本书共10章，全面、系统地介绍了机械制图的基本知识，并将其理论与计算机辅助设计软件AutoCAD的应用相结合。第1章和第2章介绍了AutoCAD中绘图和修改面板以及设置和启动图形所需的其他命令；第3章介绍了机械制图国家标准的部分内容及徒手绘图的方法；第4章介绍了正投影法、基本体和组合体的三视图，立体表面交线及如何应用AutoCAD中的绘图和修改命令绘制三视图；第5章介绍了常用的机件表达方法，以及应用AutoCAD相关命令绘制剖视图、断面图和局部放大图等；第6章介绍了三视图的尺寸标注方法；第7章介绍了公差；第8章介绍了常用件和标准件的用途和画法，包括螺纹连接件、齿轮、键、销、滚动轴承和弹簧等；第9章主要介绍了零件图和装配图的画法及读图方法；第10章介绍了AutoCAD三维实体绘图功能。各章均附有相关词汇注解。 本书可作为高等院校机械类及近机械类各专业全英文课程或双语课程的教材，也可作为教育机构相关专业人员及其他有关工程技术人员的参考书。

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中文版前言
Preface
Chapter 1 AutoCAD Basics
1.1 Starting to Draw
1.1.1 Creating a New Drawing
1.1.2 Saving Drawing File
1..1.3.Closing a Drawing and Exiting AutoCAD
1.2 Using Commands
1.2.1 User Interface
1.2.2 Command Line and Dynamic Input
1.2.3 Command Techniques
1.2.4 Drawing Units
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Chapter 2 Drawing in Two Dimensions
2.1 Drawing Simple Lines
2.1.1 Using the Line Command
2.1.2 Drawing Rectangles
2.1.3 Drawing Polygons
2.2 Drawing Curves and Points
2.2.1 Drawing Circles
2.2.2 Drawing Arcs
2.2.3 Creating Ellipses and Elliptical Arcs
2.3 Viewing Your Drawing
2.3.1 Regenerating and Redrawing
2.3.2 Panning
2.3.3 Zoom Command
2.4 Editing Drawing with Basic Tools
2.4.1 Basics of Object Selections
2.4.2 Erasing Objects
2.4.3 Moving Objects
2.4.4 Copying Objects
2.4.5 Copying and Moving Objects from Other Drawings
2.4.6 Rotating Objects
2.4.7 Scaling Objects
2.4.8 Change Command
2.5 Editing Drawing with Advanced Tools
2.5.1 Copying and Moving Objects
2.5.2 Construction Commands
2.6 Layers，Colors，Linetypes，and Lineweights in Drawing
2.6.1 Layers
2.6.2 Creating New Layers
2.6.3 Naming Layer
2.6.4 Assigning Color
2.6.5 Assigning Linetype
2.6.6 Assigning Lineweight
2.6.7 Using Layers
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Chapter 3 Basic Drawing
3.1 Introduction
3.2 National Standards for Mechanical Drawing
3.2.1 Sheet Sizes and Layouts
3.2.2 Scales
3.2.3 Basic Conventions for Lines
3.2.4 Lettering
3.3 Sketching
3.3.1 Sketching Techniques
3.3.2 Isometric Sketches
3.3.3 Oblique Sketches
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Chapter 4 Orthographic Projection
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Projection Theory and Characteristics
4.2.1 Orthographic Projection
4.2.2 Characteristics of Orthographic Projection
4.2.3 Three-Projection-Plane System
4.2.4 Projections of Points in Three-Projection-Plane System
4.2.5 Projections of Lines in Three-Projection-Plane System
4.2.6 Projections of Planes in Three-Projection-Plane System
4.3 Three Views of Basic Geometric Solids
4.3.1 Projection Rules between Views
4.3.2 Three Views of Basic Geometric Solids
4.4 Intersections
4.4.1 Plane-Intersections
4.4.2 Plane-Intersections of Plane Geometric Solid Surfaces
4.4.3 Plane-Intersections of Cylindrical Surfaces
4.4.4 Plane-Intersections of Conic Surfaces
4.4.5 Plane-Intersections of Spherical Surfaces
4.4.6 Space-Intersections of Plane Solid and Revolving Solid
4.4.7 Space-Intersections of Intersecting Cylinders
4.4.8 Space-Intersections of Intersecting Cone and Cylinder
4.5 Three Views of Composite Solids
4.5.1 Creating Three Views of Composite Solid
4.5.2 Visualizing Composite Solid from Three Views
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Chapter 5 Representation of Drawings
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Views
5.2.1 Principal Views and Reference Arrow Views
5.2.2 Local Views
5.2.3 Inclined Views
5.3 Sectional Views
5.3.1 Visualizing a Sectional View
5.3.2 Cutting Plane Lines
5.3.3 Sectioning Symbols
5.3.4 Full Sectional Views
5.3.5 Half Sectional Views
5.3.6 Local Sectional Views
5.3.7 Inclined Sectional Views
5.3.8 Offset Sectional Views
5.3.9 Aligned Sectional Views
5.4 Cross-Sections
5.4.1 Removed Cross-Sections
5.4.2 Revolved Cross-Sections
5.5 Local Enlarged Views
5.6 Conventional Breaks
5.7 Ribs in Section
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Chapter 6.Dimensioning
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Basic Rules for Dimensioning
6.3 Dimension Terms
6.4 Dimensioning of Common Size
6.5 Dimensioning of Basic Geometric Solids
6.6 Dimensioning of Composite Solids
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Chapter 7 Tolerances
7.1 In