A Tutorial Guide to Mechanical Desktop 5 Powerpack

Book excerpt: For courses in AutoCAD and Mechanical Desktop. A Tutorial Guide to Mechanical Desktop provides a step-by-step introduction to this software, with commands taught 'in context'. Lockhart begins this book providing step-by-step instructions using commands and techniques. Later, individual steps are no longer provided, and readers are asked to apply what they have learned by completing sequences on their own. Carefully developed pedagogy reinforces the cumulative learning approach and supports readers in becoming skilled Mechanical Desktop users. *A great book for self/independent study. Teaches students with little help from professor. *Simple step-by-step project builds on itself throughout the chapters. *Review Questions-Addresses key concepts and the use of procedures from the chapter, and also serve as a summary of key topics. *The Command Summary-Summarizes the commands in the chapter by linking the English term used for an action to the actual MDT command name needed to find the command in on-line help. *Proven author-A lot of people know and like Shawna Lockhart. *Website with Starter drawings.