Jon McFarland manages a design department at a property development company, where he uses AutoCAD and VIZ to create visualizations of proposed facility construction and expansions. An Autodesk Authorized Author, Jon has written or cowritten five books, including Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2007 (Sybex) and AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008: No Experience Required (Sybex). He has also taught VIZ, AutoCAD, and 3ds Max courses at the university level.