Introduction to AutoCAD 2026 for Civil Engineering Applications: Learning to use AutoCAD for Civil Engineering Projects - Softcover

Nighat Yasmin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1630577510 ISBN 13: 9781630577513

Publisher: SDC Publications, 2025

Synopsis

There is an old saying that an engineer describes every idea with a drawing. With the advances in computer technology and drawing software, it has never been easier, or more important, to learn computer aided design. To be effective, however, a drawing must accurately convey your intended meaning and that requires more than just knowing how to use software. This book provides you with a clear presentation of the theory of engineering graphics and the use of Autodesk AutoCAD 2026 as they pertain to civil engineering applications. This combination of theory and its practical application will give you the knowledge and skills necessary to create designs that are accurate and easily understood by others.

Book Organization

Each chapter starts with a bulleted list of chapter objectives followed by an introduction. This provides you with a general overview of the material that will be covered in the chapter. The contents of each chapter are organized into well-defined sections that contain step-by-step instructions and illustrations to help you learn to use the various AutoCAD commands. More importantly, you will also learn how and why you would use these tools in real world projects.

This book has been categorized into 14 parts:

• Introduction to AutoCAD 2026 ribbon interface (1-4)
• AutoCAD and annotative objects (5)
• AutoCAD and locks, layers, layouts, and template files (6-8)
• Dimensions and tolerance using AutoCAD 2026 (9-10)
• Use of AutoCAD in land survey data plotting (11-12)
• The use of AutoCAD in hydrology (13-14)
• Transportation engineering and AutoCAD (15-16)
• AutoCAD and architecture technology (17-19)
• Introduction to working drawings (20)
• Plotting from AutoCAD (21)
• External Reference Files - Xref (22)
• Suggested drawing problems (23-24)
• Bibliography (25)
• Index (26)

Edition details

• Publisher: SDC Publications
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1630577510
• ISBN 13: 9781630577513
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 850