Book Description
"If you're an architect looking to get the most out of Photoshop, look no further! Enhancing CAD Drawings with Photoshop is a killer book."
—George Omura, Author, Mastering AutoCAD 2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005

Bring Your CAD Drawings to Life Using Artistic Photoshop Techniques

Most architects find that traditional CAD drawings are not the ideal medium for sharing their visions with clients. For an untrained eye, it's difficult to imagine a complex design by simply viewing a line drawing. Fortunately, you can use Adobe Photoshop to enliven CAD drawings and improve graphical communications.

Enhancing CAD Drawings with Photoshop is the first book to demonstrate how you can use Photoshop to transform CAD drawings into dynamic, attractive presentational pieces that speak to everyone. First, you'll master the basic Photoshop concepts and tools. Then you delve into sophisticated illustrating and compositing techniques. Practical tutorials lead you step-by-step through each process, and a full-color insert featuring before-and-after images is certain to inspire you with ideas and solutions. While appealing to the artist in you, this unique book will empower you to win bids and wow clients.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

• Plan your work flow to ensure consistent color printing
• Work in the digital darkroom and hone your retouching skills
• Extract entourage objects from photographs and use them in architectural illustrations, renderings, plans, and elevations
• Enhance your line drawings with color, pattern, gradient, transparency, and shadows
• Dress up basic elevations using Photoshop's layer style effects, reflection and refraction, and entourage
• Transfer 3D objects from Autodesk VIZ into image layers in Photoshop
• Make objects look realistic using layers and clipping groups
• Transform 3D models into pencil sketches, watercolors, and paintings
• Share your digital work with your clients via prints, e-mail, the Web, and slideshows
• Protect and catalog your intellectual property

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Useful, but ...
First of all, if your life involves CAD and Photoshop, you should probably buy this book: It's very useful. Part of the reason it's useful is because there are not a lot books on this subject.

One of the greatest features about this book is its greatest flaw: the enclosed LISP program that turns AutoCad layers into Photoshop layers. What promise that has! It works great with the tiny 8.5 x11 drawings on the enclosed disc. But when you try to use that with a real drawing, say in 36" by 24" format, the drawing crashes.

Great tips
I thought I knew Photoshop but I was wrong. I borrowed this book from the library but it was so good I decided to buy it.

Excellant book
I am very very pleased with this book. It is exactly what I have been looking for. I first purchased a DVD by the same author called*Photoshop for Architects* which I felt was so well done that I decided to buy the book. Having both is a real asset for they work in unison. Buying the book and the DVD, in my opinion, is a necessity. Each stands alonebut they compliment each other. The DVD provides comprehensive coverage without going into every small detail. The book parallels the same information on the DVD but goes into greater detail. I am Architecturally educated but with limited computer experience and I have only recently purchased a first ADOBE product which is ADOBE CS.I imagine this book would be an excellent tool for anyone new to PS no matter what the intended use of PS will eventually be. The book starts with some general, but relevant, tech info without scientific overload. It step by step moves one through a real project from beginning to end so you learn most of the tools, how to set things up, various ways of accomplishing the same things and what to do in finishing out a project. I consider the presentation style to be superb for learning.

I am currently working my way through a real project and learning a lot which has not easily come together for me, in total, when reading other books which explain how to do this or that little thing but seem unrelated, in a comprehensive way, to a total project of substance. Working from and by referencing back to the CD that comes with the book and the separately available DVD, I feel that I have more quickly learned and also taken an interest in certain important basics. I have learned many tools very quickly, discovered alternate ways of doing things (plus reason why) which causes me to realize the value of investigating multiple PS capabilities, reasons for things needing to be done in specific ways and the limitations of doing things in cetain waysetc. I like the fact that I can use the book and DVD to step through a real project from beginning to completion.

This book and DVD is the best and most enjoyable learning tool I have found for learning PS and I have looked at many and purchased all from Adobe that relate to each part of Adobe CS. What this author offers is exactly what we have been looking for and I am hoping he will be creating similar documents for Adobe Illustrator and other Adobe products (for Architects) as our interest and abilities develop. If anything better exist I sure would like to know what it is.
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Book Description
Get the strategies you need for successful CAD management in this one-of-a-kind resource. You’ll learn basics such as how to assign tasks, set budgets, and formulate ROI-and gradually delve into more complex issues such as managing intellectual property, selling ideas to management and end users, and configuring for specific engineering environments. This indispensable resource is packed with savvy insights, practical techniques, and real-world advice to broaden your technical, business, and management skills. ... Read more

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GreatCADD Management Book
This is a must read for anyone involved with CADD Management. The author has real world experience and is shared well in the book.

