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Discovering AutoCAD 2020

Mark Dix

CAD Support Associates

Paul Riley

CAD Support Associates

Discovering AutoCAD 2020

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ISBN 10: 0-13-557616-4

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Designed for introductory AutoCAD users, Discovering AutoCAD 2020 offers a hands-on, activity-based approach to the use of AutoCAD as a drafting toolcomplete with techniques, tips, shortcuts, and insights designed to increase efficiency. Topics and tasks are carefully grouped to lead students logically through the AutoCAD command set, with the level of difficulty increasing steadily as skills are acquired through experience and practice. Straightforward explanations focus on what is relevant to actual drawing procedures, and illustrations show exactly what to expect on the computer screen when steps are correctly completed. Each chapter ends with drawing exercises that both assess and reinforce the students understanding of the material.

The book uses a consistent format for each chapter that includes the following:

• Chapter Objectives and Introduction

• Exercises that introduce new commands and techniques

• Exercise instructions clearly set off from the text discussion

• Lots of illustrations with AutoCAD drawings and screen shots

• Twenty end-of-chapter Review Questions

• Four to eight realistic engineering drawing problemsfully dimensioned working drawings

High-quality working drawings include a wide range of applications that focus on mechanical drawings but also include architectural, civil, plumbing, general, and electrical drawings. cover material not required for drawing practice, but highly relevant for any beginning CAD professional. These include information on customization features, basic programming procedures, and a summary of Autodesk cloud-based and file-sharing features.

The authors thank the following reviewers for their feedback: John Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Tony Graham, North Carolina A&T State University; Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Daniel McCall, Amarillo College; and Susan Freeman, Northeastern University.

Updated to reflect changes to the 2020 AutoCAD release

Updated illustrations representing the newest AutoCAD interface

New Block creation palette

New focusing on Internet features