This textbook contains a series of ten tutorial style lessons designed to introduce students to the modeling functions of AutoCAD 2008.

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Chapters

1. Getting Started
2. User Coordinate System (UCS) and the Z-axis
3. 3D Wireframe Modeling
4. UCS, Viewports and Wireframe Modeling
5. 3D Surface Modeling
6. Solid Modeling - Constructive Solid Geometry Approach
7. Regions, Extrude and Solid Modeling
8. Multiview Drawings from 3D Models
9. Symmetrical Features in Designs
10. Advanced Modeling Tools and Techniques
11. Conceptual Design Tools and Techniques

294 pages