Workplace Skills for Success with AutoCAD 2009: Basics

With a focus on fundamental skill development, AutoCAD Workskills for Success with AutoCAD 2009- Basics is designed around the “Draw-Modify-Dimension-Print” cycle and focuses on the drawing skills needed to produce 2 dimensional drawings. Taking a layered learning approach, it builds skills gradually rather than overwhelming readers immediately with numerous commands or procedures. Projects, assignments, examples and tutorials draw from the fields of architecture, mechanical engineering and civil engineering. Complete with a resource disk and companion website, the book emphasizes both knowledge and productivity as the means for being successful in the workplace.

With a focus on fundamental skill development, AutoCAD Workskills for Success with AutoCAD 2009- Basics is designed around the “Draw-Modify-Dimension-Print” cycle and focuses on the drawing skills needed to produce 2 dimensional drawings. Taking a layered learning approach, it builds skills gradually rather than overwhelming readers immediately with numerous commands or procedures. Projects, assignments, examples and tutorials draw from the fields of architecture, mechanical engineering and civil engineering. Complete with a resource disk and companion website, the book emphasizes both knowledge and productivity as the means for being successful in the workplace.

Gary Koser has worked in the CAD and engineering fields for over 30 years. Starting out in industry as a project engineer, Gary began teaching CAD-related courses in the corporate setting and currently teaches at Indian River Community College. He's the author of numerous papers, articles, and manuals including "NRCS AutoCIVIL Training Tutorial" and "Productivity and Profitability of Structural Engineering Systems", and has been featured on WQCS Radio Technology Minute discussing AutoCAD. In 2002 Gary recieved the Golden Medalion Award for Teaching Excellence at IRCC and the Johnson Endowed Chair.