Rendering with AutoCAD 2011-12
e-book by Ralph Grabowski

Rendering with AutoCAD 2011-12 e-book by Ralph Grabowski is the third edition of upFront.eZine's ebook for creating renderings in AutoCAD!

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The 262-page e-book is utterly updated for AutoCAD 2011's modified rendering system, and was written with AutoCAD 2012. Sixty pages longer, with special attention to Autodesk's new Materials Editor and Browser palettes.

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The e-book features these topics:

• Quick rendering methods.
• Rendering with the Ribbon and Tool palettes.
• The Render command, and its hangers-on.
• Attaching materials.
• How to create custom materials, textures, and cutouts.
• Working with procedural materials.
• Placing lights.
• Working with photometric lighting.
• Creating camera views.
• Dozens of tips.
• And a history of the teapot.

As with all of upFront.eZine's e-books:

• All illustrations in full color.
• Formatted for printing on standard 8.5x11 paper.
• Margins designed for three-hole punching.

• Chapter 1 — introduction to rendering
• Chapter 2 — quick rendering
• Chapter 3 — ribbon, tools palette & menus
• Chapter 4 — rendering drawings
• Chapter 5 — attaching & creating bitmap materials
• Chapter 6 — defining procedural materials
• Chapter 7 — placing & defining light
• Chapter 8 — camera views

Ralph Grabowski is a CAD expert, engineer, and editor at upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd. One of the world's leading authors of Autodesk training materials, he's written over 100 books and several hundred magazine articles about computer-aided design. Ralph's expertise will get you up-to-speed quickly and easily. His eBooks provide clear CAD training and are the go-to-source for all variety of AutoCAD users.