Leach, James A.,

AutoCAD 2006 companion : essentials of AutoCAD plus solid modeling / James A. Leach. - Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2006. - xxxii, 670 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. - McGraw-Hill graphics series .

CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED
Concepts
Starting AutoCAD
The AutoCAD Drawing Editor
Command Entry, etc.

CHAPTER 2 WORKING WITH FILES
AutoCAD Drawing Files
AutoCAD file Commands


CHAPTER 3 DRAW COMMAND CONCEPTS
AutoCAD Objects
Locating The Draw Commands
Coordinate Entry, etc.

CHAPTER 4 SELECTION SETS
Modify Command Concepts
Noun/Verb Syntax
Selection Sets Practice, etc

CHAPTER 5 HELPFUL COMMANDS
Concepts
Chapter Exercises

CHAPTER 6 BASIC DRAWING SETUP
Steps for basic drawing setup
The Startup and Create New
Setup Commands

CHAPTER 7 OBJECT SNAP AND OBJECT SNAP TRACKING
CAD Accuracy
Object SNAP
Object SNAP Modes, etc.

CHAPTER 8 DRAW COMMANDS I
Concepts
Commands

CHAPTER 9 MODIFY COMMANDS I
Concepts
Commands

CHAPTER 10 VIEWING COMMANDS
Concepts
Zoom and Pan with the Mouse Wheel
Commands

CHAPTER 11 LAYERS AND OBJECT PROPERTIES
Concepts
Layers and Layer Properties Controls
Object-Specific Properties


CHAPTER 12 ADVANCED DRAWING SETUP
Concepts
Steps for Drawing Setup
Using and Creating Template
Changing Object Properties.

CHAPTER 13 LAYOUTS AND VIEW PORTS
Advanced Drawing Setup
Creating and Setting up Layouts
Using View ports in Paper Space, etc.

CHAPTER 14 PRINTING AND PLOTTING
Concepts
Typical Steps to Plotting
Printing, Plotting, and Saving
Plotting to Scale, etc

CHAPTER 15 DRAW COMMANDS II
Concepts
Commands
The skpoly Variables

CHAPTER 16 MODIFY COMMANDS III

CHAPTER 17 INQUIRY COMMANDS

CHAPTER 18 TEXT

CHAPTER 19 GRIP EDITING

CHAPTER 20 BLOCKS , DESIGN CENTER AND TOOL PALETTES

CHAPTER 21 MULTI-VIEW DRAWING

CHAPTER 22 PICTORIAL DRAWING

CHAPTER 23 SECTION VIEWS

CHAPTER 24 AUXILIARY VIEW

CHAPTER 25 DIMENSIONING

CHAPTER 26 DIMENSION STYLES AND VARIABLES

CHAPTER 27 3D DISPLAY AND VIEWING

CHAPTER 28 USER COORDINATE SYSTEMS

CHAPTER 29 SOLID MODELING CONSTRUCTION

CHAPTER 30 ADVANCED SOLIDS FEATURES







Includes Index: p.655-670

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Computer graphics.
Computer graphics--Computer programs.
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