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New edition of a standard for 60 years, this text describes the practices and techniques of graphical communication. All aspects of technical drawing are described and pictured, from oblique projection and tolerancing to how to sharpen a pencil. Much attention is given to CAD, and all drawings are ANSI standard. -- Copyright © 1999 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR All rights reserved


Book Description
This book's practical, well illustrated, step-by-step explanations of procedures have successfully trained users for 60 years, and continue to appeal to today's visually oriented users. This book offers the best coverage of basic graphics principles and an unmatched set of fully machinable working drawings. For professions that utilize the skills of engineering graphics/technical drawing and drafting/technical sketching.


Book Info
Discusses the vagaries of technical drawing, offering the best coverage of basic graphics principles available. Includes coverage of 3D solid modeling, and parametric and constraintbased modeling. DLC: Mechanical drawing.


Card catalog description
"The Eleventh Edition of Technical Drawing continues to offer the best coverage of basic graphics principles available. With this new edition, we have acted upon the requests of over 30 reviewers to improve certain aspects of the book while preserving its core presentation. In particular, the new edition features greatly increased coverage of design process in chapter 14. This chapter now includes coverage of 3-D Solid modeling, and parametric or constraint based modeling; thoroughly revised chapter on manufacturing processes; over 50 new problems; material on Instrumental Drawing and Lettering condensed to one chapter; new coverage of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing; extensive updating of text graphics to comply to most recent ANSI standards; and new "Graphics Spotlights" feature that highlights a particular use of graphics in industry."--BOOK JACKET.


The publisher, Prentice-Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics
Technical Drawing is the authoritative text on drawing and graphics-- its complete coverage has successfully trained students for 60 years and still dominates the market. Technical Drawing has the best set of fully machinable working drawings--now updated to reflect current ANSI standards. The Tenth Edition has been redesigned to appeal to today's visually oriented students, but retains the practical step-by-step explanations of procedures and excellent problems that has made this book so successful in past editions.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This book's practical, well illustrated, step-by-step explanations of procedures have successfully trained users for 60 years, and continue to appeal to today's visually oriented users. This book offers the best coverage of basic graphics principles and an unmatched set of fully machinable working drawings. For professions that utilize the skills of engineering graphics/technical drawing and drafting/technical sketching.

FROM THE CRITICS

Booknews

New edition of a standard for 60 years, this text describes the practices and techniques of graphical communication. All aspects of technical drawing are described and pictured, from oblique projection and tolerancing to how to sharpen a pencil. Much attention is given to CAD, and all drawings are ANSI standard. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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