A must for all CAD Managers/Coordinators
This is a great book for CAD Managment, and for users who inspire to be leaders in the CAD field. Even though this book does not directly speak on specific CAD functions it covers a broader look at the task that a CAD Manager/Coordinator must know in order to be succesful in leading other CAD users, and helps you get a better understanding of the business side that we as technical people overlook a lot. If you are a manager or a user that would like to be better at your job or to advance to a better position, I would advise you to read this book. ... Read more

Book Description
A Constable Hamish Macbeth Mystery. When Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiance home to Lochdubh, the whole town is delighted -- save perhaps for love-smitten bobby Hamish Macbeth. But the morning after a posh engagement party, one of the guests, Captain Bartlett, is murdered on a grouse hunt.Unfortunately, the prime suspects are the party guests. And a second murder soon follows the first. Now Hamish Macbeth must cut through the alibis before the killer strikes again . . . all the while trying to woo the lovely Priscilla from her jealous boyfriend. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (8)

Wonderful series, great audio adaptation....
I have very much enjoyed reading, and listening to, the "Death of a ______" series by M. C. Beaton. I love the intelligent, sensitive, personable, and caring Hamish Macbeth represented so well in the books.The author firmly establishes the character in these early books, and his lovable character is consistent, and easy to like and care for, throughout the series.
I have loved the books, and have especially enjoyed listening to the series in audio book format. There have been two primary narrators in the audio series, Davina Porter in earlier books, and Graeme Malcolm in the later set.Both readers were excellent, bringing strong talent and individual strengths and insights to their narrations.I have especially enjoyed hearing the feminine and masculine perspectives given by Davina and Graeme respectively as they read the separate books.Of course the insights were written into the book by the author, Marion Chesney (M. C. Beaton), but I think I can better understand how Priscilla Halliburton Smythe feels about her situation hearing Davina read, and I have likewise always felt that Graeme seems to capture Hamish particularly well, giving life and voice to the lovable Highland Constable.
I can heartily recommend the series to the reader, or listener, but be forewarned--You will not be able to enjoy the BBC TV series of the same name after reading the books, because it has none of the charm and wholesome appeal that so much fill the pages of every book.
--Mike Beier

P.G. Wodehouse Meets Sherlock Holmes
Death of a Cad is the second book in the Hamish Macbeth mystery series.M.C. Beaton has her tongue stuck firmly in her cheek as she creates a quasi-Wodehouse country-castle romp mixed up with a murder mystery.To make matters more fun, one of the leading characters, Henry Withering, is an acclaimed playwright based on his latest upper class drawing-room work.

Here's the set-up.Priscilla Hallburton-Smythe has taken up a job in London to be able to find eligible men.Henry Withering spots her and decides his publicity shots will look much better with her at his side.He quickly proposes and Priscilla accepts based on her desire to please Mommy and Daddy. On the way home to introduce him to family and friends, Priscilla begins to have her doubts about the wisdom of the match.Matters quickly degrade when an unpleasant dinner is followed the next morning by a death, an apparent accident.But Police Constable Hamish Macbeth, the pride of Lochdubh in the Scottish Highlands, is skeptical.Soon, his doubts turn into evidence of foul play.(And that's a pretty good pun for a hunting accident involving a grouse shoot -- even if the high and mighty have been complaining about the shortage of grouse . . . you could even say they've been grousing.)

There are three stories intertwined in the book:

1.The engagement
2.The murder mystery
3.Conflict between Hamish and his superiors

In typical country novel fashion, the engagement story is really the best.The humor is improved by being warm, broad and nonstop.

The intellectual content of the book is raised by the subtle ways that Macbeth tracks down the murderer while fending off his superiors.

The least interesting part of the book is the actual murder mystery.

But don't mind that, you'll have a lot of fun with this one.

If you like to listen to audio books, I suggest you also enjoy Davina Porter's deft reading of the tale.Ms. Porter's sense of timing is perfect . . . even if her accents struggle from time to time.

The further adventures of Hamish Macbeth
This is the second book of the Hamish Macbeth series, picking up a few months after THE DEATH OF A GOSSIP.

