This authoritative book dominates the market by offering the best coverage of basic graphics principles and an unmatched set of fully machine able working drawings. Its practical, well illustrated, step-by-step explanations of procedures have successfully trained users for 60 years, and continue to appeal to today's visually oriented learners. Specific chapter topics include graphic language and design, introduction to CAD geometric constructions, sketching and shape description, multiview projection, revolutions., manufacturing design and processes, dimensioning, tolerancing, reproduction and control of drawings, axonometric projection, oblique projection, parallelism and perpendicularity, intersections., developments, line and plane tangencies, and graphical vector analysis. For individuals interested in the fields of engineering graphics and technical drawing, drafting, and sketching.

ABOUT THIS BOOK Over the last 60 years, Engineering Graphicshas taught well over a million students the practices and techniques of graphical communication. Both instructors and their students have come to depend on this text as the authority on the subject, and most students have used this book as a professional reference long after they have finished taking this course. Why has this book been so successful? First, the main goal of the text has always been to explain each principle so clearly that the student is certain to understand it, and to make the text interesting enough to encourage all students to read and study on their own. Second, this book has also had what is unquestionably the best, most detailed, and accurate set of drawings on the market. A student skilled with this book's drawings will have a full repertoire of graphical skills in his or her hands. Lastly, Engineering Graphicscontinually has sought to address the new technologies and the skills that constantly change this field. By doing so, this text prepares students to enter the marketplace and face the challenges of a rapidly changing playing field. THE EIGHTH EDITION This eighth edition Engineering Graphicscontinues to offer the best coverage of basic graphics principles available. Edition after edition, this text serves as the authoritative source on the subject. With this new version, we have acted upon the requests of over 10 reviewers and 75 survey respondents to improve certain aspects of the book while preserving its core presentation. In particular, this new volume features: Over 75 new screen captures and illustrations reflecting new graphics technologies. All art has also been accuracy checked thoroughly by Professor Gerald Bacza of Fairmont State College. New four-color insert--this insert presents 14 key figures from the text in four-color format, including key, classic "Giesecke" instructional figures. Major revisions and additions to Introduction to CAD--Chapter 2, Manufacturing Design and Processes--Chapter 10, Design and Working Drawings-Chapter 14, and Drawing Reproduction, Control, and the Internet--Chapter 15. Seven new Graphics Spotlight boxes on topics such as Solid Modeling, Virtual Reality, Factory Modeling, Electric Car Design, and the innovative Segway Human Transporter. 50 new end-of-chapter drawing problems featuring parts that come from a variety of industries. New and improved text layout and design. Updated website http://www.prenhall.com/giesecke. Updated to contain Over 35 large format, Flash and Windows Media Player animations of concepts keyed to sections/ figures in the text. Self-grading concept questions: T or F, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank questions. Essay review questions: answer questions from the text on-line and email to an instructor. Reference chapters on graphs, alignment charts, empirical equations, and graphical mathematics, chapter summaries and objectives. Links: a robust links section on CAD and technical drawing. PowerPoint and PDF files of art from the text. eDrawings: a new solid modeling technology that lets you view, rotate, and annotate solid models without any special software.