Subjects:  1. CAD-CAM - General    2. Cad/Cam    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computers    5. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    6. Fiction - General    7. General    8. Technical & Manufacturing Trades    9. Technical Illustration    10. AutoCAD    11. Computer aided design (CAD)    12. Computers / CAD-CAM / General   

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NOVICE TO INTERMEDIATE
Very good book for the price.Definitely the buy for someone who has some autocad background.However, I did find the book to be somewhat to broad in its examples.I think the author would have done much better if he had limited his scope of example to either residential or commercial.The residential examples were not very specific and were only understood if one read the commercial examples first.Being that I only design residential, it is a great resource in describing the different tools and commands available in the program.

A tremendous help
My firm recently upgraded from 2002 to 2006 and it's been an ordeal.We've decided to use the project navigator's full functionallity and this book has been a wonderfull reference for the methodology behind it.I'd recommend this book to anyone doing the same.

An excellent tutorial
As usual, Paul's latest Mastering ADT book is a must-have for anyone needing to learn how to use ADT in a real-world scenario. Rather than just another useless listing of commands and features, it is a process-oriented series of tutorials that walk users through example projects with plenty of coverage of the "why" as well as the "how to". As an ADT instructor and consultant, I recommend it to all of my students and customers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architectural Drawing    2. AutoCAD    3. Autodesk Architectural desktop    4. CAD-CAM - General    5. Computer Books: Desktop Publish    6. Computer-aided design    7. Computers    8. Design & Drafting    9. Desktop Publishing    10. Desktop Publishing - General    11. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Architecture    14. Technology / Engineering / General   

Subjects:  1. CAD-CAM - AutoCad    2. CAD-CAM - General    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computers    5. Computers - Desktop Publishing    6. Reference - General    7. Technology / Drafting & Mechanical Drawing   

Subjects:  1. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    2. General    3. Mechanical drawing    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technical & Manufacturing Trades    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Computer aided design (CAD)    9. Engineering graphics & technical drawing    10. Technology / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades   

Subjects:  1. Damping (Mechanics)    2. Engineering - Civil    3. Engineering - Industrial    4. Engineering - Mechanical    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Mechanics - General    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Structural Analysis (Engineering)    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Vibration    12. Vibrations Of Mechanical Systems    13. Viscoelastic materials    14. Dynamics & vibration    15. Mechanical engineering    16. Reference works    17. Technology / Drafting & Mechanical Drawing   

Subjects:  1. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. Human mechanics    4. Kinesiology    5. Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology    6. Motor ability    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Mechanical Engineering & Materials    11. Technology / Drafting & Mechanical Drawing   

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Example-A-Thon
I was expecting a book which showed you how to draw beautiful plans and explain the techniques used to produce these drawings.Instead this book hardly touched upon the techniques. This book is nothing more than a collection of copied architectural drawings bound together for display.

A Professional Review
I teach Visual Communications at a College of Architecture and find that the 5th edition is a book that is an absolute necessity for anyone planning a future in architecture or landscape architecture.The selection of workrepresents a great variety of graphic communication techniques for thestudent and professional to review.The work is slanted to site issues,but can only help to reinforce the integration of site and structure. Notonly does it present a variety of techniques, but also a collection ofideas that the student can learn from.It is also a great resource for thepracticing professional.I use both this book and Color Drawing by Doylein my course and find they make an excellent pair. Read more

Subjects:  1. Architectural drawing    2. Architecture    3. Design & Drafting    4. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    5. Architecture / Design & Drafting    6. Graphic design   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Design & Drafting    3. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    4. Drafting Technology    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Structural drawing    7. Technical & Manufacturing Trades    8. Technology    9. Technical design    10. Technology / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades   

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Great Tool
I use ACAD 200 daily.My copy of this book is quite dog eared and probably needs to be replaced.I am almost constantly thinking of ways that I could get my ACAD 2000 program to work better with me.This book isextremely helpful for me to do that.I have found this book to be laid outwell and has a VERY extensive index so that I can find out how to do what Iwant to do.I recommend very strongly that anyone that uses ACAD 2000 on aregular basis to have this book in their library and within reach.

