AutoCAD 2002 For Dummies

by Middlebrook, Mark; Smith, Bud E.

• ISBN13: 9780764508981
• ISBN10: 0764508989
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-16
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

With AutoCAD 2002 For Dummies you can start designing with the world's top drafting software -? no prior knowledge required. This book helps you learn both the menu and toolbar access to commands; maximize productivity by learning how to customize AutoCAD to fit the way you work; and speed up your work by using the command line as an accelerator. This book covers product enhancements first introduced with the AutoCAD 2000i interim software. These key new features include internet-driven design capabilities. Now you can publish to the Web and collaborate with designers and customers online. Also, the user interface has been updated to bring it into closer alignment with the standard Microsoft Windows interface.

Author Biography

Mark Middlebrook, an AutoCAD expert, is president of Daedalus Consulting and a contributing editor at CADALYST magazine. Bud Smith is a veteran For Dummies author.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(8)
Part I: AutoCAD 101	9	(96)
Introducing AutoCAD 2002	11	(8)
Le Tour de AutoCAD 2002	19	(24)
Your (Drafting) Table is Ready	43	(30)
Setup for Success	73	(32)
Part II: Let There Be Lines	105	(106)
Get Ready to Draw	107	(24)
Where to Draw the Line	131	(28)
Edit for Credit	159	(38)
A Zoom with a View	197	(14)
Part III: If Drawings Could Talk	211	(78)
Text with Character	213	(16)
Entering New Dimensions	229	(22)
Down the Hatch	251	(10)
The Plot Thickens	261	(28)
Part IV: Share and Share Alike	289	(64)
Playing Blocks and Rasteroids	291	(22)
Data-Based Drawing	313	(18)
Drawing on the Internet	331	(22)
Part V: The Part of Tens	353	(16)
Ten Ways to Do No Harm	355	(4)
Ten Ways to Swap Drawing Data with Other People and Programs	359	(10)
Glossary	369	(4)
Index	373