Up and Running with AutoCAD 2024: 2D and 3D Drawing, Design and Modeling

  • 12h 32m
  • Elliot J. Gindis, Robert C. Kaebisch
  • Elsevier Science and Technology Books, Inc.
  • 2023

Up and Running with AutoCAD® 2024: 2D and 3D Drawing, Design and Modeling presents a combination of step-by-step instructions, examples and insightful explanations. The book emphasizes core concepts and practical application of AutoCAD in engineering, architecture and design. Equally useful in instructor-led classroom training, self-study or as a professional reference, the book is written by a long-time AutoCAD professor and instructor with the user in mind.

  • Strips away complexities and reduces AutoCAD® to easy-to-understand, basic concepts
  • Teaches the essentials of operating AutoCAD® that build student confidence
  • Documents commands with step-by-step explanations, including what the student needs to type in and how AutoCAD® responds
  • Combines 2D and 3D content in one affordable volume

About the Author

Elliot Gindis is the founding author of the Up and Running with AutoCAD series of textbooks. He is a former AutoCAD drafter and designer who got his start in New York City in 1996 and has logged in over 25,000 hours of screen time with a wide variety of architecture and engineering companies. From 1999 to 2008 he was on staff with the Pratt Institute of Design and as visiting instructor at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), teaching beginner, intermediate, and advanced (3D) AutoCAD classes. He was also the president of Vertical Technologies Consulting and Design, an AutoCAD training firm, and has advised, consulted, or assisted more than 60 companies nationwide in using and optimizing AutoCAD. Elliot was part of the AutoDesk Developers Network and was a Certified Technical Trainer. He published the first edition of the Up and Running textbook with Elsevier in 2010, and has supported each subsequent edition until 2020, when Robert Kaebisch took over full-time. Elliot currently resides in the Los Angeles area, and is an engineer in the defense industry.

Robert Kaebisch is a professional licensed architect and instructor in the Construction Sciences Group: Architectural/Structural Engineering Technician Program at Gateway Technical College. He teaches a variety of courses including and related to: architecture, construction, residential design and code, commercial design and code, mechanical systems, conflict resolution in construction and building inspections. He teaches a variety of different software in those courses including AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp and MS-Office products.

In this Book

  • Introduction
  • AutoCAD Fundamentals—Part I
  • AutoCAD Fundamentals—Part II
  • Introduction
  • Layers, Colors, Linetypes, and Properties
  • Text, Mtext, Editing, and Style
  • Hatch Patterns
  • Introduction
  • Dimensions
  • Blocks, Wblocks, Dynamic Blocks, Groups, and Purge
  • Polar, Rectangular, and Path Arrays
  • Introduction
  • Basic Printing and Output
  • Advanced Output—Paper Space
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Advanced Linework
  • Advanced Layers
  • Introduction
  • Advanced Dimensions
  • Options, Shortcuts, CUI, Design Center, and Express Tools
  • Advanced Design and File Management Tools
  • Introduction
  • Importing and Exporting Data
  • External References (Xrefs)
  • Attributes
  • Introduction
  • Advanced Output and Pen Settings
  • Isometric Drawing
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
  • 3D Basics
  • Object Manipulation
  • Introduction
  • Boolean Operations and Primitives
  • Solid Modeling
  • Advanced Solids, Faces, and Edges
  • Introduction
  • Surfaces and Meshes
  • Slicing, Sectioning, Layouts, and Vports
  • Advanced UCS, Views, Text, and Dimensions in 3D
  • Introduction
  • Dview, Camera, Walk and Fly, Path Animation
  • Lighting and Rendering
  • Introduction
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