• Loaded with explanations, examples, and step-by-step instructions, the book is centered around a hands-on tutorial project that runs throughout the book and explores each phase of designing and drawing a summer cabin; this direct tutorial style is ideal for novices
• Introduces readers to the AutoCAD interface, basic commands, and creating drawings, then progresses to more advanced skills such as grouping, elevations, hatches, using text in drawings, dimensioning, external references, layouts and printing, and using 3D
• Written by an Autodesk Authorized Author and published by an Autodesk Authorized Publisher

1. Getting to know AutoCAD.

2. Basic Commands to Get Started.

3. Setting Up a Drawing.

4. Gaining Drawing Strategies: Part 1.

5. Gaining Drawing Strategies: Part 2.

6. Using Layers to Organize Your Drawing.

7. Grouping Objects into Blocks.

8. Controlling Text in a Drawing.

9. Using Dynamic Blocks and Tables.

10. Generating Elevations.

11. Working with Hatches and Gradients.

12. Dimensioning a Drawing.

13. Managing External References.

14. Using Layouts to Set Up a Print.

15. Printing an AutoCAD Drawing.

16. Creating 3D Geometry.

17. Materials and Rendering.

Distributor: John Wiley & Sons
Publication Date: 05-05-2008
Pages: 720