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Level & Subject: GCSE and A-level

Step-by-step practical guide to the basics of technical drawing.

This covers all of the basic drawing techniques, rules and styles. It builds up the level of difficulty gradually through simple practice drawings. Contents include standard symbols, isometric, oblique, orthographic, thick/thin lines, dimensioning and the creation of objects using geometry. The skills developed will cover you for the majority of technical drawing areas for engineering, construction, architectural or other design fields.

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This award-winning guide to creating clear, consistent, and easy-to-understand documentation covers everything from grammar and writing style to typographic and legal guidelines. The authors, who are senior editors and writers at Sun Microsystems, share their extensive experience and provide practical tips and recommendations, including guidance on hiring writers, working with illustrators, managing schedules and workflow, and more.

The third edition of Read Me First features new chapters on:

• Writing for wikis and encouraging wiki collaboration
• Creating screencasts, using screencast terminology, and guidelines for writing narration
• Creating alternative text for nontext elements such as screen captures, multimedia content, illustrations, and diagrams

It also includes new tables for symbol name conventions, for common anthropomorphisms, and for common idioms and colloquialisms. An updated and expanded recommended reading list suggests additional resources.

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an approach to the entire building life cycle. Autodesk® Revit® is a powerful BIM program for architecture, MEP, and structure that supports the ability to coordinate, update, and share design data with team members throughout the design construction and management phases of a building’s life. A key component in managing the BIM process is to establish a company foundation for different types of projects by creating standard templates and custom family elements. Having this in place makes the process of any new project flow smoothly and efficiently.

The objective of the Autodesk® Revit® 2024 BIM Management: Template and Family Creation guide is to enable users who have worked with the software to expand their knowledge in setting up office standards with templates that include annotation styles, preset views, sheets, and schedules, as well as creating custom system, in-place, and component families.

This guide contains practices that are specific to each discipline.

Topics Covered

• Create custom templates with annotation styles, title blocks, and custom element types.
• Create schedules, including material takeoff schedules with formulas.
• Create custom wall, roof, and floor types, as well as MEP system families.
• Set up a component family file with a parametric framework.
• Create family geometry.
• Create family types.
• Modify the visibility of components and incorporate additional family items such as controls, MEP connectors, and nested components.
• Create specific families, including in-place families, profiles, annotations, and parameters.

  This guide also contains discipline-specific practices for families, including doors, windows, railings, pipe fittings, light fixtures, gusset plates, and built-up columns.

  Prerequisites

  • Access to the 2024.0 version of the software, to ensure compatibility with this guide. Future software updates that are released by Autodesk may include changes that are not reflected in this guide. The practices and files included with this guide might not be compatible with prior versions (e.g., 2023).
  • You should be comfortable with the fundamentals of the Autodesk Revit software, as found in the Autodesk Revit 2024: Fundamentals for Architecture, Autodesk Revit 2024: Fundamentals for Structure, or Autodesk Revit 2024: Fundamentals for MEP guides. Knowledge of basic techniques is assumed, such as creating standard elements, copying and moving elements, and creating and working with views. Information on Collaboration Tools, Conceptual Design, and Site Planning and Design are covered in other guides.

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The #1 Guide to Excellence in Technical Communication—Fully Updated for Embedded Assistance, Mobile, Search, Multimedia, and More

Direct from IBM’s own content design experts, this guide shows you how to design product interfaces and technical information that always place users front and center. This edition has been fully revised to help you consistently deliver the right content at the right time.

You’ll master today’s best practices to apply nine essential characteristics of high-quality technical information: accuracy, clarity, completeness, concreteness, organization, retrievability, style, task orientation, and visual effectiveness.

Coverage Includes

• Advocating for users throughout the entire product development process
• Delivering information in an ordered manner by following progressive disclosure techniques
• Optimizing content so that users can find it from anywhere
• Streamlining information for mobile delivery
• Helping users right where they are

Whether you’re a writer, editor, information architect, user experience professional, or reviewer, this book shows you how to create great technical information, from the product design to the user interface, topics, and other media.

• Thoroughly revised and updated
• Extensive new coverage of self-documenting interfaces and embedded assistance
• Updated practical guidelines and checklists
• Hundreds of new examples

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To take full advantage of Building Information Modeling, the Autodesk® Revit® 2023: Fundamentals for Structure guide has been designed to teach the concepts and principles of creating 3D parametric models of structural buildings from engineering design through construction documentation.

This guide is intended to introduce you to the user interface and the basic building components of the software that makes Autodesk® Revit® a powerful and flexible structural modeling tool. The goal is to familiarize you with the tools required to create, modify, analyze, and document a parametric model. The examples and practices are designed to take you through the basics of a full structural project, from linking in an architectural model to construction documents.

