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AutoCAD for Windows Express

By Timothy J. McCarthy PhD (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag London
Year
1994
ISBN
978-3-540-19865-9, 978-1-4471-2084-1
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-2084-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (12015446 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
314\317
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
CAE) and Design; Construction ManagementEngineering Design; Computer-Aided Engineering (CA

Description

What is AutoCAD? AutoCAD is the world's most popular computer-aided drafting package for the personal computer (PC). It is a fully functional 2D and 3D CAD program. Full 3D wire frame representation was incorporated in the program with the launch of Release 10 in 1988. Release 11 brought additional 3D facilities in­ cluding some solid modelling capabilities. These capabilities were enhanced with Release 12 of the program for DOS and Windows. Its popularity has made AutoCAD the de facto industry standard for PC-CAD with a host of other program developers providing application software conforming to the AutoCAD format. As a fully functional drafting program, AutoCAD can achieve anything that can be drawn on a drawing board. The main benefits of CAD come more from being able to edit and exchange drawing information rapidly rather than simply replacing the drawing board. Starting to use AutoCAD is a difficult step as it requires a certain amount of new skill development. Once you have made the commitment to learn how to use the program and implement it in your everyday work the benefits will soon accrue. You will quickly discover that there are many things that you can do with AutoCAD that you could never do with a drawing board. With AutoCAD your drawings become more than just black lines on a white sheet of paper. The AutoCAD drawing is a database of information.

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