AutoCAD 2009 Tutorial - First Level: 2D Fundamentals contains a series of ten tutorial style lessons designed to introduce students to AutoCAD 2009. The new improvements and key enhancements of the software are incorporated into the lessons. Students will learn to use the AutoCAD Heads-up Design^TM interface, which means the students will learn to focus on the design, not on the keyboard. 

AutoCAD 2009 Certified User Examination

The content of AutoCAD 2009 Tutorial - First Level: 2D Fundamentals has been expanded to cover the performance tasks that have been identified by Autodesk as being included on the AutoCAD 2009 Certified User examination.

Special reference guides show students where the performance tasks are covered in the book. The DVD included with each textbook provides a video review of each of the performance tasks.

If you are teaching an introductory level AutoCAD course and you want to prepare your students for the AutoCAD 2009 Certified User Examination this is the only book that you need.  If your students are not interested in the AutoCAD 2009 Certified User examination you will know that your students will be studying the performance tasks that have been identified by Autodesk as important enough to include on the certification examination.

For detailed information on the AutoCAD Certified User examination visit www.autodesk.com/certification.

Each book comes bundled with a DVD containing two sets of videos. One set of videos present a multimedia version of the tutorial exercises contained in the book. Students see the AutoCAD 2009 interface, menu picks, and models that are created while a voice overlay explains the design activities. The other set of videos present the topics covered on the AutoCAD Certified User examination. These videos are intended to help students prepare for and pass the AutoCAD 2009 Certified User examination.

AutoCAD 2009 is not required to run the DVD. Students, while at home, will become acquainted with the AutoCAD interface and design process.

Multimedia Sample:  Direct Distance Command

This file contains the complete pages of Lesson 1 from the textbook, including the questions and exercises at the end of the lesson. 

Lesson 1 from the textbook

For a complete table of contents, click here.

Introduction: Getting Started
1. AutoCAD Fundamentals
2. Basic Object Construction Tools
3. Geometric Construction and Editing Tools
4. Object Properties and Organization
5. Orthographic Views in Multiview Drawings
6. Basic Dimensioning and Notes
7. Templates and Plotting
8. Auxiliary Views and Editing with GRIPS
9. Section Views
10. Assembly Drawings and Blocks

361 pages

Instructor resources:  PowerPoint presentations

To download pre-made PowerPoint files provided by the author that go with this textbook, click here

ISBN: 978-1-58503-433-8
Suggested Retail Price: $59.95 [USD]