Harnessing AutoCAD 2008

Description

Updated to the latest release! Harnessing AutoCAD continues in the tradition of previous editions by providing the widest selection of discipline-specific exercises and projects for learning how to use today's leading desktop design and drawing software. A smart how-to and reference, this book contains up-to-the-minute 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. This 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 is appropriate for either the novice or advanced user.
Features:

* Thorough coverage of the new feature Dynamic Blocks and other productivity enhancement features introduced in AutoCAD 2008
* Step-by-step explanations and examples illustrate the new Sheet Set Manager feature, a CAD manager's dream come true
* Detailed explanation of the enhancements to the already powerful Tool Pallets
* Step-by-step explanation to create TEXT.SYMBOL TABLES for Finish Schedules, Revision Histories, Specifications, Drawing Indexes, and Notes
* Ample, easy-to-follow instructions and must-know techniques set readers up for success when working through exercises and projects
* The comprehensive appendices list commands, system and dimension variables, interface concepts, fonts, fill and hatch patterns, linetypes, hardware requirements, and plotter and printer devices


Contents:

Getting Started

Fundamentals I

Fundamentals II

Fundamentals III

Fundamentals IV

Fundamentals V.Dimensioning.Plotting/Printing.Hatching and Boundaries

Block References and Attributes.External References and Images

AutoCAD DesignCenter.Utility Command.Internet Utilities and Drawing Sets

AutoCAD 3D.Rendering.Customizing AutoCAD.The Tablet and Digitizing

Visual LISP