A Practical Guide to AutoCAD 3D Design

Trevor Bousfield is a consultant engineer with 48 years' experience in engineering including the post of Senior Designer for Vickers Ltd. He is Chief Regional (Yorkshire) External Verifier for C&G AutoCAD courses and Senior Examiner for GCSE Design and Communication. He was formerly the Head of Industrial Engineering and Curriculum Manager at York College of Further and Higher Education, and has written numerous articles for CADuser Magazine.

Preface.PART 1: A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO 3D DESIGN User coordinate system Exercise 1. Simple wire frame construction Exercise 2. Simple surface model construction Exercise 3. Simple solid model construction Exercise 4. Lines in space and true lengths Exercise 5. Customised solutions to 3D design Summary of the basic rules of 3D design PART 2: EXERCIES IN SURFACE/ SOLID MODELLING Exercise 1. Office desk design Exercise 2. 3DMAN: surface modelling Exercise 3. Garage design Exercise 4. Vice body design Exercise 5. Model space, paper space and viewports Exercise 6. 3D views: parallel and perspective Exercise 7. Point translation (3D view) Exercise 8. Parametric design using a script file Exercise 9. 3D in focus: graphical solutions to engineering problems Exercise 10. Storage tank design Exercise 11. Car design: mesh editing Exercise 12. Piston and cylinder design Exercise 13. 'up the twist' (square thread) Exercise 14. Steam engine design project PART 3: DESIGN PROJECT Design of a simple biological microscope Appendix A Automated solutions Appendix B Teaching aid for thin lens ray diagrams Appendix C Automatic spiral Index