The story opens as Priscilla Halburton-Smithe is driving her new fiance home to Lochdubh for a weekend houseparty at her parents' house.Tensions soon develop at the party, including the inclusion (or intrusion depending on your point of view) of local constable Macbeth into the group.Naturally there is soon a death to investigate, one that of course confuses all but our hero.

This is very much in the long tradition of cozy series mystery.The murder victim richly deserves his fate, the characters of those involved is more important than the action, and there is a large cast of recurring characters.Our hero manages to solve the crime while overcoming the incompetance of his superiors.There is even an ongoing romance.

If 'cozies' are your cup of tea you will definitely enjoy this series and will want to read them all.

Another enjoyable mystery from M.C. Beaton
I'm new to the Hamish Macbeth series.I read Death of a Poison Pen (set later than this novel) and thoroughly enjoyed it.Poison Pen had a lot of charm and funny characters, something this series is known for.
Death of a Cad is not quite as good as that one.It starts out as more of a typical mystery with the usual rich, English suspects sitting around in a big house.But once Hamish gets into the act, it gets a lot better.If this is the first book in the series you read, you'll still enjoy it, but if your impression is lukewarm, don't stop with this book.Read Death of a Poison Pen and other books in the series.I think you'll be charmed by the humor and characterizations.I plan to read more of this series.

Bring on More Hamish Macbeth.
M.C. Beaton's Hamish Macbeth series is wonderful!I think I even enjoy him more than Agatha Raisin.He's funny, charming and smart.In this book Hamish gets drawn into a murder that happens in the house of his ladylove, Priscilla.Priscilla comes back to Lochdubh from a job in London with a new fiance in tow.Hamish has to stay on the sidelines and watch his beloved with another man.He handles even this appalling situation with grace and humour.But then adeath occurs and Hamish is sure it's murder.He sets out to find the killer, but before he does another murder happens.But, never fear, he does solve the murder in the end, and it was a surprise to me. ... Read more

Book Description
This richly illustrated book arms interior design professionals with solid, practical know-how and step-by-step AutoCAD instruction. It is organized around a series of tasks and combines explanations of AutoCAD commands with practical systematic drafting procedures. This edition introduces Architectural Desktop (so users can learn the difference between the two systems), includes a new design project, and offers a new chapter on the reflected ceiling plan and schedule. Its emphasis on professional applications and balance of coverage leaves readers with a set of skills that can be used immediately in the profession. Emphasizes what an interior designer can do with AutoCAD, rather than on just what AutoCAD can do. A balance of 2D and 3D coverage discusses simple and more advanced techniques in a meaningful and manageable way. Explains AutoCAD commands in the context of interior design, making material more relevant to the design professional. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

A good guidline for beginner
I have started using Illustrator software recently and this book have served a good support for flat sketching the garments for women,men and kidswear.Is also gives tips to prepare portfolio, but you already should know basics of how to use Illustrator programme. It is nicely illustrated book and one can get ideas. But again its a basic book and does not cover all the aspects of flat sketching.

Inspiring and highly informative - excellent for fashion students and the fashion industry!
Great book! Even if you are a complete beginner you will find this book an informative and useful resource. It gets you up and running quickly with really simple, step-by-step, illustrated techniques for fashion computing using current software.

In my fashion design studio, we predominatly use CorelDraw, Illustrator and Photoshop, and found this book informative for each of these packages. It covers the basics - how to create flat drawings from vests, skirts, shirts, dresses to pants, and then moves on to producing mood and design boards, visualizing your design ideas using Photoshop. The section on creating a digital portfolio is also vital in todays digital world. Plus it covers womenswear, menswear and childrenswear.

It is well illustrated with great examples of flats, illustrations and fashion presentations from illustrators and designers in the fashion industry and from top fashion schools and universities globally.

dissappointing
This book has great pictures of fashion illustrations and is helpful because it gives instructions for 3 different CAD platforms, but as far as giving explicite directions on "how to", I found it lacking in substance.It seems that the really great stuff in the book was still hand drawn,scanned in and manipulated a bit with Photoshop.If you are absolutely brand new to these programs and need help gettting started it might help you.For me, it willbe more of a pretty book to look at once in a while rather than a reference for problem solving.

