Accessing AutoCAD - Architectural Desktop Release 2
Provides A Nuts and Bolts Introduction to Essential Commands and Features of AutoCAD Architectural Desktop Release 2

First Edition
William G. Wyatt, Sr.

Ideal for beginning through intermediate users, Accessing Architectural Desktop provides a "nuts and bolts" introduction to essential commands and features of AutoCAD Architectural Desktop Release 2.

Detailed examples and applications of commands for development of both residential and commercial buildings are included.

Each Chapter also features numerous tutorials that offer you hands-on opportunities to use your own Architectural Desktop software to develop each building, step-by-step, while outlining procedures necessary to create the associated architectural working drawings. Keywords: AutoCAD for Architecture Keywords: Architectural Desktop

Benefits:

• The CD-ROM also contains drawing files everyone can use to complete the tutorials in the book, as well as the completed tutorials that may be referenced when assistance is needed. Sample display configurations and layouts, sample layouts for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing drawings, plus sample wall styles are also included.
• Additional projects are available in selected chapters to provide you with more hands-on practice opportunities.
• Command Access Tables are located strategically throughout the book to assist in locating frequently used commands…quickly and easily.
• Review Questions and Summaries at the end of each chapter ensure mastery of key concepts.

Contents:

Introduction,
Creating Floor Plans,
Advanced Wall Features,
Placing Doors and Windows,
Creating Roofs,
Inserting Stairs and Railings,
Using Design Part Libraries,
Annotating the Drawing,
Creating Elevations and Sections,
Creating Mass Models,
Developing Complex Models,
Space Planning,
Drawing Commercial Structures,
Layer Display Controls

1056 pages - 7-3/8 x 9-1/4 in. - with CD-ROM

Paperback, 1056 pages