3D Modeling in AutoCAD: Creating and Using 3D Models in AutoCAD 2000, 2000i, 2002, and 2004 / Edition 2

by John Wilson

Overview

* For AutoCAD 2004, 2002, and 2000 users Take your AutoCAD skills to the next level — master its 3D modeling capabilities. Using the same 2D commands and tools you are accustomed to drafting with, you can actually construct the object you are designing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578200917
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/12/2001
Series:	Cadence Masters Series
Edition description:	First
Pages:	563
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

John E. Wilson , a columnist for CADENCE magazine since 1991, runs a one-person design and drafting service. While the bulk of his work involves mechanical parts, he has worked in a wide variety of other fields, ranging from water treatment plant piping to control diagrams for electrical motors. John has contributed a regular column to CADENCE since 1993 that focuses on the 3D features of AutoCAD and Mechanical Desktop. He is also the author of the book, Mechanical Desktop 5: Parametric Modeling.

Table of Contents

Preface, Introduction, SECTION 1: Working with Wireframe Models in 3D Space, SECTION 2: Building Surface Models, SECTION 3: Building Solid Models, SECTION 4: 2D Output and Paper Space, SECTION 5: Renderings from 3D Models