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Discovering AutoCAD 2006
- By Mark Dix, Paul Riley
- Published Oct 5, 2005 by Peachpit Press.
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About
Features
Lessons are broken down into tasks–listed at the beginning of each section.
- Introduce readers to the AutoCAD commands using a structured, intuitive approach.
- Anticipate what information the student will need at each new phase of the learning curve.
General Procedure boxes–appear as new commands are introduced.
- Provide a simple overview of basic command procedures in a step-by-step format.
Detailed graphics–appear throughout the text.
- Demonstrate what students should expect to see on their screen and encourage self-paced study.
Unique icons and typeface–appearwithin the chapter.
- Identify hands-on AutoCAD instructions.
Drawing problems–appear at the end of the chapter.
- Require students to apply newly learned techniques immediately to realistic drawing situations.
- Include drawing suggestions, timesaving tips, and meaningful explanations of how to use techniques in actual applications.
Working drawings–accompany drawing problems.
- Appear in a large, clearly dimensioned format on each right-hand page.
Description
- Copyright 2006
- Dimensions: 8" x 10"
- Pages: 752
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-13-171388-4
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-171388-8
Sample Content
Table of Contents
PART I Basic Two-Dimensional Entities
Chapter 1 Lines
Commands: ERASE, LINE, NEW, OPEN, REDO, SAVE, SAVEAS, U, UCSICON
Chapter 2 Circles and Drawing Aids
Commands: CIRCLE, DDRMODES, DIST, ERASE, GRID, HELP, OOPS, PLOT, RECTANGLE, SNAP, UNITS
Chapter 3 Layers, Colors, and Linetypes
Commands: CHAMFER, FILLET, LAYER, LTSCALE, PAN, PLOT, REGEN, ZOOM
Chapter 4 Template Drawings
Commands: ARRAY (RECTANGULAR), COPY, LIMITS, MOVE
Chapter 5 Arcs and Polar Arrays
Commands: ARC, ARRAY (POLAR), MIRROR, ROTATE
Chapter 6 Object Snap
Commands: BREAK, EXTEND, LENGTHEN, OFFSET, OSNAP, STRETCH, TRIM
PART II Text, Dimensions, and Other Complex Entities
Chapter 7 Text
Commands: CHANGE, CHPROP, DDCHPROP, DDEDIT, DDEMODES, DDMODIFY, DTEXT, MATCHPROP, MTEXT, SCALE, SPELL, STYLE, TEXT
Chapter 8 Dimensions
Commands: BHATCH, BPOLY, DDIM, DIMALIGNED, DIMANGULAR, DIMBASELINE, DIMCONTINUE, DIMLINEAR, DIMOVERRIDE, DIMSTYLE, DIMEDIT, PROPERTIES, QDIM, QLEADER
Chapter 9 Polylines
Commands: DONUT, FILL, MLEDIT, MLINE, MSTYLE, PEDIT, PLINE, POINT, POLYGON, REVCLOUD, SKETCH, SOLID, SPLINE
Chapter 10 Blocks, Attributes, and External References
Commands: ADCENTER, ATTDEF, ATTDISP, ATTEDIT, ATTTEXT, BLOCK, COPYCLIP, EXPLODE, GROUP, INSERT, WBLOCK, XATTACK, XCLIP, XOPEN, EREF
PART III Isometric Drawing and Three-Dimensional Modeling
Chapter 11 Isometric Drawing
Commands: ELLIPSE, SNAP (ISOMETRIC), VIEW
Chapter 12 Wireframe Models
Commands: RULESURF, UCS, UCSICON, VPOINT
Chapter 13 Surface Models
Commands: 3DFACE, 3DMESH, 3DORBIT, EDGESURF, HIDE, REVSURF, RULESURF, TABSURF, VPORTS
Chapter 14 Solid Models
Commands: BOX, CYLINDER, EXTRUDE, INTERSECT, LIGHT, MATLIB, RENDER, REVOLVE, RMAT, SCENE, SECTION, SHADE, SLICE, SPHERE, SOLIDEDIT, SUBTRACT, UNION, WEDGE, 3DORBIT
AppendixesAppendix A Drawing Projects
Appendix B Creating Customized Toolbars
Appendix C Menus and Macros
Appendix D Data Exchange Formats
Appendix E Additional Tools for Collaboration
Index