Top Marks!
It is fantastic! Top Marks!
By following the easy steps laid out in the chapters, I cannot believe how simple it is to draw and color my flats, scan and manipulate my fashion drawings and then bring it all together to create my presentations in Photoshop.

I use Illustrator and Photoshop primarily at fashion school, and the other books I own do not explain the tools and techniques as simply as this one does...plus the examples are all fashion and textiles based! For the price it's great value.

Highly Recommended Fashion Design CAD Book
This book is absolutely fantastic, it is easy to follow and inspiring. It shows simple techniques to create flats and fashion presentations using Illustrator and Photoshop. It even showed me how to create my flats using CorelDRAW. The techniques are simple and relevant and very well explained. It includes inspiring images and artwork by other designers and illustrators. It also explains how to create a digital portfolio. I found it very useful on my Fashion Design CAD course and will continue to use it even when I graduate. ... Read more

Book Description
A definitive user's guide to the U.S. National CAD Standard

Interior designers, construction managers, urban planners, as well as owners, engineers, and facility managers will also find this authoritative reference to be invaluable! ... Read more

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New Standard in Born
The new standard for the industry.A must buy for professionals. ... Read more

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Intimate Strangers

Bridget Cooke possesses the gifts London society prizes: genteel manners, intelligence, an exquisite figure. She lacks, however, a fortune. A companion to icy relatives, Bridget resigns herself to a life of solitude, especially because of the childhood scar that mars her lovely face. Little does she expect to receive the vigorous attentions of darkly handsome, rich widower Lord Ewen Sinclair, Regency England's most infamous rake.

In a matter of days, the Sinclair whisks Bridget to the altar and into his passionate embrace. Dismissing the vicious rumors surrounding their hasty marriage, Bridget is sure of Ewen's love, even when he is mysteriously called away. But then a shocking secret from his past emerges, threatening her happiness. If Ewen is a cad and their wedding a lie, as the gossips say, then why does Bridget's very stubborn heart still believe his love is true? ... Read more

Customer Reviews (12)

3.5 stars overall....
and a solid 3.5 at that. Like other reviewers I have to agree-this was a book that started fantastically but quickly lost steam when the hero, called away, is seemingly gone for almost half of the book.

The saving grace to the story is the supporting characters (whom I understand will be prominant in future books) especially street urchins Gilly and little sister Betsy.

For a historical-the novel does have several plot problems-my biggest complaint is the servants rudeness to the heroine-who is now the Viscountess, AND their boss.

I find their behavior towards Bridget highly implausible-they would have treated ANY guest of the Viscount with respect for fear of losing their positions.
But-that being said-the novel's first half, and the promise of future storylines with these characters-makes this book enjoyable enough to recommend.
3.5 stars.

...not to be missed!!!!!!!!!
O My God. This is absolutely the best book ive ever read. i fell in love with Ewen completely. Its guaranteed that you will never come across a hero such as Ewen. He is one the best, most sensual, most romantic of hero's i've ever read about... The heroine Bridget is amazing/ vulnerable, yet strong and with such sadness that only Ewen could complete her and make her happy. I loved both these characters so much and was sooooo sad to turn that last page. Granted there seperation in the middle of the book was a little too long, nevertheless i still enjoyed these two characters immensely. They were two halves of a whole and i couldn't get enough of them. This book... is not to be missed!!!!

A solid 3.5 stars
In trying to sum up this book, the best word is intriguing.This is a very romantic book in the truest sense of the word.It keeps you wondering what is true and what is false.The characters are flawed but make sense together.I liked the secondary character until some of the other readers.First book of hers but it makes me want to check out another one. If you are looking for a Rachael Gibson or Nora Roberts, go elsewhere but she has solid writing.More like Kathleen Woodiweiss

Actually..3 1/2 stars.......
"The Cad" began wonderfully..I love a book where we dont have to wait long for the H/H to meet...I really was into this at first and was so excited because I thought that I had found a keeper...well, imagine my disappointment then when this story fell flat on it's face a little more than half way through...There was a huge separation between the H/H that had me desperately skimming ahead to see when they would finally be together again..also, there were many secondary characters in this book that instead of making things more interesting just annoyed me..."The Cad" wasnt awful...but it was definitely not more than mediocre at best.

Poignant story of two flawed lovers making each other whole
I'm so glad I started reading Edith Layton's novels! This is the first longer one I've read, and I enjoyed it so much. I'm really looking forward to the rest of this series!

