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AutoCAD and Its Applications—Advanced
As you work through each chapter, exercises on the companion website are refer-
enced. The exercises are intended to be completed as the references are encountered
in the text. The solid modeling tutorial in Appendix A should be completed after
Chapter 14. The surface modeling tutorial in Appendix B should be completed after
Chapter 10. The remaining appendix material is intended as reference material.
Also included on the companion website are the exercise activities. The exercise
activities are intended to supplement the exercises on the companion website. These
activities are referenced within the appropriate exercises and can be completed as
additional practice.
About the Authors About the Authors
Terence M. Shumaker is Faculty Emeritus, the former Chairperson of the Drafting
Technology Department, and former Director of the Autodesk Premier Training
Center at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, Oregon. Terence taught at
the community college level for over 28 years. He worked as a training consultant for
Autodesk, Inc., and conducted CAD program development workshops around the
country. He has professional experience in surveying, civil drafting, industrial piping,
and technical illustration. He is the author of Goodheart-Willcox’s Process Pipe Drafting
and coauthor of the AutoCAD and Its Applications series and AutoCAD Essentials.
David A. Madsen is the president of Madsen Designs Inc. (www.madsendesigns.com). ( (
David is Faculty Emeritus and the former Chairperson of Drafting Technology and
the Autodesk Premier Training Center at Clackamas Community College in Oregon
City, Oregon. David was an instructor and a department chairperson at Clackamas
Community College for nearly 30 years. In addition to teaching at the community
college level, David was a Drafting Technology instructor at Centennial High School
in Gresham, Oregon. David is a former member of the American Design Drafting
Association (ADDA) Board of Directors. He was honored with Director Emeritus
status by the ADDA in 2005. David has extensive experience in mechanical drafting,
architectural design and drafting, and building construction. He holds a Master of
Education degree in Vocational Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree in
Industrial Education. David is coauthor of the AutoCAD and Its Applications series,
Architectural Drafting Using AutoCAD, D Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing,g g
and other drafting and design textbooks.
Jeffrey A. Laurich has been an instructor in Mechanical Design Technology at Fox
Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin, since 1991. He has also taught busi-
ness and industry professionals in the Autodesk Premier Training Center at FVTC. Jeff
teaches drafting, AutoCAD, Design of Tooling, GD&T, and 3ds Max. He created a certifi-fi fi
cate program at FVTC titled Computer Rendering and Animation that integrates the
3D capabilities of AutoCAD and 3ds Max. Jeff has professional experience in furniture
design, surveying, and cartography and holds a degree in Natural Resources Technology.
Together with other instructors at FVTC, Jeff created and is teaching a course in electric
guitar building. The course is designed to introduce the concepts of manufacturing prin-
ciples and STEM. After completing the course, students take away with them a beautiful,
playable solid-body electric guitar they designed and built themselves.
J.C. Malitzke is president/owner of Digital JC CAD Services Inc. (digitaljccad.com).
He is the former department chair of Computer Integrated Technologies at Moraine
Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois. J.C. was a professor of Mechanical
Design and Drafting/CAD and taught for the Authorized Autodesk Training Center
at Moraine Valley. J.C. has been teaching for 36 years and actively using and teaching
Autodesk products for nearly 27 years. He is a founding member and past chair of
the Autodesk Training Center Executive Committee and the Autodesk Leadership