A full-color guide to the #1 architectural draftingprogram–Auto CAD 2012!
Auto CAD is the leading software used to create 2D and 3Dtechnical drawings. Used by engineers, architects, and draftingprofessionals, it can be complex and is a perfect subject for thetried-and-true For Dummies format. Full-color illustrationsmake the instructions even easier to follow, because examples inthe book appear exactly as they will on the screen.
* Explains Auto CAD and gets readers quickly up to speed on thelatest version
* Features full-color illustrations that look the same as the Auto CAD 2012 screens, making the interface and the all-important Model view easier to understand
* Covers all the new features, creating a basic layout, using Auto CAD Design Center, drawing and editing, working with dimensions, adding text, and more
Newcomers to Auto CAD will easily master the software with helpfrom this full-color edition of Auto CAD 2012 For Dummies.
Table des matières
Foreword.
Introduction.
Part I: Auto CAD 101.
Chapter 1: Introducing Auto CAD and Auto CAD LT.
Chapter 2: Le Tour de Auto CAD 2012.
Chapter 3: A Lap around the CAD Track.
Chapter 4: Setup for Success.
Chapter 5: Planning for Paper.
Part II: Let There Be Lines.
Chapter 6: Manage Your Properties
Chapter 7: Preciseliness Is Next to CADliness.
Chapter 8: Down the Straightaway.
Chapter 9: Dangerous Curves Ahead.
Chapter 10: Get a Grip on Object Selection.
Chapter 11: Edit for Credit.
Chapter 12: A Zoom with a View.
Part III: If Drawings Could Talk.
Chapter 13: Text with Character.
Chapter 14: Entering New Dimensions.
Chapter 15: Down the Hatch.
Chapter 16: The Plot Thickens.
Part IV: Advancing with Auto CAD.
Chapter 17: The ABCs of Blocks.
Chapter 18: Going Dynamic and External.
Chapter 19: Call the Parametrics!
Chapter 20: Drawing on the Internet.
Part V: On a 3D Spree.
Chapter 21: It’s a 3D World After All.
Chapter 22: From Drawings . . . to Models.
Chapter 23: On a Render Bender.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 24: Ten Great Auto CAD Resources.
Chapter 25: Ten Differences between Auto CAD and Auto CAD LT.
Chapter 26: Ten System Variables to Make Your Life Easier.
Index.
A propos de l’auteur
David Byrnes (Vancouver, BC) teaches CAD and 3-D modeling at Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design and British Columbia Institute of Technology. He has been using Auto CAD since 1985 and provides Auto CAD training and customization to clients in the architecture and civil and structural engineering fields. He is the author of Auto CAD 2011 For Dummies and Auto CAD 2010 For Dummies.
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