Lee Ambrosius 
AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies [PDF ebook] 

Introduction.
Book I: Auto CAD Basics.
Chapter 1: One-on-One Time with Auto CAD.
Chapter 2: Drawing on and in Auto CAD.
Chapter 3: Navigating the Auto CAD Interface.
Chapter 4: All about Files.
Chapter 5: Basic Tools.
Chapter 6: Setting Up Drawings.
Chapter 7: Precision Tools.
Book II: 2D Drafting.
Chapter 1: Drawing Objects.
Chapter 2: Modifying Objects.
Chapter 3: Managing Views.
Book III: Annotating Drawings.
Chapter 1: Text: When Pictures Just Won’t Do.
Chapter 2: Dimensioning.
Chapter 3: Hatching Your Drawings.
Chapter 4: Scaling Mt. Annotation.
Book IV: LT Differences.
Chapter 1: The LT Difference.
Chapter 2: Extending Auto CAD LT.
Chapter 3: Mixed Environments.
Book V: 3D Modeling.
Chapter 1: Introducing the Third Dimension.
Chapter 2: Using the 3D Environment.
Chapter 3: Viewing in 3D.
Chapter 4: Moving from 2D to 3D.
Chapter 5: Working with Solids.
Chapter 6: Rendering: Lights, Camera, Auto CAD!
Book VI: Advanced Drafting.
Chapter 1: Playing with Blocks.
Chapter 2: Dynamic Blocks.
Chapter 3: External References.
Chapter 4: Organizing Your Drawings.
Book VII: Publishing Drawings.
Chapter 1: Page Setup.
Chapter 2: Sheet Sets without Regret.
Chapter 3: Print, Plot, Publish.
Book VIII: Collaboration.
Chapter 1: CAD Management: The Necessary Evil.
Chapter 2: CAD Standards.
Chapter 3: Working with Drawing Files.
Chapter 4: Sharing Electronic Files.
Book IX: Customizing Auto CAD.
Chapter 1: The Basics of Customizing Auto CAD.
Chapter 2: Customizing the Interface.
Chapter 3: Customizing the Tools.
Chapter 4: Delving Deeper into Customization.
Chapter 5: Recording Your Actions.
Bonus Chapters.
Bonus Chapter 1: Working with Surfaces.
Bonus Chapter 2: The Auto CAD Programming Interfaces.
Bonus Chapter 3: Using Custom Programs.
Bonus Chapter 4: Introducing Auto LISP.
Bonus Chapter 5: Visual Basic for Auto CAD.
Bonus Chapter 6: Auto CAD Utilities.
Bonus Chapter 7: Creating Custom Linetypes, Shapes, and Hatch
Patterns.
Index.

Lee Ambrosius works for Autodesk as a technical writer for
the Platform Solutions and Emerging Business (PSEB) division and is
based out of his home office. Before that, he worked as an
independent consultant for more than three years, and before that
he was a resident of a cubicle farm for about eight years, where he
worked as a systems analyst creating custom applications. Even
though Lee doesn’t work for himself anymore, he still runs
his Web site, www.hyperpics.com, and his blog, hyperpics.blogs.com.
He has been using Auto CAD since 1994, when he was first exposed to
Release 12 for DOS, and has been customizing and programming
Auto CAD since 1996. Lee was an Auto CAD consultant and trainer for
more than ten years, and has been teaching at Autodesk University
since 2004.
For over a decade, Lee has authored a variety of works that include
articles for CAD magazines and white papers for Autodesk and has
been a contributing author on a few occasions for Auto CAD books. He
has been a technical editor for the recent editions of Auto CAD For
Dummies and Auto CAD and Auto CAD LT Bible. The first version of this
book, Auto CAD and Auto CAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies,
was his first venture into being a coauthor for a book before going
off and authoring the book Auto CAD 2008 3D Modeling Workbook For
Dummies.