Just Enough AutoCAD 2007 [Paperback]

George Omura (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 24, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0470008784 | ISBN-13: 978-0470008782 | Edition: 1

Your guide to Essential AutoCAD Techniques


In this newest edition of his indispensable book, bestselling AutoCAD author and expert George Omura offers a practical and comprehensive guide to help you easily and efficiently learn the basics of AutoCAD. His straightforward explanations and task-based approach--thoroughly updated for AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD LT 2007--make this practical book more valuable than ever.

Whether you're new to AutoCAD or just looking for a quick refresher, you'll find the authoritative instruction you need. Become familiar with all the drafting tools of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT and learn how to:
* Master the basics of drawing and editing in AutoCAD
* Create 3D models and use the new modeling tools
* Add and edit notes and dimensions
* Understand the fundamentals of 2D drawing
* Get organized with layers, blocks, groups, and external references
* Find areas and distances quickly
* Extract hidden data
* Set up AutoCAD to work with your printer

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Your guide to Essential AutoCAD Techniques

In this newest edition of his indispensable book, bestselling AutoCAD author and expert George Omura offers a practical and comprehensive guide to help you easily and efficiently learn the basics of AutoCAD. His straightforward explanations and task-based approach—thoroughly updated for AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD LT 2007—make this practical book more valuable than ever.

Whether you're new to AutoCAD or just looking for a quick refresher, you'll find the authoritative instruction you need. Become familiar with all the drafting tools of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT and learn how to:

• Master the basics of drawing and editing in AutoCAD
• Create 3D models and use the new modeling tools
• Add and edit notes and dimensions
• Understand the fundamentals of 2D drawing
• Get organized with layers, blocks, groups, and external references
• Find areas and distances quickly
• Extract hidden data
• Set up AutoCAD to work with your printer

About the Author

George Omura is a licensed architect, Autodesk Authorized Author, and CAD specialist with more than twenty years of experience in AutoCAD and more than thirty years of experience in architecture. He has worked on design projects ranging from resort hotels to metropolitan transit systems to the San Francisco Library project. He has written numerous other Sybex AutoCAD books, including Mastering AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2007, Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2005, and Just Enough AutoCAD 2006.

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Sybex; 1 edition (April 24, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470008784
• ISBN-13: 978-0470008782
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #784,692 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

George Omura is a licensed architect and Autodesk Authorized Author who has more than 30 years of experience in architecture and has been using AutoCAD for more than 20 years. As a CAD specialist, he has worked on design projects ranging from resort hotels to metropolitan transit systems to the San Francisco Library project. He is the all-time bestselling AutoCAD author and was cited as favorite CAD author by members of the Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) in AUGIWorld magazine's "Best of Everything CAD" issue.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just enough Autocad 2007, April 5, 2011

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Vikingrpp (GA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just Enough AutoCAD 2007 (Paperback)

The book is pervect simple language, easy to understand. The book was in excellent condition and the price was great

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Buy, May 12, 2007

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D. Wade Jolly - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Enough AutoCAD 2007 (Paperback)

Just Enough AutoCAD 2007 is an excellent purchase. It does just what it's title entails, it give the user just enough information on the use of autocad to give them a fairly decent jumping off point. It is extremely easy to use and read and offers a more inexpensive way of finding out what you need to know/

1 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Catching up, with the computer and drafting., January 6, 2007

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Sylvester Watts "Sylvester Watts" (Chicago, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Enough AutoCAD 2007 (Paperback)

I have not used my high school drafting lessons since 1968, when I last attended Maricosta College in California. The computer was not very popular in that field, at the time, and now that it is, working with it is interesting and rewarding.
Auto Cad makes it simple, easy, and quick, to produce drawings from specifications. The T-Square and Drawing Board, are truely things of the past; and the protractor,compass and various other devices used for measureing angles, are very neatly displayed in the configuration of the program itself.
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