Includes index.

Unique in approach, this introduction to architectural presentation graphics covers both manual and computer graphics presentation techniques. The book shows the important, cooperative, and complementary relationships between the two.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of the tools and equipment that are commonly used to prepare design presentations -- from pencils to perspective charts and multimedia computer hardware; and guides readers step-by-step through principles and techniques of creating presentations -- from simple sketching exercises, through commonly used rendering techniques, to an overview of highly technical computer illustration concepts.