AutoCAD and Its Applications: Advanced 2013 builds upon the fundamental skills and techniques taught in AutoCAD and Its Applications: Basics 2013. The Advanced text provides thorough instruction in 3D drafting/modeling and visualization. It includes comprehensive coverage of solid, surface, and mesh modeling. The text also includes detailed coverage of materials, lighting, rendering, and animation. The teaching package includes more than 120 step-by-step exercises providing hands-on reinforcement of topics covered in the text. Many modeling problems supplement each chapter. Problems are presented as 3D illustrations, actual plotted drawings, and engineering sketches. Materials and rendering chapters are in full color.