Graphics for Engineers is designed to help students expand their creative talents and communicate their ideas effectively. Its layout, format, and content have been classroom tested to make it user friendly and excellent for both classroom use and independent study. Students who use this text will learn ANSI standards, techniques to prepare working drawings, the solution of 3D problems and spatial analysis through descriptive geometry, and the use of graphics as a medium of design. New features in the fifth edition include:
- New coverage of AutoCAD R.14 and highlights of AutoCAD R.2000
- Greater emphasis on the design process
- Even more illustrations
- Increased coverage of solid modeling
- Over 500 end-of-chapter problems
Problem Books— 18 problem books and teacher's guides (with outlines, solutions, and tests) have been designed to support this textbook and are available from Creative Publishing. A listing of these books and their source information is given inside the back cover.
Prentice Hall publishes a broad range of Gand CAD books available at a discount when bundled with this text. Please consult the preface of this text, your Prentice Hall sales rep, or go to http://www.prenhall.com/cadgrapgics/ for more information.