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AutoCAD "X" For Dummies® |
| Mark Middlebrook |
| AutoCAD "X" For Dummies shows first-time AutoCAD users how to use the complex AutoCAD technical drawing software and AutoCAD's sister product, AutoCAD LT, in a gentle and humorous way. Topics covered include creating a basic layout; drawing and editing; writing text in drawings; plotting; creating and editing an external reference file; CAD standards; and drawing on the Internet. The book also includes coverage of the following new features in the latest version of AutoCAD:· * Sheet sets, a new collection of features for creating, managing, and publishing all of the drawings that make up a particular project (an entire chapter is devoted to sheet sets); * Text Tables, an enormously improved way to place tabular data on drawings quickly and uniformly (including the ability to import data from an Excel spreadsheet); * Background plotting; * Text improvements, including automatic updating of text fields, background masking behind text, and new drafting symbols; * Streamlined Plot and Page Setup dialogue boxes, which make plotting easier and more predictable; * Improvements to AutoCAD's support for placing, editing, and plotting OLE objects; * Better tools for transmitting sets of electronic files; * Expanded features for working with layers individually and in groups; and * Increased emphasis on tool palettes, an advanced, toolbar-like interface. AutoCAD "X" For Dummies also reflects the latest emerging trends: * Increasing need to organize and manage project documentation as sets of drawings rather than individual sheets; * More frequent electronic transmittal and submittal of drawings as PDF files; and * More collaboration among people using AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT to work on the same drawings.
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Pages, 7-3/8 x 9-1/4 in.
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0764571389
$24.99 |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | |
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