AutoCAD 2004 For Dummies

by Middlebrook, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780764540455
• ISBN10: 0764540459
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-02
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

The For Dummies friendly, easy-to-understand style sheds light on the complexities of AutoCAD technical drawing software and shows engineers, architects, and other design and drafting professionals how to create information-rich drawings with the world's most popular microcomputer-based CAD program Covers the new features of the latest AutoCAD release as well as new trends in 3-D modeling, electronic collaboration, and tools used for CAD-standard monitoring and enhancement Includes coverage of AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD's less expensive sister software with reduced features AutoCAD 2004 features a major interface upgrade, including text improvements, new tool palettes, improvements to the external reference ("xref") feature, new DWG file password protection and digital signatures features, and restoration of the Express Tools much missed by users of the previous version Author has been a CAD consultant since 1987

Author Biography

Mark Middlebrook owns a CAD consulting company and maintains a Web site to assist AutoCAD users.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: AutoCAD 101.

Chapter 1: Introducing AutoCAD 2004.

Chapter 2: Le Tour de AutoCAD 2004.

Chapter 3: Setup for Success.

Part II: Let There Be Lines.

Chapter 4: Get Ready to Draw.

Chapter 5: Where to Draw the Line.

Chapter 6: Edit for Credit.

Chapter 7: A Zoom with a View.

Chapter 8: On a 3D Spree.

Part III: If Drawings Could Talk.

Chapter 9: Text with Character.

Chapter 10: Entering New Dimensions.

Chapter 11: Down the Hatch.

Chapter 12: The Plot Thickens.

Part IV: Share and Share Alike.

Chapter 13: Playing Blocks and Rasteroids.

Chapter 14: CAD Standards Rule.

Chapter 15: Drawing on the Internet.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Do No Harm.

Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Swap Drawing Data with Other People and Programs.

Index.