AutoCAD 2002: A Building Approach: Book 2 Taking Command

by Terry D. Metz

The purpose of this informative, user-friendly book is to teach the fundamentals of using AutoCAD 2002 to make simple but professional engineering drawings. Designed to teach the most efficient methods of using the AutoCAD program, this book takes the user from applying basic commands to making and dimensioning multiview drawings. This book covers the use of viewports for scaling and plotting drawings, making multiview drawings using construction lines, and placing professional-looking dimensions. Users learn how to set up and use layers and linetypes, how to change the properties of objects when they are placed on the wrong layer or have the wrong characteristics, and how to plot and get detailed information about your drawings. For any individual who needs to become a proficient AutoCAD operator.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002