Walkthrough

The following features were designed to provide easy navigation and quick reference for students and professionals who look to Giesecke both as a helpfully-organized teaching text and a lasting reference.

Chapter Opener

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“Spotlight” Sections

These sections add background information for key topics.

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“Foundations” Section

This introductory section covers the chapter topic’s usage and importance, visualization tips, and theory related to the drawing and modeling techniques.

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“Detail” Section

This is the “brass tacks” of the book, where detailed techniques, variations, and examples are organized into quick-read sections, numbered for easy reference.

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“Step by Step” Activities

Complicated processes are shown as step-by-step activities with each illustration right next to the text that explains it.

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“CAD at Work”

CAD at Work sections break out examples related to using the 2D or 3D CAD model to generate drawings.

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“Industry Case”

Several industry practitioners share their approaches to modeling and documenting design.

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“Portfolio”

These pages offer examples of finished drawings showing real-world application of topics presented.

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Solid Model Visualization Art

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Illustrations

Colored callouts differentiate explanatory text from annotations in technical drawings. Consistent use of color helps differentiate the meaning of projection lines, fold lines, and other drawing elements. A color key is provided for easy reference.

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Color Key for Instructional Art

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Chapter Review

Each chapter ends with Key Words, a Chapter Summary, and Review Questions.

Chapter Exercises

The Giesecke problem sets feature updated exercises including plastic and sheet metal parts, constraint-based modeling, sketching problems, and reverse engineering projects.

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