AutoCAD 2002 Complete (Paperback)

by Sybex Inc. (Author), Sybex (Author) "Once you have clicked the AutoCAD 2000 icon on your desktop or selected AutoCAD 2000 from the Start menu, AutoCAD begins to start up..." (more)
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Product Description
--With over 1,000 pages for only $19.99, this book is an amazing value for anyone learning and using AutoCAD.

--Beginners will find all they need to get started; experienced users will learn how to expand and enhance their AutoCAD skills.

--Covers the newest AutoCAD Internet features!

From the Back Cover
AutoCAD 2002 Complete is a one-of-a-kind book-valuable both for its broad content and its low price. This book will teach you everything you need to know about the latest release of the world's leading computer-aided design software.

With AutoCAD 2002 Complete you'll quickly take advantage of all that AutoCAD 2002 has to offer. Learn basic commands, create drawings, add text and hatch patterns, and use blocks to work more efficiently. Generate 3D scenes and enhance your 3D modeling skills. Customize AutoCAD and create AutoLISP routines and VBA macros to automate tasks.

AutoCAD 2002 Complete introduces you to the work of some of Sybex's finest authors, so you'll know where to go to learn even more about this powerful design and drafting program and related tools.

Inside:
* Getting Started with AutoCAD 2002
* Starting Up AutoCAD 2002
* Understanding How Commands Work
* Creating Your First Drawing

Learning Basic Drafting
* Basic Commands
* Drawing Strategies
* Putting Text into a Drawing
* Creating Hatch Patterns
* Using Dimensions
* Grouping Objects into Blocks
* Storing and Linking Data with Graphics

3D Modeling
* Using Advanced 3D Features
* Mastering 3D Solids
* Integrating AutoCAD and 3D Studio VIZ

Customization and Programming
* Customization: Taking AutoCAD to the Limit
* Integrating AutoCAD into Your Projects and Organization
* Developing a Simple VBA Application
* Creating VBA Macros
* Exploring the IDE
* VBA Programming Concepts
* Understanding the AutoCAD Database
* Accessing the Drawing Database
* Data Types in a Drawing Database

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1120 pages
• Publisher: Sybex; 1st edition (December 12, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782129676
• ISBN-13: 978-0782129670
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6.1 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,676,165 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars AutoCAD 2002 Complete. What a misleading title...!!!, February 16, 2004

By	Henri C. (Dollard des Ormeaux, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews

This book is a fraud. I've been struggling with it for about a month and I can say that this is not for someone who doesn't have any previous AutoCAD experience. I used CADs software since 1985, so I'm not exactly a newcomer in the CAD business. But it is my first contact with AutoCAD and I picked up ....the wrong book. I got caught by the title and the price. Big mistake.
First: Several chapters are written for Autocad 2000 (Cheap way to write a new book). The problem is that menus are differents, vocabulary is different, screens are differents. Now go figure how it works.
Second: Key info is missing. Chapter 12 (That's where I am at the moment), really sucks. I figured out the missing info because I spent 3 days looking in the help files (I got lucky). So far it's my worst experience, but the previous reading was not particularly a kind of "Follow the instructions" experience either.
This book is badly written, probably by an AutoCAD expert, who doesn't have a clue of "How to pass a message".