Autocad 2010 3d Modeling Essentials

"AutoCAD 2010 3D Modeling Essentials" provides new and seasoned users with simple step-by-step procedures on how to create and modify 3D models, set up cameras and lights, assign materials to objects, render, and print. Includes a DVD with a trial version of AutoCAD 2010.

AutoCAD® is the premier PC-based drafting tool that has been used by millions of engineers, draftsmen, project managers, and engineering students since its inception in 1982. AutoCAD® 2011 3D Modeling Essentials provides new and seasoned users with simple, step-by-step procedures on creating and modifying 3D models, setting up cameras and lights, assigning materials to objects, rendering, and printing. Use the accompanying DVD to set up drawing exercises, view all of the book's figures in full color, and draw with a trial version of AutoCAD 2011. Forty-five exercises (mini-projects) throughout the book simulate the creation of a full real-world project from concept to completion, without overlooking any of the fundamental commands and functions of AutoCAD® 2011.

Bestselling AutoCAD author George Omura presents a fast, focused course in AutoCAD essentials George Omura is an AutoCAD expert whose clear, focused instructions have taught hundreds of thousands how to use AutoCAD. This task-based, reference approach is perfect for newcomers to AutoCAD and those who manage AutoCAD drawings. You'll learn AutoCAD basics quickly and easily with the straightforward explanations and realistic exercises that focus squarely on accomplishing vital tasks. You'll get acquainted with the drafting tools of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT and learn such essentials as how to draw accurately and quickly, edit your drawings, create 3D models, and much more. Fully updated for all the new features of both AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, including parametric design, free-form 3D mesh modeling, and enhanced PDF support Provides focused explanations and realistic exercises to quickly teach crucial tasks Shows how to draw accurately and quickly and how to effectively edit AutoCAD drawings Learn how to create 3D models and get organized with layers, blocks, groups, and external references Discover how to quickly add and edit notes and dimensions, find areas and distances quickly, and extract hidden data Work with the DesignCenter, create text, and learn to lay out and print your drawings If you want to quickly get up to speed on the newest version of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, Introducing AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010 is a fast, no-nonsense way to learn the software. For Instructors: Teaching supplements are available for this title.

Every few years, AutoCAD comes out with a release that redefines 3D Modeling for the industry. AutoCAD 2010 delivers a host of new and exciting 3D tools that bring CAD's Solid Modeling and Animation's Mesh Modeling into a single, powerful application! Luckily, we're here to assist you in mastering both solid and mesh tools One Step at a Time. 3D AutoCAD 2010: One Step at a Time includes detailed instructions for the new Free-Form (Mesh) design and 3D Printing tools. Of course, we still offer the best instruction in Z-Space tools, Solid Modeling, and AutoCAD's Animation tools!

Market_Desc: · Architects· Mechanical Engineers· Civil Engineers· Students· Teachers Special Features: · Introducing AutoCAD, formerly Just Enough AutoCAD, is written by George Omura, the world s best-selling CAD author and an award-winning Autodesk Authorized Author· The book is also published by the industry-leading Autodesk Authorized Publisher· Introducing AutoCAD is fully updated for AutoCAD X s new features. The book s focused discussions and practical exercises concentrate on core AutoCAD features, enabling new AutoCAD users to quickly get up to speed· The task-based, reference approach makes Introducing AutoCAD perfect for new users, students, and those called upon to perform a simple task, such as users who traffic and manage AutoCAD drawings· Introducing AutoCAD will be the first book available on the new version of AutoCAD· Introducing AutoCAD thoroughly covers both AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, which have a combined installed base of nearly 7 million users About The Book: Award-winning and best-selling AutoCAD author George Omura developed this practical reference, formerly called Just Enough AutoCAD, to help readers learn AutoCAD basics easily and efficiently. His straightforward explanations and realistic exercises focus squarely on accomplishing vital tasks.Readers will become familiar with the drafting tools of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT and learn such essentials as how to draw accurately and quickly; effectively edit AutoCAD drawings; create 3D models; get organized with layers, blocks, groups, and external references; quickly add and edit notes and dimensions, find areas and distances quickly, and extract hidden data.

Unlike many AutoCAD competitors, this book covers only the basics and uses "mixed units"_ inches, meters, feet, kilometers, etc., to illustrate the myriad drawing and editing tools for this popular application. AutoCAD 2010 Essentials includes 21 "workshops," that complete small projects _ from concept through actual plotting. Solving all of the workshops will simulate the creation of a "real life" project from beginning to end, without overlooking any of the basic commands and functions in AutoCAD 2010.

The primary goal of AutoCAD 2010 Tutorial - Second Level: 3D Modeling is to introduce the aspects of computer based three dimensional modeling. This text is intended to be used as a training guide for both students and professionals. The chapters in this book cover AutoCAD 2010 and proceed in a pedagogical fashion to guide you from constructing 3D wire frame models, 3D surface models, and 3D solid models to making multiview drawings. The text takes a hands-on, exercise-intensive approach to all the important 3D modeling techniques and concepts. This book contains a series of eleven tutorial style chapters designed to introduce CAD users to 3D modeling with AutoCAD 2010. Users upgrading from a previous release of the AutoCAD software will also find this text helpful. The basic premise of this book is that the more 3D designs you create using AutoCAD 2010 the better you learn the software. With this in mind each tutorial introduces a new set of commands and concepts, building on previous chapters. By going through this book readers will establish a good basis for exploring and growing in the exciting field of Computer Aided Engineering.