AutoCAD 2014 For Dummies

Bill Fane 지음

For Dummies 2013년 05월 22일 출간

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Find your way around AutoCAD 2014 with this full-color, For Dummies guide!Put away that pencil and paper and start putting the power of AutoCAD 2014 to work in your CAD projects and designs. From setting up your drawing environment to using text, dimensions, hatching, and more, this guide walks you through AutoCAD basics and provides you with a solid understanding of the latest CAD tools and techniques. You'll also benefit from the full-color illustrations that mirror exactly what you'll see on your AutoCAD 2014 screen and highlight the importance of AutoCAD's Model view, which shows different line weights for printing in different colors.Covers the latest AutoCAD features and techniques, including creating a basic layout, navigating the AutoCAD 2014 interface, drawing and editing, working with dimensions, plotting, adding text, using blocks, and moreShows you how to make the best use of color in your AutoCAD designs, take advantage of the AutoCAD DesignCenter, and showcase your work to potential clients and customersIncludes practical advice and guidance on real-world methods and tips used by architects, engineers, and other CAD professionals to create compelling 3D models and detailed technical drawingsYou'll quickly get up to speed on all AutoCAD has to offer with AutoCAD 2014 For Dummies in your toolbox.

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Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started with AutoCAD 2014 7Chapter 1: Introducing AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 9Chapter 2: The Grand Tour of AutoCAD 2014 19Chapter 3: A Lap around the CAD Track 39Chapter 4: Setup for Success 65Chapter 5: A Zoom with a View 87Part II: Let There Be Lines 97Chapter 6: Along the Straight and Narrow 99Chapter 7: Dangerous Curves Ahead 111Chapter 8: Preciseliness Is Next to CADliness 125Chapter 9: Manage Your Properties 143Chapter 10: Grabbing Onto Object Selection 165Chapter 11: Edit for Credit 177Chapter 12: Planning for Paper 209Part III: If Drawings Could Talk 223Chapter 13: Text with Character 225Chapter 14: Entering New Dimensions 259Chapter 15: Down the Hatch! 285Chapter 16: The Plot Thickens 299Part IV: Advancing with AutoCAD 327Chapter 17: The ABCs of Blocks 329Chapter 18: Everything from Arrays to Xrefs 347Chapter 19: Call the Parametrics! 383Chapter 20: Drawing on the Internet 409Part V: On a 3D Spree 427Chapter 21: It&'s a 3D World After All 429Chapter 22: From Drawings to Models 449Chapter 23: It&'s Showtime! 471Part VI: The Part of Tens 493Chapter 24: Ten AutoCAD Resources 495Chapter 25: Ten System Variables to Make Your AutoCAD Life Easier 499Chapter 26: Ten AutoCAD Secrets 505Index 509

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Bill Fane is an Autodesk Authorized Training Center certified instructor who holds 12 U.S. patents. He has spent a lifetime in the engineering field. David Byrnes began his drafting career with a pencil and T#45;square. He taught AutoCAD for 15 years, and authored five previous editions of AutoCAD For Dummies.