AutoCAD For Dummies
Authors: Bill Fane
ISBN-10: 1119580080
ISBN-13: 9781119580089
Edition 版次: 18
Publication Date 出版日期: 2019-06-12
Print Length 页数: 544 pages
Book Description
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Simple steps for creating AutoCAD drawings
AutoCAD is the ubiquitous tool used by engineers,architects,designers,and urban planners to put their ideas on paper. It takes some AutoCAD know-how to go from a brilliant idea to a drawing that properly explains how brilliant your idea is.
AutoCAD For Dummies helps you de-mystify the handy software and put the tools in AutoCAD to use. Written by an experienced AutoCAD engineer and mechanical design instructor,it assumes no previous computer-aided drafting experience as it walks you through the basics of starting projects and drawing straight lines all the way up through 3D modeling.
Conquer the first steps in creating an AutoCAD project
Tackle drawing basics including straight lines and curves
Add advanced skills including 3D drawing and modeling
Set up a project and move into 3D
It’s true that AutoCAD is tough,but with the friendly instruction in this hands-on guide,you’ll find everything you need to start creating marvelous models—without losing your cool.
Contents at a Glance
Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with AutoCAD 7
CHAPTER 1: Introducing AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 9
CHAPTER 2: The Grand Tour of AutoCAD 17
CHAPTER 3: A Lap around the CAD Track 37
CHAPTER 4: Setup for Success 61
CHAPTER 5: A Zoom with a View 83
Part 2: Let There Be Lines 93
CHAPTER 6: Along the Straight and Narrow 95
CHAPTER 7: Dangerous Curves Ahead 109
CHAPTER 8: Preciseliness Is Next to CADliness 123
CHAPTER 9: Manage Your Properties 141
CHAPTER 10: Grabbing Onto Object Selection 163
CHAPTER 11: Edit for Credit 175
CHAPTER 12: Planning for Paper 207
Part 3: If Drawings Could Talk 219
CHAPTER 13: Text with Character 221
CHAPTER 14: Entering New Dimensions 253
CHAPTER 15: Down the Hatch! 281
CHAPTER 16: The Plot Thickens 295
Part 4: Advancing with AutoCAD 323
CHAPTER 17: The ABCs of Blocks 325
CHAPTER 18: Everything from Arrays to Xrefs 343
CHAPTER 19: Call the Parametrics! 377
CHAPTER 20: Drawing on the Internet 403
Part 5: On a 3D Spree 415
CHAPTER 21: It’s a 3D World After All 417
CHAPTER 22: From Drawings to Models 439
CHAPTER 23: It’s Showtime! 461
CHAPTER 24: AutoCAD Plays Well with Others 481
Part 6: The Part of Tens 493
CHAPTER 25: Ten AutoCAD Resources 495
CHAPTER 26: Ten System Variables to Make Your AutoCAD Life Easier 499
CHAPTER 27: Ten AutoCAD Secrets 505
Index 509