Bridget is the archtypal 'poor relation', passed around from family to family among her many relations. At present she is acting as companion to her beautiful cousin Cecily; she was considered suitable, her aunt tells her, because of the contrast between her and her cousin. Because Bridget, though beautiful in profile, has a very visible flaw once she turns to look at someone properly: she has a deep, jagged two-inch scar on her face, just beside her mouth. She's very conscious of the scar, and is deliberately self-effecing as a result, hating to be stared at.

But one evening, at a ball, someone does stare at her, and she makes the mistake of staring back. He is Ewen, Viscount Sinclair, a known rake. And, living up to his reputation, he follows her, gets her alone and offers her carte blanche. She refuses, but he engineers another time alone with her and offers again. When she refuses this time, he offers marriage.

Her relatives assure her that he couldn't possibly have meant it, that he might pretend to want to marry her but will simply seduce her instead. And since she refuses to believe them, they throw her out. With nowhere to go, she flees to Ewen, putting her trust in him.

We're told bits and pieces about Ewen along the way: that he has been married before but hates to talk about it, that he spent many years spying for the British government on the Continent, and that he used the cover of rakish activities in order to fulfill his missions. And he certainly has been a rake; the expectation of his friends on meeting Bridget is that she is his latest mistress. But he marries her.

Then, not long after the wedding, he abandons her in the country house he'd taken her to - and where he also used to take his mistresses - and goes back to London. It is at this point that the question of whether he is a cad or not comes about. Has he, as Bridget wants to believe, been honest with her about everything - including the fact of their marriage? Or has he been playing a game with her and has now abandoned her, as the servants, Ewan's cousin Drummond and the knowing street-urchin Gilly would have her believe?

Find out for yourself in this very touching, poignant love story! ... Read more

Book Description
An Introduction to CAD/CAM/CAE is a timely text with coverage of many modern topics, including: rapid prototyping, virtual engineering, NT-based solid modeling systems, and Web-related issues. This book provides balanced coverage of CAD/CAM (with slightly more emphasis on CAD topics) and bonus coverage of computer-aided engineering (CAE). This book's emphasis on the integration of three related disciplines-CAD, CAM, and CAE-makes it a great theoretical introduction to all subjects from geometric representation to the most sophisticated CAE subjects. Many illustrations and references ground the theory in practical examples.
The book also features a unique illustration of the whole product development process through a practical case study that gives readers a clear idea how CAD, CAM, and CAE systems are integrated to accelerate the product development process.
This book is carefully targeted toward today's students; topics are introduced in a concise, efficient manner, with mathematical terminology that is kept to a minimum. A background in programming, calculus, and matrix and vector algebra is helpful when using this text. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

I'm anxious for this book for long time.
In my view this book contains very interesting and practical topic about CAD/CAM/CAE in various area.

Exellent Work!
Interesting Contex

Exelent Work!
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Learn your way around AutoCAD 2007

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For nearly twenty years, David Goetsch has provided a one-of-a-kind information resource with his book, Structural Drafting. Now, for a broader audience, he has developed a new and complete introduction to structural drafting with related coverage of civil and piping drafting that has complementary software.Structural, Civil and Pipe Drafting for CAD Technicians is organized into seven sections. The first section of the book supplies readers with an overview of structural drafting, from the organizational structure of the typical department through product fabrication and shipping. Later sections invite readers to hone in on the specifics of structural steel, pre-cast concrete, poured-in-place concrete, and structural wood drafting. Section six includes chapters on pre-fab metal buildings, civil engineering drafting, and process piping to ensure that readers gain all of the expertise they need to become highly competent, professional drafters. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Structural, Civil & Pipe Drafting for CAD techs
Excellent condition, highly recommend this seller, timely delivery

Many mistakes in book - Editor needed right away!
A few changes recommended before (ever) reprinting this book.

-Hiring an Editor who reads drawings is imperative!

-The illustrations for exercises are difficult to read in many cases due to the stylized lettering & smallness of type. Details are difficult to see without a magnifying glass for some people. A suggestion - include an electronic copy of the illustrations on the included cd for easy review. Since most drawings are done on CAD now, get rid of the hand lettering or please make it all caps instead of lowercase.

-Before putting in a hand drawn drawing for an exercise, draw it in CAD first. There were many math errors in dimnesions & missing dimensions. One drawing even had some dimensions that evidently "moved" to where it was referencing nothing. Several drawings that were supposed to work together had discrepancies between them.

