Instant AutoCAD

This is the next book in the Instant AutoCAD series and continues with the tradition of delivering technical information in a quick and easy format. With integrated Hands-On sessions to illustrate basic concepts and lots of questions, tests, and exercises it will offer a firm grounding in part and assembly creation from sketch to production drawings.

The text contains a number of features that make the basic ideas more concrete and clear. These include:

• a list of Key Concepts at the start of each chapter
• an In a Nutshell conclusion of each chapter
• brief Hands-On labs throughout each chapter to reinforce newly learned concepts
• a Testing . . . Testing . . . 1, 2, 3 section of fill-in-the-blank, true-false, multiple choice, and matching questions at the end of each chapter
• a What? question section at the end of each chapter
• a Let's Get Busy list of related assignments at each chapter end
• a number of Tip boxes to introduce important ideas
• font enlargement of key ideas
• hundreds of drawings, metros, and icons to add clarity
• a teachers' supplement with Testing . . . testing . . . 1, 2, 3, answers

An integrated CD-ROM Learning Assistant is included with this text. It includes:

• hands-on practice for concepts presented in the text
• models for the creation of parts and assemblies