Great AutoCAD tutorial and reference! Includes AutoCAD on CD
This is an excellent tutorial for AutoCAD 2000 and also a great reference.I find that it is very comprehensive and is a valuable reference for programming and customizing AutoCAD 2000.As a bonus this book had a 30day trial full version of AutoCAD in back on CD-ROM.Great value! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. AutoCAD    2. CAD-CAM - AutoCad    3. CAD-CAM - General    4. Computer Books: General    5. Computer Graphics - General    6. Computer graphics    7. Computers    8. Computers - Desktop Publishing    9. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    10. Computer aided design (CAD)   

Reviews (8)

The "For Dummies" editors need to learn how to write!!!
In my pursuit to learn AutoCAD as quickly as I can, I have purchased the three main tutorial books for AutoCAD 2004.
This is a great book
AutoCAD is one of the most complex and powerful programs I have ever seen.It's necessary to understand some potentially intimidating concepts, like paper space, xrefs and plotting procedures. After reading previous reviews of this book, I suspect the reviewers may have been disillusioned when they didn't understand everything about the program after reading part of the book.
...to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous criticism!
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Subjects:  1. AutoCAD    2. CAD-CAM - General    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computer Graphics - Design    5. Computer graphics    6. Computers    7. Computers - Desktop Publishing    8. Desktop Publishing - General    9. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    10. Computer aided design (CAD)    11. Computers / Computer Graphics / Design   

Reviews (23)

Great Supplement
I took an Autocad class and learned the basics of the program.This book helped my knowledge to grow beyoond the basics and helped me to use the 3d portion of the program.It is a great resource!

Excellent guide!
I have worked with previous AutoCad versions along with Desktop 3.3 and this book made the transition from those programs to Desktop 2005 a lot easier.2005 has so many shortcuts and components and this book gives step-by-step examples that really speed up the process.I recommend this book to anyone who is advancing to the new Desktop 2005 software.

Great Book!!!
If you're an architect that already knows AutoCAD well, this is a good book to transition into ADT. It covers the basic structure of ADT and setting up projects in step by step tutorials for both residential and commercial projects.
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Subjects:  1. Architectural drawing    2. AutoCAD    3. Autodesk Architectural desktop    4. Computer Books: Desktop Publish    5. Computer-aided design    6. Computers    7. Computers - Other Applications    8. Desktop Publishing - General    9. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    10. General    11. Miscellaneous Software    12. Desktop publishing software    13. Technology / Engineering / General   

Reviews (27)

Are you just starting yours studies at IA now?
I have to ask you a question - "Are you just starting yours studies at IA now?". If yes, probably this book will help you. It's easy to read, small and fun. A really nice overview about IA and even usability. You could spend a lot of time reading the polar bear book, and I recommend that, but start reading this book is a nice idea too.
A Good Overview of IA
I'm a web developer and have always been fascinated with the interaction of humans and web sites, and this book does an excellent job of explaining the subject in simple terms while addressing more complex issues, as well. I read this book back in 2003 when it was first published and, not being an information architect, was happy to find it spoke to my level of knowledge.
Good overview/introduction to IA
This book is a pretty quick read and a very good overview/introduction to the field of information architecture and HCI methods in general.Wodtke covers wireframes, content inventories, usability testing, interviewing users, heuristics, metadata, personas/scenarios, human memory, the concept of recall vs. recognition, and many other topics.After having a year of graduate coursework in HCI, I'm not sure I really learned anything new from this book but it was a really good refresher.Moreover, there's a diagramming chapter that is excellent.It included examples of some diagrams that I had never tried before and wasn't familiar with.Overall, I would highly recommend this book.It was fun and easy to read and very useful.For me, it will serve as a nice handy "all-in-one" reference guide. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Blueprints And Blueprint Reading    2. Computer - Internet    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computers    5. Desktop Publishing    6. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    7. Information organization    8. Internet - Web Site Design    9. Internet - World Wide Web    10. World Wide Web    11. Computer architecture & logic design    12. Computers / Internet / General    13. Publishing on the Internet    14. World Wide Web (WWW)   

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Highly Recommend
I really like this book.Dr. Raymer has done a terrific job of taking a really complex subject and guiding you through it all in way that makes sense to the average aviation buff or builder.It is a great place to start if you want to learn all about how an aircraft works, how the different parts of an aircraft affect each other, and to inspire your dreams to build your own.Once you are done with this one move on the sister book by Dr. Raymer it will open your eyes even more.

Good introduction to small airplane design.
You will need math, make no mistake about that. You'll also need to have access to an Excel or OpenOffice spread sheet program. This book will give you an appreciation of the complexity and trade offs of small airplane design. This book covers the aero aspect of airplane design. You'll need lots more mechanical engineering knowledge to actually design the airplane hardware. Mechanical engineering is not covered by this book.