Topics Covered

• Introduction to the Autodesk Revit software.
• Navigating the Revit workspace and interface.
• Working with the basic sketching and modifying tools.
• Creating levels and grids as datum elements for the model.
• Understanding Revit families and components.
• Understanding the project browser and working with views.
• Starting a structural project based on a linked architectural model.
• Creating a 3D building model.
• Adding structural columns and walls.
• Adding foundations and structural slabs.
• Structural reinforcement.
• Beams, trusses, and framing systems.
• Analytical models and placing loads.
• Project practices to reinforce learning.
• Setting up sheets for plotting with text, dimensions, details, tags, and schedules.
• Creating details.

  Prerequisites

  • Access to the 2023.0 version of the software, to ensure compatibility with this guide. Future software updates that are released by Autodesk may include changes that are not reflected in this guide. The practices and files included with this guide might not be compatible with prior versions (e.g., 2022).
  • This guide introduces the fundamental skills in learning how to use the Autodesk Revit software, with a focus on the structural tools. It is highly recommended that students have experience and knowledge in structural engineering and its terminology.

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The CATIA V5-6R2018: Advanced Surface Design learning guide expands on the knowledge learned in the CATIA V5-6R2018: Introduction to Surface Design learning guide by covering advanced curve and surface topics found in the Generative Shape Design Workbench. Topics include: advanced curve construction, advanced swept, blend and offset surface construction, complex fillet creation, and the use of laws. Curve and surface analysis are introduced to validate the student’s geometry. Tools and methods for rebuilding geometry are also discussed. As with the CATIA V5-6R2018: Introduction to Surface Design learning guide, meeting model specifications (such as continuity settings) remains forefront in introducing tools and methodologies.

Topics Covered

• Surface Design Overview
• Advanced Wireframe Elements
• Curve Analysis and Repair
• Swept Surfaces
• Blend Surfaces
• Adaptive Sweep
• Laws
• Advanced Surface Fillets
• Alternative Filleting Methods
• Duplication Tools
• Knowledge Templates
• Surface Analysis and Repair
• Offset Surfaces
• Project Exercises

  Prerequisites

  • Access to the V5-6R2018 version of the software, to ensure compatibility with this guide. Future software updates that are released by Dassault Systèmes may include changes that are not reflected in this guide. The practices and files included with this guide might not be compatible with prior versions (i.e., V5-6R2017).
  • Completion of the CATIA V5-6R2018: Introduction to Surface Design course is recommended.

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To take full advantage of Building Information Modeling, the Autodesk® Revit® 2024: Fundamentals for Structure guide has been designed to teach the concepts and principles of creating 3D parametric models of structural buildings from engineering design through construction documentation.

This guide is intended to introduce you to the user interface and the basic building components of the software that makes Autodesk® Revit® a powerful and flexible structural modeling tool. The goal is to familiarize you with the tools required to create, modify, analyze, and document a parametric model. The examples and practices are designed to take you through the basics of a full structural project, from linking in an architectural model to construction documents.

Topics Covered

• Introduction to the Autodesk Revit software, including navigating the Revit interface
• Starting a structural project based on a linked architectural model and creating levels and grids as datum elements for the model
• Understanding the project browser and working with views
• Understanding Revit families and components
• Working with the basic sketching and modifying tools
• Adding structural columns to a project and copying and monitoring elements from linked models
• Adding foundations and footings
• Creating structural framing, including beams, trusses, and framing systems
• Creating slabs for foundations, structural floors, and roofs
• Creating structural reinforcement, including placing rebar and adding fabric reinforcement
• Setting up sheets and placing and modifying views on sheets
• Working with dimensions, text, annotations, and legends
• Adding tags and working with schedules
• Setting up detail views and adding detail components

  Prerequisites

  • Access to the 2024.0 version of the software, to ensure compatibility with this guide. Future software updates that are released by Autodesk may include changes that are not reflected in this guide. The practices and files included with this guide might not be compatible with prior versions (e.g., 2023).
  • This guide introduces the fundamental skills in learning how to use the Autodesk Revit software, with a focus on the structural tools. It is highly recommended that students have experience and knowledge in structural engineering and its terminology.

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The Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2024: Fundamentals guide provides a thorough introduction to the Autodesk 3ds Max 2024 software that will help new users make the most of this sophisticated application, as well as broaden the horizons of existing, self-taught users. The guide instructs you on how to effectively use the software interface and navigate through the scenes. It explores the creation of 3D objects and how to bring in objects from other software such as Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D. Additionally, it teaches you to prepare the scenes for renderings by adding materials, lights, and cameras. Finally, the guide covers an understanding of various renderers included with the software, as well as image creation and animation techniques.

The practices in this guide are primarily geared towards real-world tasks encountered by users of the Autodesk 3ds Max software in the Architecture, Interior Design, and Civil Engineering industries. Advanced topics such as character modeling, character animation, and rigging are not covered in this guide.

