Book description
Learn AutoCAD 2016 quickly and painlessly with this practical hands-on guide
AutoCAD 2016 Essentials gets you up to speed quickly, with hands-on instruction on the program's core features and functions. This new edition provides more manufacturing and landscape examples, a stronger emphasis on skills rather than tools, starting and ending files for every exercise, and a more clearly defined layout that separates the step-by-step instructions from the "why" discussion. Based on the real-world task of designing a house, the hands-on exercises help you quickly develop confidence and become productive with the software as you master the major 2D functions and move into 3D modeling. From layout to presentation, this in-depth guide takes you through the entire design process, and provides downloadable data so you can compare your work to the pros. If you're preparing for AutoCAD certification, this book is the ideal study guide — and the only one officially endorsed by Autodesk.
This book is your unique learning resource that features concise, straightforward explanations and hands-on exercises. Each chapter opens with a quick discussion of concepts, and then briskly moves into an approachable, practical tutorial that helps you gain confidence in your new AutoCAD 2016 skills.
Master the AutoCAD interface and basic 2D drawing skills
Work with splines, polylines, hatch patterns, and gradients
Organize objects with layers, groups, blocks, and cross-referencing
Use constraints and layouts, print and export, model in 3D, and much more
If you're a design professional, AutoCAD is need-to-know software. You have to be comfortable with it to be productive. AutoCAD 2016 Essentials gets you up and running quickly, with patient instruction and plenty of hands-on practice.
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Chapter 2: Gaining Basic Drawing Skills
- Chapter 3: Using Drawing Aids
- Chapter 4: Editing Entities
- Chapter 5: Shaping Curves
- Chapter 6: Controlling Object Visibility and Appearance
- Chapter 7: Organizing Objects
- Chapter 8: Hatching and Gradients
- Chapter 9: Working with Blocks and Xrefs
- Chapter 10: Creating and Editing Text
- Chapter 11: Dimensioning
- Chapter 12: Keeping In Control with Constraints
- Chapter 13: Working with Layouts and Annotative Objects
- Chapter 14: Printing and Plotting
- Chapter 15: Working with Data
- Chapter 16: Navigating 3D Models
- Chapter 17: Modeling in 3D
- Chapter 18: Presenting and Documenting 3D Design
- Appendix: Autodesk® AutoCAD 2016 Certification
- EULA
Product information
- Title: AutoCAD 2016 and AutoCAD LT 2016 Essentials: Autodesk Official Press
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2015
- Publisher(s): Sybex
- ISBN: 9781119059189
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