AutoCAD 2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005: No Experience Required

by David Frey

Overview

The First Choice for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Novices—from the Leading AutoCAD Publisher!

AutoCAD 2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005: No Experience Required is your step-by-step introduction to the latest versions of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, the world's leading customizable CAD software. Inside this perfectly paced guide are the clear-cut explanations and practical tutorials that you need to complete even the most elaborate AutoCAD projects.

Discover AutoCAD 2005's newest features as you plan and develop a complete project. Follow the tutorials sequentially or begin at any chapter by downloading the drawing files from the Sybex website. Either way, you'll develop a solid grounding in the essentials and learn how to use AutoCAD's productivity tools to get your work done efficiently.

• Gain the Imperative AutoCAD Skills
• Find your way around AutoCAD and LT
• Understand the basic commands and how to set up a drawing
• Apply AutoCAD's coordinate systems
• Master drawing strategies
• Employ Polar and Object Snap Tracking
• Set up and manage layers, colors, and linetypes
• Use blocks and Wblocks
• Drag AutoCAD objects from one drawing to another
• Generate elevations and orthographic views
• Work with hatches and fills
• Control text in a drawing
• Manage external references
• Set up layouts and print an AutoCAD drawing
• Use AutoCAD's enhanced tool palettes
• Create and render a 3D model

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780782143416
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	05/17/2004
Series:	No Experience Required Series
Pages:	688
Product dimensions:	7.66(w) x 9.22(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

David Frey has been working in the fields of architecture and construction for more than 20 years and has taught AutoCAD to architects, engineers, teachers, and students for 12 years. David is the author of four previous best-selling editions of AutoCAD: No Experience Required.

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Table of Contents

Introduction.

Chapter 1: Getting to Know AutoCAD.

Chapter 2: Basic Commands to Get Started.

Chapter 3: Setting Up a Drawing.

Chapter 4: Gaining Drawing Strategies: Part 1.

Chapter 5: Gaining Drawing Strategies: Part 2.

Chapter 6: Using Layers to Organize Your Drawing.

Chapter 7: Grouping Objects into Blocks.

Chapter 8: Generating Elevations.

Chapter 9: Working with Hatches and Fills.

Chapter 10: Controlling Text in a Drawing.

Chapter 11: Dimensioning a Drawing.

Chapter 12: Managing External References.

Chapter 13: Using Layouts to Set Up a Print.

Chapter 14: Printing an AutoCAD Drawing.

Appendix: A Look at Drawing in 3D.

Glossary.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

The Barnes & Noble Review
Whether you’re just starting out with AutoCAD 2005 or the “lighter” LT version, AutoCAD 2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005: No Experience Required offers a very gentle path up the learning curve.

Writing for architects and civil or structural engineers, David Frey teaches both versions of the software through a simple running project. (It’s simple enough so that folks in other fields can easily use it, too.)

You’ll start by touring the AutoCAD interface, setting up a drawing, and mastering AutoCAD’s most widely used commands. Frey introduces drawing strategies that help novices stay out of trouble and shows how to use layers to organize drawings more efficiently. There’s hands-on coverage of blocks, elevations, hatches, fills, text, and dimensioning -- plus just about all you’ll ever want to know about printing. Bill Camarda

Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2003 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.

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