A book that serves it purpose well!
This book was very helpful, its goal and purpose where mostly fullfilled. It still leaves some items without comprehensive clarification, requiring you to look them up elsewhere, but I have not seen another book that is better. It is a great resource for beginning your design and obtaining good calculations. I will probably be using this book as a reference for years to come in my design and application, and probably after I obtain my engineering degree. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aeronautics & Astronautics    2. Do-It-Yourself - General    3. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    4. Hobbies/Crafts    5. House & Home    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Fiction / Family Saga    8. Self-Help & Practical Interests   

Reviews (1)

Great for Educational Purposes
This book a good introduction for blueprint reading, there are 2D and 3D drawings that help readers to visualize the information on the drawings.At the end of each chapter are review questions and definitions of key words, which are useful especially for students.Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Blueprints    3. Building    4. Computer-aided design    5. Construction - General    6. Design & Drafting    7. Details    8. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    9. Drawings    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technical & Manufacturing Trades    12. Technology    13. Building construction & materials    14. Technology / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades    15. Technology: General Issues    16. Theory of architecture   

Reviews (3)

new 3rd edition- not as good as 2nd edition...
This new 3rd edition is barely decent, not great. In some ways, it's easily worse than the good 2nd edition(!)...
Visualize your ideas!
Don't worry if you can't draw. The right brain really gets a exercise in this precise exploration of visualization of concrete concepts or large illustrations. Great for jotting down those quick notes. Simple notes through small visual captions which communicate your thoughts to your clients. Master the napkin drawing in minutes. Bring your ideas to life through simple drawing principles explained in Kurt's book.

Really great stuff to get you moving with visual thinking!
This is a new edition of Rapid Viz. It is basically the same in terms of contents as the earlier edition.
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Subjects:  1. Art    2. Design & Drafting    3. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    4. Drawing    5. Techniques - Drawing    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Computers / Interactive Media   

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Becoming very well worn
The downside to technology is that you have to try and keep pace, expecially in CAD technology.This book helps to make the learning curve not quite so steep.It is laid out like the other "Quick Reference" books for ACAD, in alphabetical order, with numeric commands (usually 3d) after 'Z' Perfect reference
A perfect and user friendly book and its a must have reference book especially to whom practicing AutoCAD. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. CAD-CAM - General    2. Computer Graphics - General    3. Computer graphics    4. Design & Drafting    5. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    6. Engineering - General    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. AutoCAD    11. Technology / Engineering / General   

Subjects:  1. CAD-CAM - General    2. Cad/Cam    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computer programs    5. Computer-aided design    6. Computers    7. Computers - General Information    8. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    9. MicroStation    10. Technical & Manufacturing Trades    11. Computers / CAD-CAM / General   

Reviews (2)

Big firm (is there such a thing?) oriented
Ahh...Paul is the master of big thinking.I am by myself with a draftsman, using email.I only used 5% of the stuff, however it was great. The BEAST ADT shines, this is the Rolls polish, someday (when I die) I will put it all in place. :)

CADD Manager gives AOK
this is one case where "It was worth the wait!" Until now the only source i trusted for getting answers for how to deploy ADT3_3 was the Autodesk Newsgroups. What Paul has done here to collect his vast experience and knowledge of the product into a complete thought and then run it through the Autodesk gamut of approval is nothing short of tremendous. Read more

Subjects:  1. Architectural Drawing    2. Autocad    3. CAD-CAM - General    4. Design & Drafting    5. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Technology / Drafting & Mechanical Drawing   

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Advanced Text--Start Somewhere Else First
I spent an hour reviewing this book in a bookstore so I cannot give a complete review. I am presently re-learning AutoCAD; when I knew it, it was known as AutoCAD 11: Windows and AutoCAD did not play together yet.
Delicious!
Normally I don't read books but I devoured this puppy! This is unfortunately not a figure of speech.
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Subjects:  1. AutoCAD    2. CAD-CAM - AutoCad    3. CAD-CAM - General    4. Computer Books: General    5. Computers    6. Computers - General Information    7. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    8. Engineering - General    9. Engineering Design    10. Engineering graphics    11. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

Subjects:  1. CAD-CAM - General    2. Civil Engineering (General)    3. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    4. Engineering - Civil    5. Programming - Systems Analysis & Design    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Surveying    8. Technical & Manufacturing Trades    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Computer aided design (CAD)    12. Technology / Engineering / General