The Complete Technical Illustrator was developed to present a comprehensive overview of the art of technical illustration using today’s most popular software packages―including Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, AutoCAD, and 3D Studio Max. Perfect for everyone from students just learning to professional technical illustrators, this new text highlights the strategies and procedures that will help your students apply knowledge about the geometry, assemblies, materials, and processes needed to accurately communicate technical information. A special CD-ROM, included with every new edition of this text, features a productivity tool called AxonHelper. Developed by Jon Duff, AxonHelper is a productivity application that's used to determine axonometric information. This includes scales, angles, ellipses, shearing data, and X Y Z viewpoint positions for over 400 axonometric views. The AxonHelper also presents examples of the most popular illustration tools, examples of textures and materials from Greg Maxson’s studio, and a gallery of professional illustrations.
1 Digital Reproduction of Technical Illustration
1 Technical Illustration Data and Tools
2 Technicaal Illustration Reproduction and Workflow Management
2 Technical Illustration Layout and Construction
3 Orthogonal Layout
4 Axonometric Views
5 Axonometric Circles
6 Axonometric Scale Construction
7 Axonometric Projection
8 Axonometric Shearing
9 Perspective Techniques
3 Technical Illustration Rendering
10 Line Rendering
11 Photo Tracing
12 Emphasis with Color
13 Color Rendering
14 PostScript Materials
15 Text and Technical Illustrations
4 Modeling, Animation, and Technical Illustration
16 Turning Engineering Drawings into 3D Illustrations
17 Using AutoCAD Data in Illustrations
18 Modeling for Illustration
19 Raster Materials
20 Animation and Technical Illustration