companion website and an instructor's resource disc that emphasizes knowledge and productivity, leading to success in the workplace. 368 pages.

Features:

• Emphasizes basic draw, dimension, modify and plotting skills so that students are able to quickly produce incomplete fundamental drawings.
• Give students confidence while making tasks and topics easy to find.
• Builds knowledge gradually so that students gain a rudimentary knowledge needed for creating basic drawings and then the development of advanced understanding in each area.
• Allows learning to be manageable instead of overwhelming the reader with numerous commands and procedures from the beginning.
• Moves from basic commands to more powerful commands to build workplace drawing experiences.
• Uses tutorials and exercises in order to develop a true understanding of the fundamental skills needed in order to become successful in the AutoCAD workplace.

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. AutoCAD Introduction and Overview
• Chapter 2. Creating and Working with AutoCAD Files
• Chapter 3. Fundamental Drawing and Modifying Commands
• Chapter 4. Fundamental Viewing and Inquiry Commands
• Chapter 5. Elementary Dimensioning
• Chapter 6. Fundamentals of the Plot/Printing Process
• Chapter 7. Intermediate Drawing and Modifying
• Chapter 8. Fundamentals of Layers, Groups, and Blocks
• Chapter 9. Editing with Grips
• Chapter 10. Tables, Cells, and Fields Fundamentals
• Chapter 11. More About AutoCAD Screens and Commands