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Exploring AutoCAD Map 3D, 2012

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Sham Tickoo

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Product Description
Exploring AutoCAD Map 3D, 2012 textbook introduces the readers to AutoCAD Map 3D 2012, one of the world s leading parametric software designed specifically to create and analyze drawing objects and GIS datasets. Keeping in view the varied requirement of the users, the author has covered a wide range of features such as Object Classes, Topology, Map book, Data Analysis, Data Management, Point Cloud, Query, Survey Datastore, Styling shape files, COGO, Global Coordinate System, Georeferencing, and FDO connect. Moreover, this book includes various enhanced and new features of AutoCAD Map 3D such as Workspaces, Styling Feature Data, Coordinate System, DWG Convert, and Industry Model Data (Topobase Database). The methods for creating and analyzing the drawing objects, vector, survey, point cloud (LiDAR), and raster datasets are explained in a simple and lucid manner.
Furthermore, the chapters are structured in a pedagogical sequence that makes this textbook very effective in learning the features and capabilities of the software. Each concept has been thoroughly explained through text, practical examples, data-flow-diagrams, tutorials, and exercises. Therefore, the textbook caters to the needs of both the novice and advanced users of AutoCAD Map 3D 2012. Written with the tutorial point of view and the learn-by-doing theme, the textbook is ideally suited for learning at your convenience and your pace.

Salient Features of the Textbook

• Consists of 11 chapters that are arranged in a pedagogical sequence covering Coordinates systems, GIS data analyses, Object Classification, Map Book creation, point cloud to list a few

• Consists of hundreds of illustrations, flow diagrams, and logical data models representing various processes of data analyses

• Real-world projects and examples focusing on industry experience

• Step-by-step examples that guide the users through the learning process

• Additional information is provided throughout the book in the form of tips and notes

• Self-Evaluation test, Review Questions, and Exercises are given at the end of each chapter so that the users can assess their knowledge

Free Teaching and Learning Resources

CADCIM Technologies provides the following free teaching and learning resources with this textbook:

• Technical support

• Customizable PowerPoint Presentations of every chapter

• Drawing files of all illustrations, examples, and exercises

• Instructor's Guide with solution to all review questions and instructions to create the models for exercises

About the Author

CADCIM Technologies, Prof. Sham Tickoo of Purdue University Calumet, and the team of dedicated contributing authors at CADCIM Technologies are committed to bring you the best textbooks and free teaching and learning resources on Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM), Computer Programming and Applications, GIS, Civil, Computer Animations, and related technologies. We strive to be the first and the best. That is our promise and our goal.
Our team of authors consists of highly qualified and experienced Engineers and GIS Professionals who have a strong academic and industrial background. They understand the needs of the students, the faculty, and the challenges the students face when they start working in industry. All our books have been structured in a way that facilitates teaching and learning, and also exposes students to real-world applications.

628 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 17, 2013