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Get acquainted with AutoCAD, one piece at a time
Take a quick tour of AutoCAD, see what's new, and start making real drawings
If ever there was a software package that could use some down-to-earth explanation, it's AutoCAD. Thank heavens for this book! It's all here, from the basics of what AutoCAD does and how to set up a drawing to adding text and dimensions, printing (or plotting, in AutoCADese), and playing nicely with other AutoCAD kids.
Discover how to
- Compare AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT
- Create basic drawings
- Manage metric units
- Use dynamic blocks
- Re-use with blocks and xrefs
- Add multiline text
About the Author
Mark Middlebrook used to be an engineer but gave it up when he discovered that he couldn’t handle a real job. He is now principal of Daedalus Consulting, an independent CAD and computer consulting company in Oakland, California. (In case you wondered, Daedalus was the guy in ancient Greek legend who built the labyrinth on Crete. Mark named his company after Daedalus before he realized that few of his clients would be able to pronounce it and even fewer spell it.) Mark is also a contributing editor for Cadalyst magazine and Webmaster of markcad.com. When he’s not busy being a cad, Mark sells and writes about wine for Paul Marcus Wines in Oakland. He also teaches literature and philosophy classes at St. Mary’s College of California — hence “Daedalus.” AutoCAD 2006 For Dummies is his eighth book on AutoCAD.
David Byrnes is one of those grizzled old-timers you’ll find mentioned every so often in AutoCAD 2006 For Dummies. He began his drafting career on the boards in 1979 and discovered computer-assisted doodling shortly thereafter. He first learned AutoCAD with version 1.4, around the time when personal computers switched from steam to diesel power. Dave is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has been an AutoCAD consultant and trainer for fifteen years. Dave is a contributing editor for Cadalyst magazine and has been a contributing author to ten books on AutoCAD. He teaches AutoCAD and other computer graphics applications at Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design and British Columbia Institute of Technology in Vancouver. Dave has tech edited six AutoCAD For Dummies titles. AutoCAD 2006 For Dummies is his first chance to make his own errors.
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Middlebrook writes in a deliberately breezy and informal style that is characteristic of the Dummies series. He explains the very latest 2006 version of AutoCAD. Necessarily, in an introductory book, he does not go very deep into the full extent of AutoCAD. But given just a minimal maths background on your part, you should be able to quickly lay out simple two and three dimensional objects using his advice. That maths mostly involves a good grasp of trigonometry and algebra.
If you are already familiar with the 2005 or earlier recent versions of AutoCAD, then avoid this book. You already know enough that you should get a more advanced text on 2006.
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Anyone who has attempted to use Autocad in the past knows that it is a very formidable task. At the present time I have only gotten into a few chapters of Autocad for Dummies. What I have read so far is written in plain English and is very easy to understand. I have high hopes for the rest of the book. As with any technical course, the material must be read and reread a number of times to absorb it completely. It is structured in a logical manner and addresses a wide spectrum of AutoCad techniques which I find very helpful. I am confident that with the help of this book, I will eventually be able to produce a usable drawing. Looks to be a good buy!!!
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sheet set name, drawing scale factor, dynamic input tooltip, sheet list table, crossing selection box, object lineweights, controlling plotted lineweights, command line area, callout blocks, dimensioning commands, existing dimension style, other named objects, sheet subsets, plot style table, renumber sheets, command line shows, object snap menu, paper space layout, plotted text height, exchanging drawings, typing coordinates, space layout tabs, new sheet set, balloon notification, ortho mode Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
File Edit View Insert Format, Express Tools, Layer Properties Manager, Model Layoutl, Dimension Style Manager, Drafting Settings, Repeat Steps, Modify Dimension Style, Reference Manager, Set Current, Xref Manager, Create Layout Wizard, Windows Explorer, Zoom Extents, Specify On-screen, Click the Save, Enter Attributes, Program Files, Cheat Sheet, Color Index, Command Reference, Image Manager, Inherit Properties, Insert Table, Let There Be Lines New!
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AutoCAD has been around a long time - since 1982. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sheet set name, drawing scale factor, dynamic input tooltip, sheet list table, crossing selection box, object lineweights, controlling plotted lineweights, command line area, callout blocks, dimensioning commands, existing dimension style, other named objects, sheet subsets, plot style table, renumber sheets, command line shows, object snap menu, paper space layout, plotted text height, exchanging drawings, typing coordinates, space layout tabs, new sheet set, balloon notification, ortho mode Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
File Edit View Insert Format, Express Tools, Layer Properties Manager, Model Layoutl, Dimension Style Manager, Drafting Settings, Repeat Steps, Modify Dimension Style, Reference Manager, Set Current, Xref Manager, Create Layout Wizard, Windows Explorer, Zoom Extents, Specify On-screen, Click the Save, Enter Attributes, Program Files, Cheat Sheet, Color Index, Command Reference, Image Manager, Inherit Properties, Insert Table, Let There Be Lines New!
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