This text is appropriate for Introductory and Intermediate AutoCAD courses. Embracing the full capabilities of this powerful program, AUTOCAD 2011 IN 3D: A MODERN APPROACH offers a complete guide to the creation and modification of 3D models. Using simple language and descriptive illustrations, it provides a foundation in the three basic modeling techniques and includes chapters on generating drawings, outputs and rendering. Each chapter is filled with aids to increase understanding-from command grids to job skills sections, to icons that show AutoCAD's 2011 enhancements. Comprehensive projects, tutorials and exercises are geared to specific disciplines and help students develop an understanding of this software's potential in their own professional life.