-The Appendix is missing the Angle Channel references page stated in the Appendix Contents.

-The chapter on Pre-Engineered Metal Bldgs should be thrown out. It was very frustrating to try and gather enough information from the book to do anything but guess - that is not where you want a student or teacher to be. Get rid of all the pictures of the outside of the buildings - we've all seen them before - and include pictures of the inside & detailed pictures of how they are put together. That is where we really need to see the details. This chapter had the feel that the author thought it should be included but didn't really wanted to spend the time or effort to write it well.

-I'm sorry to say that I don't trust what information is in this book because of all the errors I found. I am not the teacher -I AM A STUDENT. I have been drafting for many years but am new to the Civil & Structural field. Most of the errors were basic drafting & omitted or conflicting information. Unfortunately my teacher doesn't trust the book now either. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED WITH CAREFUL EDITING & MAKING SURE ALL INFO NEEDED WAS INCLUDED IN THE TEXT & EASILY READ.

I am disappointed that textbooks are now soft cover, can contain many errors, and yet still have a list price that boggles the mind. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Dan Clowes fans take note
This is hipster fare for the most part, with a few amusing bits. There's a good Russ Meyer interview and some retro stuff about martinis and such. But the best part for me was the Dan Clowes comic of one of the more bawdy versions of "Frankie and Johnnie". It's one of his better "early" pieces. The lyrics are a hoot and you can really see that Clowes had a blast drawing it.

Very Cool, Nostalgic Humor
CAD is humorous, entertaining, and sexy. It is a manual/zine for the swinging bachelor. If you aspire to become a swinging bachelor, this is a good resource by which to model your behavior and style. I personally like the book for its entertainment value, cool pictures, and interesting stories. Very nice coffee table literature!!! ... Read more

Book Description
There's one thing CAD managers agree upon: running a CAD department is a difficult job. This new edition of CAD Manager's Guidebook helps readers anticipate problems and devise solutions within their daily jobs. Complete with an all-new companion CD-ROM, this guidebook's convenient, 3-part organization explains the role of the CAD manager; details how to create and institute your own CAD standards, policies, and procedures; and offers tips and suggestions for maximizing CAD efficiency. Thoroughly updated, this book now reflects the current state of CAD, with coverage of topics such as networking, the impact of the Internet, plus the future of CAD and the drawing file. A must-have reference for novice and experienced CAD managers alike! ... Read more

Book Description
A straightforward approach to engineering graphicsthat introduces the basics of communicating ideas through detailed andaccurate three-view or pictorial sketches. It enables working drawings tobe produced by computer and explains how to interpret workingdrawings as well as the basic principles of graphic communicationstoward understanding computer-aided drafting and design. KEYTOPICS: Designed to encourage proficiency, this book introduces thebasics of technical sketching techniques, lettering, and instrumentdrawing. It also provides detailed descriptions of orthographicprojections, including pictorials, auxiliary views, and sectioning. Thethird edition of Technical Sketching with an Introduction to CAD: ForEngineers, Technologists and Technicians has been revisedto reflect the latest standards ofdimensioning and tolerances as well asa new chapter on Autocad. It also includes metric units. An essential reference for any engineering professional. ... Read more

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********Text Available as of 5/21/2004!***********

Zeid's Mastering CAD/CAM, first edition covers an in-depth, comprehensive assembly of modern topics, including feature-based modeling, parametrics, NURBS, collaborative design, PDM, and PLM.The text integrates theory, practice and the use of CAD/CAM systems by presenting examples, tutorials, discussions, hands-on exercises, and end-of-chapter problems.Zeid provides readers with a large selection of topics, abundant activities for in-class discussions and outside-class assignments.The text provides the coverage of topics in a fashion that lends itself to customization to suit the instructor’s orientation in course scope and delivery.Suitable for second year to graduate level courses in CAD, CAM, and computational geometry, the text is intended for the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering audience and serves as an excellent reference for professionals. ... Read more

Book Description
Engineering Drawing with CAD Applications is ideal for any engineering student, needing a user-friendly step-by-step guide to draughting, sketching and drawing. Fully revised to take into account developments in computer aided drawing, and to keep up with British Standards, this guide remains an ideal introduction to the subject. It provides readers with the basic knowledge and skills of draughting and takes them on to more interesting and advanced engineering drawing techniques and procedures.


