AutoCAD 2010 For Dummies

by David Byrnes

AutoCAD is the hot computer-aided design software known for both its powerful tools and its complexity. "AutoCAD 2010 for Dummies" is the bestselling guide that walks you through this complicated program so you can build complex 3D technical drawings, edit like a pro, enter new dimensions, and plot with style."AutoCAD 2010 for Dummies" helps you navigate the program, use the AutoCAD Design Center, create a basic layout and work with dimension, and put your drawings on the Internet. You'll soon be setting up the AutoCAD environment, using the AutoCAD Ribbon, creating annotation and dimension drawings, exploring 3D models, and cruising comfortably through AutoCAD 2010.Understand object selection and learn all about commanding and selecting, one-by-one selection, and perfecting selectingUse the AutoCAD tool kit and learn to copy between drawings, manipulate images, and polish your propertiesTurn on your annotative objects and say more in multiline textUnderstand the anatomy of a dimension, then draw and edit your ownGet up to speed on how to create block definitions, insert blocks, and moreDiscover techniques for setting up a layout in paper spacePush the boundary of hatch and define hatch objectsLearn to design in Web format and draw on the Internet

With AutoCAD, the only limits are your imagination. "AutoCAD 2010 for Dummies" prepares you to use this powerful software to design and document your ideas in 2D and 3D.

Genres: Reference

456 pages, Paperback

First published April 13, 2009

Reviews

[Bettie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Biesse Skill 300
by Camilleri Woodworks

Emily owns a carpenter workshop for custom made furniture. She has bought herself a rather special tool, an electric CADS cabinet making saw/turner that runs off dwg files. We can sit here in our shop and email a dwg file plan straight through to the machine and it will make it itself. HAH! How clever is that!?

This is a big programme and I now have it installed on a laptop that will only be used for design purposes.