See also the Stipes web pages on CADD, Construction, and Engineering Graphics.

See Ordering Information about receiving a complimentary examination copy or purchasing from Stipes or phone 217/356-8391.

217/356-8391

 

form • Z  by Design: A Brief Tutorial     Lucien Swerdloff      Clatsop Community College      Third Edition, 2005.      ISBN 1-58874-359-4      List Price: $34.95

The first book on the market for form•Z software is now in a third edition which encompasses all the upgrades to form•Z version 5.5.  The book is written at the introductory level, and is appropriate as a supplemental part of a course, as the basis for a short course, or independently as the main text. Instructors at a number of schools have informed us that new courses have been established due to the availability of this book!

The material is presented in the context of an exploration of basic design ideas. The book then follows the process of designing a project as the setting to learn the software.

Supplemental tutorial files to be used with this book are available as complimentary downloads at:
 

http://www.stipes.com/ch4-landscape-files.zip

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Architectural Drafting: Procedure and Processes by Marcia Gray Martin, College of DuPage, 1997.

ISBN 0-87563-786-X

List Price $9.95

This manual teaches the student the language of architectural drafting through actual drawing assignments.  Included in the process is an introductory experience in completing a full set of drawings for construction.  Traditional hand drafting techniques are stressed as a way of understanding the geometry of two dimensional presentation of three dimensional objects.

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The Architect's Geometry by Cara Carroccia of the University of Notre Dame, 1997.

ISBN 0-87563-702-7

List Price $22.80

The classic Geometry for Architects has been updated and expanded! Although all new drawings and revised text are featured, the focus remains the same: introducing the beginning student to geometric constructions and their manifestations in architectural drawing.

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Geometry for Architects by G. Wilson, D. M. Holladay, W. L. Shick, and S. E. Shapiro of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Chicago.

ISBN 0-87563-092-8

List Price $18.80

(Accompanying workbooks Problems in Geometry for Architects, Part I, Series A, B, and C and Part II, Series A, B, and C. List Price $9.80 each)

The basic principles in Geometry which underlie drawing have not changed. The realization that these principles must still be mastered is what has made the resurgence of sales for these books a fact.

We think that you will agree that this whole series has deserved its over 25 years of success on the national and international markets.

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Graphic Communications in Architecture by William J. O'Connell of the University of Illinois, 1985.

ISBN 0-87563-275-0

List Price $23.80

Featured in the book is a Standard Format for Architectural Working Drawings, which is used nationally by more architectural firms and schools than any other definitive format. Drawings from the book have been used in National Council of Architectural Registration Boards license examinations. The 146-page 8-1/2 x 11" illustrated book, revised in 1985, is used in collegiate schools of architecture, technical schools, and architectural firms throughout the country.

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The Site Plan in Architectural Working Drawings by George T. Clayton of the University of Illinois, 1973.

ISBN 0-87563-252-1

List Price $7.80

This booklet is intended to serve those who have the responsibility of preparing the site plan for a set of architectural working drawings. It is not a compilation of site work standards. It emphasizes topography and grading out of proportion to the other aspects of site development. This book is used by many schools of architecture as well as at junior colleges and technical schools.

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