Computer-Aided Drafting - (Second Edition)

Author: Tong Di
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This textbook is designed to meet the needs of computer-aided drawing teaching in higher vocational and technical colleges. Based on AutoCAD 2005 (Chinese Version), it introduces the basic usage and techniques of AutoCAD through numerous examples and illustrations. The book consists of 14 chapters, covering fundamental concepts of AutoCAD, setting up the drawing environment, configuring layers, linetypes, and colors; various drawing and editing commands, hatch commands, their toolbars, and auxiliary drawing tools; inputting different types of text; dimensioning and tolerance; establishing graphic libraries; drawing 3D graphics; workspaces and graphic printing. To effectively help learners quickly master AutoCAD skills, in addition to the examples provided, detailed operation steps are included in the hands-on exercises and guidance at the end of each chapter. Moreover, various types of exercises such as fill-in-the-blank questions, multiple-choice questions, true/false questions, short-answer questions, and practical operation questions are appended at the end of each chapter for systematic practice. This textbook is suitable for higher vocational and technical college teaching, as well as for training materials and reference resources for technical training and related engineering professionals.