AutoCAD and Its Applications—Basics 2014, 21st Edition
AutoCAD and Its Applications: Basics 2014 provides instruction for mastering AutoCAD tools and drawing and dimensioning techniques.
- Complete coverage of 2D AutoCAD drafting and design.
- Each chapter includes a large selection of drafting problems, including practice problems for the AutoCAD Certified Professional Exam.
- More than 280 step-by-step tutorial exercises on the Companion Website provide hands-on reinforcement of topics.
- Template Development feature helps students build their own drawing templates as they learn about key template components.
Table of Contents
Abbreviated Contents
AutoCAD and Its Applications—Basics 2014, 21st Edition
- Front Matter
- 1 - Introduction to AutoCAD
- 2 - Drawings and Templates
- 3 - Introduction to Drawing and Editing
- 4 - Basic Object Commands
- 5 - Line Standards and Layers
- 6 - View Tools and Basic Plotting
- 7 - Object Snap and AutoTrack
- 8 - Construction Tools and Multiview Drawings
- 9 - Text Styles and Multiline Text
- 10 - Single-Line Text and Additional Text Tools
- 11 - Modifying Objects
- 12 - Arranging and Patterning Objects
- 13 - Grips, Properties, and Additional Selection Techniques
- 14 - Polyline and Spline Editing Tools
- 15 - Obtaining Drawing Information
- 16 - Dimension Standards and Styles
- 17 - Linear and Angular Dimensioning
- 18 - Dimensioning Features and Alternate Practices
- 19 - Dimensioning with Tolerances
- 20 - Editing Dimensions
- 21 - Tables
- 22 - Parametric Drafting
- 23 - Section Views and Graphic Patterns
- 24 - Standard Blocks
- 25 - Block Attributes
- 26 - Introduction to Dynamic Blocks
- 27 - Additional Dynamic Block Tools
- 28 - Layout Setup
- 29 - Plotting Layouts
- 30 - Annotative Objects
- 31 - External References
- 32 - Introduction to Sheet Sets
- 33 - Additional Sheet Set Tools
- Index