AutoCAD 2018: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users

Created by: CADArtifex (Author)
Published: June 6, 2017
Pages: 502
English
978-1547211913
AutoCAD 2018: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users textbook is designed for instructor-led courses as well as for self-paced learning. This book is intended to help engineers, designers, and CAD operators interested in learning AutoCAD for creating engineering and architectural 2D drawings. It can be a great starting point for new AutoCAD users and a great teaching aid in classroom training. This textbook consists of 12 chapters, covering Drafting & Annotation environment of AutoCAD, which teaches you how to use AutoCAD software to create, edit, plot, and manage real world engineering and architectural drawings.

This textbook not only focuses on the usage of the tools/commands of AutoCAD but also on the concept of design. Every chapter of this book contains tutorials, intended to help users to experience how things can do in AutoCAD step-by-step. Moreover, every chapter ends with hands-on test drives that allow the users of this textbook to experience themselves the ease-of-use and robust capabilities of AutoCAD.
 
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to AutoCAD
  • Chapter 2. Creating Drawings - I
  • Chapter 3. Using Drawing Aids and Selection Methods
  • Chapter 4. Creating Drawings - II
  • Chapter 5. Modifying and Editing Drawings - I
  • Chapter 6. Working with Dimensions and Dimensions Style
  • Chapter 7. Editing Dimensions and Adding Text
  • Chapter 8. Modifying and Editing Drawings - II
  • Chapter 9. Hatching and Gradients
  • Chapter 10. Working with Blocks and Xrefs
  • Chapter 11. Working with Layouts
  • Chapter 12. Printing and Plotting
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to AutoCAD
  • Chapter 2. Creating Drawings - I
  • Chapter 3. Using Drawing Aids and Selection Methods
  • Chapter 4. Creating Drawings - II
  • Chapter 5. Modifying and Editing Drawings - I
  • Chapter 6. Working with Dimensions and Dimensions Style
  • Chapter 7. Editing Dimensions and Adding Text
  • Chapter 8. Modifying and Editing Drawings - II
  • Chapter 9. Hatching and Gradients
  • Chapter 10. Working with Blocks and Xrefs
  • Chapter 11. Working with Layouts
  • Chapter 12. Printing and Plotting

Main Features of the Textbook

  • Comprehensive coverage of tools
  • Step-by-step real-world tutorials with every chapter
  • Hands-on test drives to enhance the skills at the end of every chapter
  • Additional notes and tips
  • Customized content for faculty (PowerPoint Presentations)
  • Free learning resources for faculty and students
  • Additional student and faculty projects
  • Technical support for the book by contacting [email protected]

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  • Published June 6, 2017
  • Pages 502
  • Language English
  • ISBN 978-1547211913

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