by G. V. Krishnan,
Thomas A. Stellman
Harnessing AutoCAD® 2009
provides the widest selection of discipline-specific
exercises and projects for learning how to use today's leading
desktop design and drawing software.
This widely used resource contains all the latest functionality,
including extensively illustrated examples of “prompt-response”
sequences, whereby certain commands prompt users for additional
information, such as coordinates or dimensions, to complete a
function.
The companion Exercise Manual has also been updated
and is included in its entirety on the CD-ROM
in the back of the book. The manual features problems in complete
project format for practicing concepts and commands learned in a
chapter or section as well as for testing single concepts and
commands.
This complete package contains a wealth of
information and practical knowledge for both the novice and the
advanced user
Features:
- Provides thorough coverage of redesigned user
interface and other
productivity-enhancement features introduced in AutoCAD
2009.
- Step-by-step explanations and examples illustrate
the new Action Recorder
feature.
- Presents detailed explanation of new enhancements to
the layer dialog box, ViewCube™, SteeringWheels™ tool,
and customizable quick properties menu.
- Step-by-step explanation to create TEXT.
- SYMBOL TABLES for Finish Schedules, Revision
Histories, Specifications, Drawing Indexes, and Notes
- Step-by-step directions show how to link Table Data
with spreadsheets, single cells, or ranges of cells.
- Comprehensive appendices list commands, system and
dimension variables, interface concepts, fonts, fill and
hatch patterns, linetypes, hardware requirements, and
plotter and printer devices.
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Contents:
1. Getting Started.
2. Fundamentals I.
3. Fundamentals II.
4. Fundamentals III.
5. Fundamentals IV.
6. Fundamentals V.
7. Dimensioning.
8. Plotting/Printing.
9. Hatching and Boundaries.
10. Block References and Attributes.
11. External References and Images.
12. AutoCAD DesignCenter.
13. Utility Command.
14. Internet Utilities and Drawing Sets.
15. AutoCAD 3D.
16. Rendering.
17. Customizing AutoCAD.
18. The Tablet and Digitizing.
19. Visual LISP.
About the
Authors:
G. V. Krishnan is Director of the Applied Business &
Technology Center at the University of Houston (Downtown). He has
been teaching basic through advanced AutoCAD courses for than 20
years at one of the nation's largest authorized Autodesk Training
Centers.
Thomas A. Stellman conducts AutoLISP seminars, has
published in Cadence magazine, and recently retired as project
coordinator for a state-of-the-art engineering firm. The author of
Delmar's Practical AutoLISP, he has been teaching for more than 20
years.
1280 Pages -
7-3/8 x 9-1/4 in.
Copyright 2009
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