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AutoCAD 2006 Instructor: A Student Guide to Complete Coverage of AutoCAD's Commands and Features
James A. Leach, University of Louisville


About the Author

James A. Leach (B.I.D., M.Ed.) is Professor of Engineering Graphics at the University of Louisville. He began teaching AutoCAD at Auburn University early in 1984 using Version 1.4, the first version of AutoCAD to operate on IBM personal computers. Jim is currently Director of the AutoCAD Training Center established at the University of Louisville in 1985, one of the first fifteen centers to be authorized by Autodesk.

In his 30 years of teaching Engineering Graphics and AutoCAD courses, Jim has published numerous journal and magazine articles, drawing workbooks, and textbooks about Autodesk and engineering graphics instruction. He has designed CAD facilities and written AutoCAD-related course materials for Auburn University, University of Louisville, the ATC at the University of Louisville, and several two year and community colleges. Jim is the author of fourteen AutoCAD textbooks published by Richard D. Irwin and McGraw-Hill.