Learn crucial Auto CAD tools and techniques with this Autodesk
Official Press Book
Quickly become productive using Auto CAD 2014 and Auto CAD LT 2014
with this full color Autodesk Official Press guide. This unique
learning resource features concise, straightforward explanations
and real-world, hands-on exercises and tutorials. Following a quick
discussion of concepts and goals, each chapter moves on to an
approachable hands-on exercise designed to reinforce real-world
tactics and techniques. Compelling, full-color screenshots
illustrate tutorial steps, and chapters conclude with related and
more open-ended projects to further reinforce the chapter’s
lessons.
Starting and ending files for the exercises are also available
for download, so you can compare your results with those of
professionals. You’ll follow a workflow-based approach that mirrors
the development of projects in the real world, learning 2D drawing
skills, editing entities, working with splines and polylines, using
layers and objects, creating and editing text, dimensioning,
modeling in 3D, and much more.
* Hands-on exercises and their downloadable tutorial files are
based on the real-world task of drawing a house
* Covers crucial features and techniques, including 2D drawing
working with layers, organizing objects with groups and blocks,
using hatch patterns and gradients, using constraints and layouts,
importing data, 3D modeling, and
* Includes content to help prepare you for Autodesk’s Auto CAD
certification program
Auto CAD 2014 and Auto CAD LT 2014 Essentials is the
Autodesk Official Press guide that helps you quickly and
confidently learn the newest version of Auto CAD and Auto CAD LT.
Table des matières
Chapter 1 Get ting Started 1
Chapter 2 Basic Drawing Skills 15
Chapter 3 Using Drawing Aids 41
Chapter 4 Editing Entities 57
Chapter 5 Shaping Curves 85
Chapter 6 Controlling Object Visibility and Appearance 105
Chapter 7 Organizing Objects 129
Chapter 8 Hatching and Gradients 153
Chapter 9 Working with Blocks and Xrefs 171
Chapter 10 Creating and Editing Text 193
Chapter 11 Dimensioning 207
Chapter 12 Keeping In Control with Constraints 227
Chapter 13 Working with Layouts and Annotative Objects 241
Chapter 14 Printing and Plotting 263
Chapter 15 Working with Data 289
Chapter 16 Navigating 3D Models 317
Chapter 17 Modeling in 3D 337
Chapter 18 Presenting and Documenting 3D Design 365
Appendix Autodesk Auto CAD 2014 Certif ication 389
Index 397
A propos de l’auteur
Scott Onstott is a consultant, lecturer, author, and
independent video producer with 15 years of experience teaching and
writing about architectural and design visualization software. He
is the author of the two previous editions of Auto CAD and
Auto CAD LT Essentials and Enhancing Architectural Drawings
and Models with Photoshop, and coauthor of Auto CAD:
Professional Tips and Techniques.