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Technical Graphics with AutoCAD: Fundamentals and Workbook

by Ejike Charles Igboegwu, Prof. David McLees and Cesar G. Queyquep

318 pages; Spiral coil; catalogue #07-2498; ISBN 1-4251-5580-4; US$65.00, C$65.00, EUR44.40, £33.56

An instructor-led text / workbook designed for a beginning level technical graphics course using AutoCAD. The book covers basic AutoCAD operations the mastery of which will enable the continuing student to proceed into an AutoCAD career.

About the Book

An ideal first book for a technical graphics course using the AutoCAD software. Not a tutorial or reference text that requires substantial reading or independent study to learn AutoCAD operations. The book contains many hands-on drawing projects that teach the fundamentals of Technical Graphics and Engineering Drawing. For instructors, the book will function as a collection of mini-lesson plans, offering students lots of examples, hints, and related drawing activities ranging from very simple to more challenging problems.

Additional exercises, drawings, and course materials are available on the World Wide Web Site created to supplement the book.

The website can be visited at: http://technology.calumet.purdue.edu/met/imq

About the Authors

Dr. Charles is a Professor of Design Technology at Ivy Tech Community College Northwest and Guest Lecturer now and then for Technical Graphics in the Department of Engineering and the School of Technology at Purdue University Calumet. He co-authored two graphics books: The Essential AutoCAD and The Essential Engineering Graphics Concepts, this publication his third. Dr. Charles has served as Instructor, Chair of the Division of Applied Science & Technology, as well as Program Chair and Advisor in the Design Technology Program at Ivy Tech.

Prof. McLees is the Technology Coordinator for the School of Technology at Purdue University Calumet. He serves as a consultant to students and to industry in the use of CAD in the construction and engineering fields, and also teaches Spatial Graphics and Animation in the Computer Graphics Technology Program.

Dr. Queyquep has authored two engineering books, The Essential AutoCAD and The Essential Engineering Graphics Concepts, and two math books - Geometry Challengers for High Achievers and Hands-On Geometry for forward-looking teachers. He wrote the Research Project Report on The Mathematics of Flight in the Student Merit Awards book published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Reston, Virginia, USA. He served on the faculty of the Department of Engineering of Purdue University Calumet as professor of engineering drawing and computer-aided design.