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Up and Running with AutoCAD 2026

2D and 3D Drawing, Design and Modeling

Up and Running with AutoCAD 2026: 2D and 3D Drawing, Design and Modeling presents a combination of step-by-step instructions, examples, and insightful explanations. The book emphas… Read more

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Description

Up and Running with AutoCAD 2026: 2D and 3D Drawing, Design and Modeling presents a combination of step-by-step instructions, examples, and insightful explanations. The book emphasizes core concepts and practical application of AutoCAD in engineering, architecture, and design. Equally useful in instructor-led classroom training, self-study, or as a professional reference, the book is written by a long-time AutoCAD professor and instructor with the user in mind.

Key features

  • Strips away complexities and reduces AutoCAD® to easy-to-understand, basic concepts
  • Teaches the essentials of operating AutoCAD® to help build student confidence
  • Documents commands with step-by-step explanations, including what the student needs to type in and how AutoCAD® responds
  • Combines 2D and 3D content in one affordable volume

Readership

Students taking drafting/engineering drawing courses in engineering and engineering technology programs

Table of contents

1. AutoCAD Fundamentals -

Part I

2. AutoCAD Fundamentals -

Part II Spotlight On: Architecture

3. Layers, Colors, Linetypes, and Properties

4. Text, Mtext, Editing and Style Spotlight On: Mechanical Engineering

5. Hatch Patterns

6. Dimensions Spotlight On: Electrical Engineering

7. Blocks, Wblocks, Dynamics Blocks, Groups, and Purge

8. Polar, Rectangular, and Path Arrays Spotlight On: Interior Design

9. Basic Printing and Output

10. Advanced Output - Paper Space Spotlight On: Civil Engineering

11. Advanced Linework

12. Advanced Layers Spotlight On: Aerospace Engineering

13. Advanced Dimensions

14. Options, Shortcuts, CUI, Design Center, and Express Tools Spotlight On: Chemical Engineering

15. Advanced Design and File Management Tools

16. Importing and Exporting Data Spotlight On: Biomedical Engineering

17. External References (Xrefs)

18. Attributes Spotlight On: Drafting CAD Management, Teaching, and Consulting

19. Advanced Output and Pen Settings

20. Isometric Drawing

21. 3D Basics

22. Object Manipulation

23. Boolean Operations Primitives

24. Solid Modeling

25. Advanced Solids, Faces, and Edges

26. Surfaces and Meshes

27. Slicing, Sectioning, Layouts, and Vports

28. Advanced UCS, Views, Text and Dimensions in 3D

29. Dview, Camera, Walk and Fly, Path Animation
​​​​​​​30. Lighting and Rendering

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About the authors

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Robert C. Kaebisch

Robert Kaebisch is a professional licensed architect and instructor in the Construction Sciences Group: Architectural/Structural Engineering Technician Program at Gateway Technical College. He teaches a variety of courses including and related to: architecture, construction, residential design and code, commercial design and code, mechanical systems, conflict resolution in construction and building inspections. He teaches a variety of different software in those courses including AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp and MS-Office products.
Affiliations and expertise
Licensed Architect; Instructor, Construction Sciences Group: Architectural/Structural Engineering Technician Program, Gateway Technical College, Kenosha, Racine, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, USA

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Elliot J. Gindis

Elliot Gindis is the founding author of the Up and Running with AutoCAD series of textbooks. He is a former AutoCAD drafter and designer who got his start in New York City in 1996 and has logged in over 25,000 hours of screen time with a wide variety of architecture and engineering companies. From 1999 to 2008 he was on staff with the Pratt Institute of Design and as visiting instructor at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), teaching beginner, intermediate, and advanced (3D) AutoCAD classes. He was also the president of Vertical Technologies Consulting and Design, an AutoCAD training firm, and has advised, consulted, or assisted more than 60 companies nationwide in using and optimizing AutoCAD. Elliot was part of the AutoDesk Developers Network and was a Certified Technical Trainer. He published the first edition of the Up and Running textbook with Elsevier in 2010, and has supported each subsequent edition until 2020, when Robert Kaebisch took over full-time. Elliot currently resides in the Los Angeles area, and is an engineer in the defense industry.
Affiliations and expertise
Former President, Vertical Technologies Consulting and Design, Lancaster, CA, USA

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