Synopses & Reviews
Graphics for Engineers, Sixth Edition, is designed to help students expand their creative talents and communicate their ideas effectively using AutoCAD 2002. 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 sixth edition include:
- New coverage of AutoCAD 2002
- 30% new or redrawn illustrations. 100% new screen captures.
- Text streamlined from last edition by 10%
- 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 on the inside back cover.
Synopsis
This book is designed to help students expand their creative talents and communicate their ideas effectively. Its layout, format, and content have been tested to make it user friendly. Readers who use this text will learn ANSI standards, techniques to prepare working drawings, the solution of 3D problems and graphical analysis, and the use of graphics as a medium of design. For professions that involve engineering graphics and technical drawings.
Synopsis
This book is designed to help students expand their creative talents and communicate their ideas effectively. Its layout, format, and content have been tested to make it user friendly. Readers who use this text will learn ANSI standards, techniques to prepare working drawings, the solution of 3D problems and graphical analysis, and the use of graphics as a medium of design. For professions that involve engineering graphics and technical drawings.
About the Author
James H. Earle is a recognized authority in the field of engineering graphics. He received the bachelor of architecture and Ph.D. degrees in education from Texas A&M, where he has taught engineering design graphics since 1957. His books have introduced the concepts and techniques of engineering graphics to over half a million students.
Table of Contents
1. Engineering and Technology.
2. The Design Process.
3. Problem Identification.
4. Preliminary Ideas.
5. Refinement.
6. Design Analysis.
7. Decision.
8. Implementation.
9. Design Problems.
10. Drawing Instruments.
11. Lettering.
12. Geometric Construction.
13. Freehand Sketching.
14. Orthographic Drawing with Instruments.
15. Primary Auxiliary Views.
16. Sections.
17. Screws, Fasteners, and Springs.
18. Materials and Processes.
19. Dimensioning.
20. Tolerances.
21. Welding.
22. Working Drawings.
23. Reproduction of Drawings.
24. Three-Dimensional Pictorials.
25. Graphs.
26. AutoCAD Computer Graphics.
27. Three-Dimensional Modeling.