AutoCAD In a Nutshell: A Command Reference Guide (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) [Paperback]

Dorothy Kent (Author)

Book Description

Series: In a Nutshell (O'Reilly) | Publication Date: February 8, 2000

AutoCAD is the most widely used PC-based design program in the world, with approximately 2 million design professionals worldwide--from architects to mechanical designers to electrical engineers--already using the program. With the recent release of AutoCAD 2000 adding hundreds of new features, the demand for the program continues to grow as well as the need for a concise and comprehensive reference book.

AutoCAD 2000 in a Nutshell provides the most complete and comprehensive reference for the newly released AutoCAD 2000. The book contains alphabetically arranged descriptions of nearly every command, including toolbar and command line launch options and important command dialog boxes with detailed descriptions of the various options available to the user. And for advanced users who want to customize the software, there is information on system variables used for scripts, macros, and Autolisp.

The book is intended to be a technical reference for both intermediate and advanced users. This book will save valuable time and increase productivity with hundreds of tips culled from the author's years of experience as an AutoCAD user and instructor.

AutoCAD 2000 in a Nutshell begins with a solid introduction, including a step-by-step guide to the Startup Wizard and setting up a new file, plus a complete listing of all of the new commands in AutoCAD 2000. It also contains a list of AutoCAD 2000 commands, new and old, broken out by function.

The author, Dorothy Kent, has taught AutoCAD to industry professionals for years. She is the author of The AutoCAD Reference Guide: Release 13 and AutoCAD Reference Guide: Everything You Wanted to Know about AutoCAD--Fast!.

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About the Author

Dorothy Kent is a published author and veteran AutoCAD end user and trainer. Since 1983, she has taught hundreds of industry professionals and their support staff how to be productive with AutoCAD. This includes creating customized training and implementation programs. A registered Autodesk author, Dorothy has been a guest speaker at Autodesk University, is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Cadalyst magazine, and has worked with Autodesk's Customer Education and Training Department developing training materials for their Learning Resource Series publications. Dorothy previously published an AutoCAD book with Springer Verlag. Dorothy has also published her best seller AutoCAD Reference Guide with New Riders Publishing and was a contributor to Inside AutoCAD, Special Edition. For information regarding customized AutoCAD training programs, you can contact Dorothy via the Internet at [e-mail].

Product Details

• Paperback: 637 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (February 8, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565926900
• ISBN-13: 978-1565926905
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,315,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars True O'Reilly Nutshell style... clear, fast, concise!, August 9, 2001

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Lorenzo F. Gonzalez "Outdoors Adrenaline Geek" (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AutoCAD In a Nutshell: A Command Reference Guide (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) (Paperback)

Thanks goodness for O'Reilly, and thank goodness for this title! O'Reilly's 'Nutshell' series really are the most valuable books on my shelf (I'm a programmer). I have at least 5 others in the Nutshell series, not counting the older ones since upgraded to 2nd or even 3rd editions. So when my dad upgraded his office to AutoCAD 2000, and I had to fiddle with his new machine, and 2000, I quickly discovered how rusty I was! (Haven't used it extensively since r12). This book really is the supreme AutoCAD reference for those who don't want to read 5 pages to get two sentences worth of information. Sick of those 2000 page paper(literally)weights? This one will comfortably tote in a briefcase, or laptop bag - without losing any of the meat within all those other, fatter books. Now my dad loves it as well! He stole my copy, and bought a couple more as gifts. It's worth every dime - and far, far cheaper than those giant tree-killer 'bibles'. (How apt! All those extra words!) Hopefully they'll print a 2nd edition soon, for Acad2002...

5 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AutoCAD 200 In A Nutshell, April 10, 2000

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Omer Zeyrek, M.Sc.C.E. (Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AutoCAD In a Nutshell: A Command Reference Guide (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) (Paperback)

This AutoCAD book contains all of commands and the best practice method. Also it is a flawless desk reference about engineering design. To approach to the solutions are the only thing that keeps this book from being the best available for making design a person for all engineering areas. All novelties are explained by the author what are they originally from. As long as you have other autoCAD reference books or good notes from your past experience, this book is great if your looking for best one to learn all autoCAD titles to you.