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AutoCAD 2004 and AutoCAD LT 2004: No Experience Required

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AutoCAD is a huge, complex program that does more things than you can imagine. No one person would ever use all of it. Cad has a very steep learning curve.But this book simplifles it very well. It takes everything step by step. I have used two other Cad programs and was able to skip the very basics and go to the nuts and bolts. But if you have nothing more than a desire to learn AutoCAD this book is understandable and easy to follow. You will be drawing things within the hour. Highly recommended.

Having had no experience with CAD, I was looking for a book that would begin at the beginning. This book is it. You'll start by drawing 4 straight lines that will become the outside walls of a small cabin. Then in each chapter, you will slowly add interior walls, doors, cabinets, etc... You'll learn the CAD commands one at a time as you complete the cabin plans. Well written and easily understood, this book is just what I was looking for.

As the title says, No Experience Required. I tried several AutoCAD books including the"Dummies" series and it seems they all assume that the reader has some basic knowledge of AutoCAD. Frey assumes nothing and teaches by example, which to me is the best way to learn. Start with this book, learn a chapter a day, and in a couple of weeks you'll have a good working knowledge of AutoCAD. Then you can pick up some of the other books and go from there.

Bought 2 other books to ready my self-teaching. I purchased this as a 3rd book, should have looked at ratings of 2 other customers above 1st before buying any book, this is the only book I or anyone else beginning need. Explains and gives illustrations, same one you see in the computer, not like the other 2 books had to struggle to see what author meant.
I don't have much patience in going into details of a new program, want to just breeze through. This book allows you to do that, can easily bypass instruction you that is obvious.

Great, easy learning tool!
Highy recommended as navigational reference of "how to" design.

I recommend this to anyone who is interested in learing the basics of autocad. After using the book, I can now create professional floor plans for the apartments that I own and manage

I was a beginner in CAD and want to find a good book to study CAD rechnique. After I buying a book using a discount from coupons-center.com and read this book for two weeks, I found this book is helpful to beginners. It teaches all basic knowledge for CAD and it is easily understood by beginners. I followed the book's instructions and tried every feature of CAD, I learned a lot from this book only after reading this book for two weeks.

This book fulfilled all my needs as an older architect returning to the profession and needing to learn AutoCAD. If you're thinking of learning, you should set aside at least 4 weeks to absorb all the information in this book, but it will be well worth your while. The message is clear and succinct and is put together so that your knowledge evolves. The only criticism (yet to be fully proven) is that there are no shortcuts, it seems that you have to read every word on every line in every chapter. It is not AutoCAD for dummies. It would be nice if there were some shortcuts through the book but maybe that's just me. Otherwise it's fantastic. I've now got a working knowledge of AutoCAD via this book.

Excellent book: clear, succint and detailed in explanations of AutoCAD design. I tried other books before, but this one really motivates you to keep going and review all the tricky parts of this program.
The following is not a critique of the book but rather my wishes on my engineering field: I would have liked to have several examples of electrical design applications in the book.
Anyway, thanks for your book.
Joseph

Follow the instructions and you will be able to navigate through Auto Cad in no time at all. Easy to understand,well written and illustrated for the first time Cad user. Excellent reference manual.