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AUTOCAD TUTOR FOR ENGINEERING GRAPHICS: 2013 AND BEYOND is a thorough, practical guide featuring self-paced tutorials and a step-by-step approach to help students use and customize AutoCAD to achieve professional results. Tutorials follow traditional engineering drawing techniques and methods while guiding students from simple one-view engineering drawings to geometric constructions, multiview projections, section and auxiliary views, 3D solid modeling, and photorealistic rendering. This proven text emphasizes skill development to enable students to confidently translate layouts, specifications, and calculations from engineers and architects into detailed drawings, maps, plans, and other documents necessary to create products. Detailed coverage of AutoCAD features and capabilities, along with a strong emphasis on mechanical exercises and practical engineering applications, make this trusted text an ideal reference for students and professionals alike. In addition, extensive online resources offer additional information and tools, including detailed updates provided regularly between major new releases of the AutoCAD software. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.