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AutoCAD and its applications; advanced, 2009, 16th ed. (CD-ROM included).


9781590709917

AutoCAD A full-featured CAD program from Autodesk that runs on PCs, Macs and Unix workstations. AutoCAD is a de facto standard with numerous add-ons available for enhanced functionality. Originally developed for CP/M machines in the early 1980s, AutoCAD was one of the first CAD programs for  and its applications; advanced, 2009, 16th ed. (CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
CD-ROM
 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
 included)

Shumaker, Terence M.

Goodheart-Willcox

2009

704 pages

$66.00

Hardcover

T385

This text/CD-ROM package provides instruction in 3D design and modeling using AutoCAD, customizing AutoCAD, and programming AutoCAD. In addition to step-by-step instructions for commands, the text explains how and why commands function as they do, and discusses industrial practices and standards. Learning features include chapter exercises and tests, drawing problems, professional tips, and color and b&w illustrations and screenshots. Drawing problems are presented as 3D illustrations, actual plotted drawings, and engineering sketches. The CD-ROM contains the text's chapter exercises and chapter tests, plus a solid modeling tutorial An instructional book or program that takes the user through a prescribed sequence of steps in order to learn a product. Contrast with documentation, which, although instructional, tends to group features and functions by category. See tutorials in this publication.  and five reference appendices ap·pen·di·ces  
n.
A plural of appendix.
. Shumaker is affiliated with the Autodesk Premier Training Center at Clackamas Community College Clackamas Community College (CCC) is a community college located in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. It is located at the junction of Oregon Route 213 and Molalla Avenue, nearly at the southern edge of the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. .

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