Perfect for both beginning and intermediate students, Architectural Drafting Using AutoCAD provides thorough coverage of architectural drafting using AutoCAD. This text begins by presenting basic AutoCAD commands, to give beginning users a strong introduction to the software and provide experienced AutoCAD users with a review. The text then focuses on using AutoCAD to prepare architectural drawings using common architectural drafting conventions. 860 pp.

Features:

• Format similar to AutoCAD and Its Applications series.
  
• Text includes Professional Tips to help students increase productivity in using AutoCAD commands and techniques.
  
• Chapter problems and building projects motivate students to apply concepts and skills.
  
• Building projects relate the concepts of each chapter to practical applications. These comprehensive projects progress and build on one another, helping students achieve a thorough understanding of the process of creating an entire set of construction documents.
  
• Text provides in-depth coverage of construction practices and related architectural drafting conventions.
  
• Extensive coverage includes chapters on preliminary design, site plans, floor plans, schedules, foundation plans, elevations, sections, framing plans, and mechanical plans.
  
• Student Companion Web Site includes Chapter Exercises, Chapter Tests, supplemental material from chapters in the text, Internet resources, and a variety of useful reference documents and tables.
  
• Instructor’s CD features additional residential and commercial building projects for further student practice.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction to Architectural Drafting with AutoCAD
• 2. The AutoCAD Environment
• 3. Drawing and Template Setup
• 4. Introduction to Drawing and Editing
• 5. Using Basic Object Tools
• 6. Creating Accurate Drawings
• 7. Layer Management
• 8. Viewing a Drawing and Basic Plotting
• 9. Text Styles and Multiline Text
• 10. Single-Line Text and Additional Text Tools
• 11. Basic Editing Tools
• 12. Grip, Property, and Quick Select Editing
• 13. Creating and Using Blocks
• 14. Creating Attributes and Interactive Symbols
• 15. Dynamic Blocks
• 16. Preliminary Design
• 17. Drawing Site Plans
• 18. Dimension Standards and Styles
• 19. Drawing and Editing Dimensions
• 20. Drawing Floor Plans
• 21. Creating Schedules
• 22. Using External References
• 23. Drawing Foundation Plans
• 24. Drawing Elevations
• 25. Drawing Sections and Details
• 26. Drawing Framing Plans and Roof Plans
• 27. Drawing Electrical, Plumbing, and HVAC Plans
• 28. Working with Layouts
• 29. Plotting
• 30. Working with Sheet Sets