This textbook contains a series of ten tutorial style lessons designed to introduce students to AutoCAD 2008. The new improvements and key enhancements of the software are incorporated into the lessons. Students will learn to use the AutoCAD Heads-up Design^TM interface, which means the students will learn to focus on the design, not on the keyboard. 

Instructor resources:  PowerPoint presentations

To download pre-made PowerPoint files provided by the author that go with this textbook, click here

This CD will change the way you teach CAD!

Each book comes bundled with a CD presenting a multimedia version of the tutorial exercises contained in the book. Students see the AutoCAD 2008 interface, menu picks, and models that are created while a voice overlay explains the design activities.

AutoCAD 2008 is not required to run the CD. Students, while at home, will become acquainted with the AutoCAD interface and design process.

  Why Use a MultiMedia Textbook? 

To download the text of chapter 1 (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format) and a sample from the MultiMedia CD, click on the link below: 

Sample Chapter:	Chapter 1
Multimedia Sample:	AVI File

  For the complete table of contents, click here.

Introduction: Getting Started
1. AutoCAD Fundamentals
2. Basic Object Construction Tools
3. Geometric Construction and Editing Tools
4. Object Properties and Organization
5. Orthographic Views in Multiview Drawings
6. Basic Dimensioning and Notes
7. Templates and Plotting
8. Auxiliary Views and Editing with GRIPS
9. Section Views
10. Assembly Drawings and Blocks

297 pages

See also:
AutoCAD 2008 Tutorial - Second Level: 3D Modeling

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ACAD 2009 Tutorial
ISBN:  978-1-58503-433-8

ACAD 2009 Tutorial (including 180-day version of AutoCAD 2009)
ISBN:  978-1-58503-441-3

ACAD 2008 Tutorial
ISBN:  978-1-58503-361-4

ACAD 2007 Tutorial
ISBN:  978-1-58503-284-6

ACAD 2006 Tutorial
ISBN:  978-1-58503-228-0

ACAD 2005 Tutorial
ISBN:  978-1-58503-199-3