Cad Guidebook: A Basic Manual for Understanding and Improving Computer-Aided Design

The CAD
Guidebook
A Basic Manual for
Understanding and Improving
Computer-Aided Design

Stephen J. Schoonmaker

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MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING

A
Series
of
Textbooks
and
Reference
Books

Founding
Editor

L.
L.
Faulkner

Columbus
Division,
Battelle
Memorial
Institute
and
Department
of
Mechanical
Engineering

The
Ohio
State
University

Columbus,
Ohio

1.
Spring
Designer's
Handbook,
Harold
Carlson

2.
Computer-Aided
Graphics
and
Design,
Daniel
L.
Ryan

3.
Lubrication
Fundamentals,
J.
George
Wills

4.
Solar
Engineering
for
Domestic
Buildings,
William
A.
Himmelman

5.
Applied
Engineering
Mechanics:
Statics
and
Dynamics,
G.
Boothroyd
and
C.
Poli
6.
Centrifugal
Pump
Clinic,
Igor
J.
Karassik

7.
Computer-Aided
Kinetics
for
Machine
Design,
Daniel
L.
Ryan

8.
Plastics
Products
Design
Handbook,
Part
A:
Materials
and
Components;
Part
B:

Processes
and
Design
for
Processes,
edited
by
Edward
Miller

9.
Turbomachinery:
Basic
Theory
and
Applications,
Earl
Logan,
Jr.

10.
Vibrations
of
Shells
and
Plates,
Werner
Soedel

11.
Flat
and
Corrugated
Diaphragm
Design
Handbook,
Mario
Di
Giovanni

12.
Practical
Stress
Analysis
in
Engineering
Design,
Alexander
Blake

13.
An
Introduction
to
the
Design
and
Behavior
of
Bolted
Joints,
John
H.
Bickford
14.
Optimal
Engineering
Design:
Principles
and
Applications,
James
N.
Siddall
15.
Spring
Manufacturing
Handbook,
Harold
Carlson

16.
Industrial
Noise
Control:
Fundamentals
and
Applications,
edited
by
Lewis
H.
Bell
17.
Gears
and
Their
Vibration:
A
Basic
Approach
to
Understanding
Gear
Noise,
J.

Derek
Smith

18.
Chains
for
Power
Transmission
and
Material
Handling:
Design
and
Applications

Handbook,
American
Chain
Association

19.
Corrosion
and
Corrosion
Protection
Handbook,
edited
by
Philip
A.
Schweitzer
20.
Gear
Drive
Systems:
Design
and
Application,
Peter
Lynwander

21.
Controlling
In-Plant
Airborne
Contaminants:
Systems
Design
and
Calculations,
John

D.
Constance

22.
CAD/CAM
Systems
Planning
and
Implementation,
Charles
S.
Knox

23.
Probabilistic
Engineering
Design:
Principles
and
Applications,
James
N.
Siddall
24.
Traction
Drives:
Selection
and
Application,
Frederick
W.
Heilich
III
and
Eugene
E.

Shube

25.
Finite
Element
Methods:
An
Introduction,
Ronald
L.
Huston
and
Chris
E.
Passerello
26.
Mechanical
Fastening
of
Plastics:
An
Engineering
Handbook,
Brayton
Lincoln,

Kenneth
J.
Gomes,
and
James
F.
Braden

27.
Lubrication
in
Practice:
Second
Edition,
edited
by
W.
S.
Robertson

28.
Principles
of
Automated
Drafting,
Daniel
L.
Ryan

29.
Practical
Seal
Design,
edited
by
Leonard
J.
Martini

30.
Engineering
Documentation
for
CAD/CAM
Applications,
Charles
S.
Knox

31.
Design
Dimensioning
with
Computer
Graphics
Applications,
Jerome
C.
Lange
32.
Mechanism
Analysis:
Simplified
Graphical
and
Analytical
Techniques,
Lyndon
O.

Barton

33.
CAD/CAM
Systems:
Justification,
Implementation,
Productivity
Measurement,

Edward
J.
Preston,
George
W.
Crawford,
and
Mark
E.
Coticchia

34.
Steam
Plant
Calculations
Manual,
V.
Ganapathy

35.
Design
Assurance
for
Engineers
and
Managers,
John
A.
Burgess

36.
Heat
Transfer
Fluids
and
Systems
for
Process
and
Energy
Applications,
Jasbir
Singh

37.
Potential
Flows:
Computer
Graphic
Solutions,
Robert
H.
Kirchhoff

38.
Computer-Aided
Graphics
and
Design:
Second
Edition,
Daniel
L.
Ryan

39.
Electronically
Controlled
Proportional
Valves:
Selection
and
Application,
Michael
J.

Tonyan,
edited
by
Tobi
Goldoftas

40.
Pressure
Gauge
Handbook,
AMETEK,
U.S.
Gauge
Division,
edited
by
Philip
W.

Harland

41.
Fabric
Filtration
for
Combustion
Sources:
Fundamentals
and
Basic
Technology,
R.

P.
Donovan