About Book:

       This new book follows in the footsteps of my CAD/CAM Theory and practice (McGraw-Hill,1991), which has been widely adopted and used throughout the world. This new book mastering CAD/CAM, has been written to respond to many suggestions made since the first book was published. It is also written to include the new concepts that have been developed since 1991. Designed to meet the demands of both practice-oriented and theoretically based courses, the book meets these conflicting demands by making CAD/CAM systems its focus. It explains the functionalities of these systems in a generic and syntax-independent fashion so that students can use their system of choice, and it relates the mathematical developments and concepts to these systems to unravel their secrets.

       The book achieves mastery level in CAD/CAM by carefully balancing the breadth and depth of topic coverage with the syntax-independent use of CAD/CAM systems. The book has 23 chapters, over 904 equations, over 328 figures, 562 screenshots from using different  CAD/CAM systems, 97 examples, 36 tutorials done on different CAD/CAM  systems, 75 geometric models of parts and assemblies, 31 real- life object modeled (including a goIf ball, razor, slipper, household fan, Ac duct, universal  joint, a telephone, a glass of wine, a spiral, a spring, and a candy dish), 383 end-of-chapter problems, a comprehensive index, and three appendices.