Topics Covered

• Autodesk 3ds Max interface and workflow
• Assembling files by importing, linking, or merging
• 3D modeling with primitives and 2D objects
• Using modifiers to create and modify 3D objects
• Materials and maps
• Autodesk 3ds Max lighting
• Working with cameras and exposure control
• Rendering using various renderers, such as Scanline, ART, and Arnold
• Animation for visualization

  Prerequisites

  • Access to the 2024.0 version of the software, to ensure compatibility with this guide. Future software updates that are released by Autodesk may include changes that are not reflected in this guide. The practices and files included with this guide might not be compatible with prior versions (e.g., 2023).
  • Experience with 3D modeling is recommended.

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Note: This book is continued in Autodesk® Revit® 2023: Fundamentals for MEP – Part 2. Both books are required to complete this guide.

To take full advantage of Building Information Modeling, the Autodesk® Revit® 2023: Fundamentals for MEP guide has been designed to teach the concepts and principles of creating 3D parametric models of MEP systems from engineering design through construction documentation.

This guide is intended to introduce users to the user interface and the basic HVAC, electrical, and piping/plumbing components that make Autodesk Revit a powerful and flexible engineering modeling tool. The guide will also familiarize users with the tools required to create, document, and print the parametric model. The examples and practices are designed to take users through the basics of a full MEP project from linking in an architectural model to construction documents.

Topics Covered in Part 1

• Introduction to the Autodesk Revit software.
• Navigating the Revit workspace and interface.
• Working with the basic sketching and modifying tools.
• Creating levels and grids as datum elements for the model.
• Understanding Revit families and components.
• Understanding the project browser and working with views.
• Starting an MEP project based on a linked architectural model.
• Creating spaces and zones so that you can analyze heating and cooling loads.
• Creating HVAC networks with air terminals, mechanical equipment, ducts, and pipes.
• Creating plumbing networks with plumbing fixtures and pipes.
• Creating electrical circuits with electrical equipment, devices, and light fixtures and adding cable trays and conduits.
• Creating HVAC and plumbing systems with automatic duct and piping layouts.
• Testing duct, piping and electrical systems.

Prerequisites

• Access to the 2023.0 version of the software, to ensure compatibility with this guide. Future software updates that are released by Autodesk may include changes that are not reflected in this guide. The practices and files included with this guide might not be compatible with prior versions (e.g., 2022).
• This guide introduces the fundamental skills you need to learn the Autodesk Revit MEP software. It is highly recommended that users have experience and knowledge in MEP engineering and its terminology.
• It is recommended that users have a standard three-button mouse to successfully complete the practices in this guide.

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This full-color text offers a clear, complete introduction and detailed reference for creating 3D models and 2D documentation drawings. Building on its reputation as a trusted reference, this edition expands on the role that 3D CAD databases now play in design and documentation. Superbly integrated illustrations, text, step-by-step instructions, and navigation make it easier than ever to master key skills and knowledge. Throughout, the authors demonstrate 3D and 2D drawing skills and CAD usage in real-world work practice in today’s leading disciplines. They combine strong technical detail, real-world examples, and current standards, materials, industries, and processes-all in a format that is efficient, colorful, and visual.
Features:

• Splash Spread: Appealing chapter opener provides context and motivation.
• References and Web Links: Useful weblinks and standards provided upfront in each chapter.
• Understanding Section: Foundational introductions, tabbed for easy navigation, outline each topic’s importance, use, visualization tips, and theory.
• Detail Section: Detailed, well-tested explanations of drawing techniques, variations, and examples-organized into quick-read sections, numbered for easy reference.
• CAD at Work Section: Breakout pages offer tips on generating drawings from 2D or 3D models.
• Portfolio Section: Examples of finished drawings show how techniques are applied in the real world.
• Key Words: Italicized on first reference, summarized after each chapter.
• Chapter: Summaries and Review Questions: Efficiently reinforce learning.
• Exercises: Outstanding problem sets with updated exercises, including parts, assembly drawings from CAD models, sketching problems, and orthographic projections.

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Exam board: CCEA
Level: GCSE
Subject: Digital Technology
First teaching: September 2017
First exams: Summer 2019

Target success in CCEA GCSE Digital Technology, whichever route you choose, with our proven formula for effective, structured revision. Key coverage of the three examined units – Digital Technology, Digital Development Concepts and Digital Development Practice – is combined with practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.
With My Revision Notes, every student can:

Consolidate subject knowledge by working through clear and focused content coverage.
Test understanding and identify areas for improvement with a sample paper included within the book.
Improve exam technique through tips written by leading authors and develop an understanding of assessment requirements of the examined units.
Get exam ready with extra quick quizzes and answers to the practice questions

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