Author Description

AutoCAD is one of the most popular computer aided drafting package for the personal computer and has become the de facto industry standard for PC-based computer aided design. AutoCAD Express teaches the new AutoCAD user how to put this powerful tool to use. The author lectures ion computer-aided design at Stanford University and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and he has drawn on his extensive experience in training students in the use of AutoCAD. His text is both readable and instructive. He is a regular contributor to a number of CAD publications. AutoCAD Express starts by explaining what AutoCAD is and then takes the user through all the stages of the system. Topics such as using menus, creating and editing drawings and defining a symbols library are all illustrated with short examples. Extended examples enable the reader to produce sophistcated drawings by the end of the book. This edition coversthe most recent release of AutoCAD with its important new features including solid modelling and is specifically geared to US standards and measurements.