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Autodesk AutoCAD 2013 Practical 3D Drafting and Design

By : JOAO ANTONIO C DOS SANTOS
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2013 Practical 3D Drafting and Design

By: JOAO ANTONIO C DOS SANTOS

Overview of this book

AutoCAD is a computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application. AutoCAD supports both 2D and 3D formats. AutoCAD is used in a range of industries and is utilized by architects, project managers, and engineers, among others."Autodesk AutoCAD 2013 Practical 3D Drafting and Design" will take you beyond the 2D frontier and help you create accurate 3D models that simulate reality. This book is crammed full of creative and practical tutorials which will help you master the third dimension. From exercises on coordinate systems to creating solids and surfaces from 2D, you will wonder how you ever designed without this resource by your side."Autodesk AutoCAD 2013 Practical 3D Drafting and Design" is full of hands-on studies and projects that will help develop your 3D skills. Starting from the assumption of only a very basic knowledge of AutoCAD, this book will help you master 3D visualization and coordinate systems, create 3D models from 2D drawings, and from basic shapes, measure volumes, and other information, obtain 2D construction drawings from 3D models as well as how to apply lights and materials to get photorealistic images.

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Autodesk AutoCAD 2013 Practical 3D Drafting and Design
JOAO ANTONIO C DOS SANTOS
Apr, 2013 | 374 pages
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Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Autodesk AutoCAD 2013 Practical 3D Drafting and Design
Autodesk AutoCAD 2013 Practical 3D Drafting and Design
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Introduction to 3D Design
Introduction to 3D Design
The Z coordinate
Workspaces
Layers, transparency, and other properties
Auxiliary tools
Application of 2D commands
Linear 3D entities
How to create great 3D models
Summary
2
Visualizing 3D Models
Visualizing 3D Models
Zooming, panning, and orbiting
Views and cameras
Visual styles
Walking and flying in a 3D model
Viewports
Summary
3
Coordinate Systems
Coordinate Systems
User coordinate systems
Dynamic coordinate systems
UCS icons
Summary
4
Creating Solids and Surfaces from 2D
Creating Solids and Surfaces from 2D
Creating solids or surfaces
Creating solids and surfaces by extrusion
Creating solids and surfaces by revolution
Creating solids and surfaces with different sections
Creating solids and surfaces along a path
Important variables for solids and surfaces
Summary
5
3D Primitives and Conversions
3D Primitives and Conversions
3D solid primitives
Primitive surfaces
Conversions between 3D objects
Summary
6
Editing in 3D
Editing in 3D
3D editing commands
Editing with grips
Editing subobjects
Summary
7
Editing Solids and Surfaces
Editing Solids and Surfaces
Composite objects
Cutting objects
Filleting and chamfering
Editing solids and surfaces
Editing surfaces
Summary
8
Inquiring the 3D model
Inquiring the 3D model
Measuring points, distances, and angles
Interferences
Volumes and other properties
Summary
9
Documenting a 3D Model
Documenting a 3D Model
Creating 2D drawings from 3D models
Layouts
Views and sections
Associative views
Summary
10
Rendering and Illumination
Rendering and Illumination
Rendering concepts and commands
Scene illumination
Summary
11
Materials and Effects
Materials and Effects
Introduction to materials, textures, and effects
Materials and textures
Effects
Summary
12
Meshes and Surfaces
Meshes and Surfaces
Procedural surfaces
NURBS surfaces
Meshes
Polyface meshes
Surface analysis
Summary
Final Considerations
Final Considerations
Advanced concepts and clues for development
Index
Index

About the Reviewers

Décio Ferreira is an architect, actually working on PFarquitectos, and began working with Autodesk software early. He started his career as an architect using AutoCAD ® R12 and in 2000 began working with three-dimensional tools, such as ADT 2.0 and 3.0 3DS Viz. He adopted Autodesk ® Revit ® Architecture as his main working tool quite early. He is a Certified Instructor (41,920 Approved Instructor) by ATC and ACC, EdiCad Computação Gráfica e Imagem Lda, Portugal. Also, he is part of the technical team CPCis (VAR) as Post Sales Engineer. He is a certified professional in Revit Architecture 2011, 2012, and 2013 and AutoCAD 2011, 2012, and 2013, and has several hours of experience in training, consulting, and implementation of Revit technologies in several Portuguese offices. He is also the moderator of the forum Revitpt (http://www.revitpt.com/) and Revit developer blog in Portugal (http://revit-pt.blogspot.pt/).

Filipe Vila Francisco is a Senior CAD Designer and Certified Instructor. He has been working with AutoCAD since Version 12 and has over 15 years of using Autodesk software.

He is also an expert in AutoCAD and an AutoCAD Certified Associate and Professional since 2008. He is the author of the blog, CAD4MAC and has several blogs about AutoCAD and AutoCAD VBA.

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