Synopses & Reviews
Developed from teaching techniques used in an authorized AutoCAD Training Center and in instruction for engineering colleges, this text covers all features and capabilities of AutoCAD. AutoCAD 14 Instructor features chapters that are centered around groups of related commands, making it very effective as a reference text. The chapters are also structured in a practical/pedagogical sequence from simple to complex. AutoCAD is the market leader for all CAD software and is used by nearly two million students and professionals in architecture, engineering, construction, and design.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Getting Started
2 Working with Files
3 Draw Command Concepts
4 Selection Sets
5 Helpful Commands
6 Basic Drawing Setup
7 Object Snap
8 Draw Commands I
9 Modify Commands I
10 Modify Commands II
11 Viewing Commands
12 Layers, Linetypes, Colors, and Object Properties
13 Advanced Drawing Setup
14 Plotting and Printing
15 Draw Commands II
16 Modify Commands III
17 Inquiry Commands
18 Creating and Editing Text
19 Tiled Viewports and Paper Space Viewports
20 Advanced Selection Sets
21 Blocks
22 Block Attributes
23 Grip Editing
24 Multiview Drawing
25 Pictorial Drawings
26 Section Views
27 Auxiliary Views
28 Dimensioning
29 Dimension Styles and Dimension Variables
30 Xreferences
31 Object Linking and Embedding
32 Attaching Raster Images and Importing Vector Files
33 Advanced Paper Space Viewports
34 3D Modeling Basics
35 3D Viewing and Display
36 User Coordinate Systems
37 Wireframe Modeling
38 Solid Modeling Construction
39 Advanced Solids Features
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