After introducing first principles and the creation of 2D technical drawings, he goes on to demonstrate construction of 3D solid, surface model drawings and rendering. Suitable for all new users of AutoCAD, this book is especially true for vocational courses and introductory graduate level in engineering and construction. Further Education students in the UK will find the book an ideal to serve the City & Guilds 4353 and 2303 qualifications and relevant CAD units of BTEC National and BTEC Higher National Engineering and Construction schemes from Edexcel. Readers will also be able to visit a free companion website at http://books.elsevier.com/companions/9781856178686, where they will find working solutions and AutoCAD drawing files of stages and results for the exercises in the book, as well as further exercises and questions with multiple choice answers. Worked examples and exercises throughout the book using this link AutoCAD to real-world engineering practice