This latest revision of Ostrowsky's popoular Engineering Drawing represents a comprehensive introductory course in engineering drawing and sketching, and is sutiable for a wide range of college and university engineering students. The author concentrates on the techniques fundamental to effective drawing, key knowledge that is needed wether the drawings are carried out by hand, or via a CAD package. Copious illustrations and a clear, step-by-step approach make this book ideal for distance learning and assignment-based study.

Fully revised to meet current British StandardsOver 280 test questions with selected answersMore than 800 drawing examples ... Read more

Book Description
This unique book combines coverage of both mechanical andelectrical drafting.The book combines coverage of both basicmechanical/manual drafting techniques and electrical drafting techniques in asingle volume. The book introduces AutoCAD Release 13 commands, both DOS andWindows, in the electrical/electronic portion of the book. It presentselectronic component outlines, symbols, schematics and printed circuit boardtechniques. Every chapter includes exercises and projects. Appropriate for readers interested in Drafting, Electrical Drafting,Drawing and Sketching. ... Read more

Book Description
CAD Principles for Architectural Design is aimed at design students and practitioners interested in understanding how CAD is used in architectural practice. This book makes connections between the basic operations that are common to most CAD systems, and their use in practice on actual architectural design projects.




The ways in which CAD is integrated into the design processes of several leading edge practices is illustrated. Arising from these case studies is the emergence of a contemporary phenomenon of integrated CAD, in which all aspects of design schemes are brought together within computational frameworks that support the analysis of design proposals.

Szalapaj's view of CAD is one in which computers constitute a medium in which designers can express design ideas, rather than viewing computers as problem solving machines. For creative designers to successfully exploit CAD technology, CAD systems should reflect designers' intuitions as described by designers themselves

*Learn how to express your design ideas in CAD
*Understand the principles of CAD that are essential to all architects
*Turns theory into practice with an international range of contemporary architectural projects ... Read more

Product Description
This study covers the world outlook for CAD/CAM/CAE software across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-à-vis others. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each country and across countries, latent demand estimates are created. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved. ... Read more

Book Description
A reliable, concise guide to computer-aided design and manufacturing
Positioned to be the leading book of its kind in the field, Digital Design and Manufacturing explains the ins and outs of CAD/CAM technologies and how these tools can be used to model and manufacture building components and industrial design products. It offers a comprehensive overview of the field and expertly addresses a broad range of recent initiatives and other issues related to the design of parts and assemblies for automated manufacturing and assembly.
Digital Design and Manufacturing presents the latest technical coverage of how to implement CAD/CAM technologies into the design process, including the broad range of software, computer numerical control (CNC) machines, manufacturing processes, and prototyping necessary. Insightful case studies are integrated throughout from the works of Frank Gehry, Bernard Franken, Raphael Vinoly, and many other leading architects. Product design case studies are also presented.
Students and professional architects will find techniques for going from representation to production, while avoiding the pitfalls of traditional manufacturing and allowing for the design and production of complex, free-form components that have been too expensive to use practically-until now.
Companion Web site: www.wiley.com/go/schodek ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Excellent book...
I have been enjoying the breadth and depth of CAD/CAM Applications in Architecture and Design for the past few weeks.This book does an extraordinarily good job at covering not only the current state of the art in CAD/CAM work, but provides a captivating look at the development of various mechanical production solutions dating back from power looms and early machining tools.

As an educator at Carnegie Mellon University, this book provides a remarkably useful overview of most aspects of this field - an area that is sure to define the future of architecture, since 3D imaging is only recently able to be directly fabricated with machines that permit tolerances of complex forms to within thousandths of an inch.

We are surely entering a new era of production with tremendous implications for architecture.Those familiar with the techniques possible will be able to create forms that were hitherto only imagined.This thoughtful book is an excellent introduction to those curious about this phenomenon.

*THE* Textbook for Digital Builders
I've been waiting for a book like this to come along! Finally a comprehensive report on knowledge of building techniques that exploit digital tools. This textbook will be a required resource for both engineers and designer/architects. Excellent for anyone trying to grasp the creative implications of the new tools.Full of excellent case studies in product development, architectural design and structural engineering that show behind-the-scenes photos and sequential diagrams. In addition to the cutting-edge technologies, this book surveys the more tried and true manufacturing processes too. ... Read more