What Instructors Say
I have been teaching with Rick Ellis and Russell Martin's AutoCAD Map 3D books several years. These Map 3D books have been an excellent teaching resource with easy to follow steps. I would recommend these books to any teacher looking for a practical guide.
Nick Shayeghi
Central Piedmont Community College
Rick Ellis is one of the leading authorities on Civil Engineering & Surveying software in the United States and the author of the Practical Guide series. He lectures and teaches seminars across the country. I have attended his seminars. The textbooks Rick Ellis has written have been an exceptional addition to my classroom. They are written with thought and imagination. They are direct and to the point. They are easy for the students to follow yet challenging enough to keep the students interested and using their skills and learning to think through exercises. I would suggest all Civil Engineering and Surveying professors review his books. Once read and reviewed I would venture to say, they will be using them in the classroom.
Robert Vetrano
Springfield Technical Community College
More About The Book
This book takes you through a complete project using Autodesk Land Desktop and Autodesk Civil Design. It is 260 pages long and organized into 8 chapters, beginning with project setup, importing survey and GIS data, continuing through road design and exporting points for staking.
Largely exercise based, it provides step-by-step procedures for many common tasks.
The book is ideal for instructor led training and can also stand alone as reference material for users of all skill levels.
There are few changes in this updated version of our 2004 book, most involve the AutoCAD interface, as the LDT software has changed little in the past few years. This book works well for all versions of LDT, 2004 and later.
