Autocad Release 14 for Dummies Quick Reference [Spiral-bound]

Ellen Finkelstein (Author), Finkelstein (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764503162 | ISBN-13: 978-0764503160 | Publication Date: January 1997 | Edition: 1

This guide shows how to use almost every AutoCAD command and is aimed at both beginners and advanced users. It contains helpful icons such as tips and cross-references, special icons for beginners or advanced users and a Release 14 icon. Stress is given to program enhancements, new and discontinued commands and Release 14 Internet features.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Ellen Finkelstein learned AutoCAD in Israel, where she always got to pore over the manual because she was the only one who could read it in English. After returning to the United States, she started consulting and teaching AutoCAD as well as other computer programs, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Ellen has written tutorial textbooks on Word and PowerPoint in Peter Norton's Introduction to Computers series. pl?idgbook:0-7645-0559-9:book-idg::uidg323">AutoCAD 2000 For Dummies Quick Reference. She was a contributing author to AutoCAD 13 Secrets, also published by IDG Books Worldwide. pl?idgbook:0-7645-3092-5:book-idg::uidg323">AutoCAD 14 Bible, appeared in 1997.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 224 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764503162
• ISBN-13: 978-0764503160
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #837,852 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is NOT for beginners OR dummies, February 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Autocad Release 14 for Dummies Quick Reference (Spiral-bound)

If you do not have sufficient AutoCAD R14 training beforehand, this book is very difficult to access and/or find information. The book needs more graphic representations which show the results-especially the dimension commands. Finally, the pundits in parenthesis were annoying.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for beginning CAD students, April 27, 2000

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dherber - See all my reviews

This review is from: Autocad Release 14 for Dummies Quick Reference (Spiral-bound)

Our architecture instructor advised us of this book to get started in CAD design. Recommend this to new students who wish to dig into the program. Covers fundamental basics to R14 as well as provide a solid foundation to build from. Book does great job of addressing difficult areas such as plotting, layering, and scaling functions.

5.0 out of 5 stars For power users, April 25, 2002

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Designer (Center of the United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Autocad Release 14 for Dummies Quick Reference (Spiral-bound)

This is not for Dummies or Beginners. It's a pretty comprehensive list of commands and their use. AutoCAD is too powerful a program to condense down to something this small and have it explain everything on a Beginner's level. I guess I didn't expect it to be for Beginners, and since I'm a power user, that really made me happy with the book. Some of the commands in here aren't very well documented any where else that I have found. I've moved on to the next version of ACAD now, so I'm willing to part with it (see used listings) but I'll be looking for the Dummies book for the next version now.