Synopses & Reviews
AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010: No Experience Required is the perfect step-by-step introduction to the latest version of the world's leading CAD software. It provides concise explanations and a hands-on tutorial that continues through the book to clearly show you how to plan, develop, and present a complete, customized AutoCAD project. Follow each step sequentially or jump in at any chapter by downloading the drawing files from the companion website (www.sybex.com/go/autocad2010ner). Either way, you'll master all the crucial AutoCAD features, get a thorough grounding in the essentials, and quickly become productive with AutoCAD 2010.
This perennial bestseller is fully revised to include metric as well as Imperial measurements and provide comprehensive coverage of the latest AutoCAD features and capabilities, including the free-form design tools, parametric drawing tools, and enhanced PDF support.
- Quickly learn the AutoCAD interface as you immediately start using basic commands and set up your own drawings
Build on your skills with groups, elevations, hatches, and multiline text
Develop sophisticated drawings as you graduate to dimensioning, creating external references, using tables, leveraging dynamic blocks, and mastering layouts and printing
Master the new parametric tools to keep your drawing elements consistent
Harness the 3D capabilities that make AutoCAD 2010 a complete design tool
—Learn to clearly draw, dimension, and add notes and tables to your drawings
—See the best ways to define the appearance of 3D drawings using different visual styles
—Apply materials to your 3D models and render them for photorealistic quality images
Synopsis
AutoCAD: No Experience Requiredteaches AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT essentials to new users with concise explanations, focused examples, step-by-step instructions, and a hands-on tutorial project that runs throughout the book. The opening chapters of this fully revised book introduce readers to the AutoCAD interface, basic commands, and creating drawings. The middle chapters build upon the basics and introduce more advanced features and skills, such as grouping, elevations, hatches, and using text in drawings. The final chapters round out a beginner’s skill set by introducing dimensioning, external references, layouts and printing, and using 3D. The book now includes metric measurements and also features a glossary and a supporting web site with the project files, a bonus chapter on using the internet with AutoCAD, an appendix on attributes, and another appendix on dynamic blocks.
Synopsis
A step-by-step tutorial teaches AutoCAD users all the basics so they can quickly achieve results when creating 2D and 3D technical drawings
- Offering a continuous, easy-to-understand, and engaging tutorial, this book introduces readers to the AutoCAD interface and its basic commands
- Completely updated for the latest releases of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, the material provides readers with the skills needed to work in AutoCAD immediately
- Introduces dimensioning, external references, layouts and printing, and using 3D
- Reviews 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
Jon McFarland (Cleveland, OH) manages a design department at a property development company, where he uses AutoCAD and VIZ to create visualizations of proposed facility construction and expansions. He is an Autodesk Authorized Author and teaches AutoCAD, VIZ, and 3ds Max courses at the university level.
Synopsis
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.
About the Author
Jon McFarland is an Autodesk Certified AutoCAD Professional who uses AutoCAD and 3ds Max to create visualizations of proposed facility construction and expansions. He also teaches AutoCAD and 3ds Max courses at the university level.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
CHAPTER 1 Getting to Know AutoCAD.
CHAPTER 2 Learning Basic Commands to Get Started.
CHAPTER 3 Setting Up a Drawing.
CHAPTER 4 Developing Drawing Strategies: Part 1.
CHAPTER 5 Developing Drawing Strategies: Part 2.
CHAPTER 6 Using Layers to Organize Your Drawing.
CHAPTER 7 Combining Objects into Blocks.
CHAPTER 8 Controlling Text in a Drawing.
CHAPTER 9 Using Dynamic Blocks and Tables.
CHAPTER 10 Generating Elevations.
CHAPTER 11 Working with Hatches, Gradients, and Tool Palettes.
CHAPTER 12 Dimensioning a Drawing.
CHAPTER 13 Managing External References.
CHAPTER 14 Using Layouts to Set Up a Print.
CHAPTER 15 Printing an AutoCAD Drawing.
CHAPTER 16 Creating 3D Geometry.
CHAPTER 17 Rendering and Materials.
Glossary.
Index.