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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
AutoCAD and its applications. Comprehensive 2016 / by
Terence M. Shumaker … [et al.]. 23rd ed.
pages cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-63126-431-3
1. Computer graphics. 2. AutoCAD. I. Title.
T385.S4616445 2016
620'.0042028553--dc23