AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010 : no experience required / Jon McFarland.

Getting to Know AutoCAD -- Learning Basic Commands to Get Started -- Setting Up a Drawing -- Developing Drawing Strategies -- Developing Drawing Strategies -- Using Layers to Organize Your Drawing -- Combining Objects into Blocks -- Controlling Text in a Drawing -- Using Dynamic Blocks and Tables -- Generating Elevations -- Working with Hatches, Gradients, and Tool Palettes -- Dimensioning a Drawing -- Managing External References -- Using Layouts to Set Up a Print -- Printing an AutoCAD Drawing -- Creating 3D Geometry -- Rendering and Materials.

Completely updated on the latest releases of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, this book provides you with the skills needed to work in AutoCAD immediately and a step-by-step tutorial teaches you all the basics so you can quickly achieve results when creating 2D and 3D technical drawings. You’ll look at dimensioning, external references, layouts and printing, and using 3D and move on to examining more advanced features such as grouping, elevations, hatches, and using text in drawings. The companion Web site contains project files, a bonus chapter on using the Internet with AutoCAD, an appendix on attributes, and another appendix on dynamic blocks.

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