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AutoCAD 2010 for Dummies helps you navigate the program, use the AutoCAD Design Center, create a basic layout and work with dimension, and put your drawings on the Internet. You’ll soon be setting up the AutoCAD environment, using the AutoCAD Ribbon, creating annotation and dimension drawings, exploring 3D models, and cruising comfortably through AutoCAD 2010.
- Understand object selection and learn all about commanding and selecting, one-by-one selection, and perfecting selecting
- Use the AutoCAD tool kit and learn to copy between drawings, manipulate images, and polish your properties
- Turn on your annotative objects and say more in multiline text
- Understand the anatomy of a dimension, then draw and edit your own
- Get up to speed on how to create block definitions, insert blocks, and more
- Discover techniques for setting up a layout in paper space
- Push the boundary of hatch and define hatch objects
- Learn to design in Web format and draw on the Internet
With AutoCAD, the only limits are your imagination. AutoCAD 2010 for Dummies prepares you to use this powerful software to design and document your ideas in 2D and 3D.
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Build complex drawings, edit like a pro, enter new dimensions, and plot with style
With AutoCAD, the only limit is your imagination! This powerful software gives you the tools to design and document your ideas, and here's the bestselling guide to show you how. You'll soon be setting up the AutoCAD environment, using the AutoCAD Ribbon, creating annotation and dimension drawings, and more!
- Manage your properties — from stacking up and manipulating layers to using named objects and the AutoCAD DesignCenter
Get a grip on object selection — learn all about commanding and selecting, one-by-one selection, and perfecting selecting
Take advantage of the AutoCAD tool kit — discover how to copy between drawings, manipulate images, and polish your properties
Create text with character — find out how to turn on your annotative objects and say more in multiline text
Explore new dimensions — understand the anatomy of a dimension and then draw and edit your own
Build your blocks — get up to speed on creating static and dynamic blocks, defining attributes, inserting blocks, and more
Bring it to the Web — gain a better understanding of the Internet and AutoCAD so you can share your work
Open the book and find:
- Techniques for setting up a layout in paper space
Tips on object selection and using grips
How to move, copy, and stretch
Why to use dimensions in CAD
Ways to push the hatch boundary and define hatch objects
Sixteen steps for achieving plotting success
How to use constraints to automate revisions
Real-world tips to raise your level of AutoCAD expertise
