AutoCAD 2008 in 3D - A Modern Perspective (Paperback)

Embracing the full capabilities of this powerful program, "AutoCAD in 3D: A Modern Approach "offers a complete guide to the creation and modification of 3D models. Using simple language and descriptive illustrations, it provides a foundation in the three basic modeling techniques and includes chapters on generating drawings, outputs and rendering. Each chapter is filled with aids to increase understanding-from command grids to job skills sections, to icons that show AutoCAD's 2008 enhancements. Comprehensive projects, tutorials and exercises are geared to specific disciplines and help users develop an understanding of this software's potential in their own professional life. KEY TOPICS: Provides readers with features, uses and applications of AutoCAD not always discussed in competing books. Shows how 3D models are used to support new trends in stereolithography prototyping and 3D printing.