AutoCAD 2024 for Engineers and Designers, Basic and Intermediate

AutoCAD 2024 for Engineers and Designers, Basic and Intermediate textbook introduces the readers to AutoCAD 2024, one of the worlds leading designing and drafting packages. In this textbook, the author explains the concepts, tools, and commands in detail with the help of examples. The author has laid special emphasis on the applications of tools and commands to solve the designing and drafting problems. The chapters in the textbook are structured in pedagogical sequence to help the readers understand the concepts faster and learn the capabilities of the software easily and effectively.

1. Introduction to AutoCAD
2. Getting Started with AutoCAD
3. Getting Started with Advanced Sketching
4. Working with Drawing Aids
5. Editing Sketched Objects-I
6. Editing Sketched Objects-II
7. Creating Texts and Tables
8. Basic Dimensioning, Geometric Dimensioning, and Tolerancing
9. Editing Dimensions
10. Dimension Styles, Multileader Styles, and System Variables
11. Hatching Drawings
12. Model Space Viewports, Paper Space Viewports, and Layouts
13. Plotting Drawings
14. Template Drawings
15. Working with Blocks
16. Defining Block Attributes
17. Conventional Dimensioning and Projection Theory Using AutoCAD
18. Concepts of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
19. Isometric Drawings

Prof. Sham Tickoo is currently working as a Professor at Purdue University, USA. He received MS in Industrial Technology from Northern Illinois University, Illinois, USA; MS in Industrial and Management Engineering from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA; and BS in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Srinagar, India. Before joining Purdue University in 1987, Prof. Tickoo has worked as a Design Engineer, Quality Control Engineer, and Software Developer. Prof. Tickoo has authored/co-authored textbooks on several major CAD/CAE/Animation software packages like SolidWorks, CATIA, Pro/Engineer, NX, AutoCAD, Customizing AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, Solid Edge, 3ds Max, 3ds Max Design, Autodesk Inventor, Mechanical Desktop, and VIZ. In addition to North America, his textbooks have been translated and published in Russia, Japan, India, South Korea, and Serbia. Prof. Tickoo has obtained over $24 Million software grant from ANSYS, IBM, and Siemens.