AutoCAD for Dummies - Ralph Grabowski

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Auteur(s) : Ralph Grabowski

Editeur : Wiley

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/03/2022

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 544

Expédition : 718

Dimensions : 23.2 x 18.7 x 3.2

ISBN : 1119868769

Résumé :

AutoCAD for everyone, even complete beginners

AutoCAD is the classic computer-aided design software for turning the figments of your imagination into reality. AutoCAD For Dummies helps you create viable plans, walking you through the basics of starting projects and making lines, and building you up to 3D modeling and other advanced techniques. By the end, you'll be able to show off your architectural brainstorms, test out engineering designs, or 3D print all your crazy ideas-thanks to this updated guide. Gain a new skill, advance your career, and start AutoCADing with Dummies.

Inside...

• Get a handle on AutoCAD basics
• Draw straight lines and curves
• Make your work more precise
• Add text to 2D and 3D drawings
• Work with blocks and arrays
• Share your drawings online
• Use AutoCAD web and mobile
• Learn advanced drawing tips

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Biographie:

Introduction?1

About This Book 2

Foolish Assumptions 3

Conventions Used in This Book 3

Using the command line 3

Using aliases 4

Icons Used in This Book 4

Beyond the Book 5

Where to Go from Here 6

Part 1: Getting Started With Autocad?7

Chapter 1: Introducing AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT?9

Launching AutoCAD 10

Drawing in AutoCAD 11

Understanding Pixels and Vectors 14

The Cartesian Coordinate System 15

Chapter 2: The Grand Tour of AutoCAD?17

Looking at AutoCAD's Drawing Screen 18

For your information 21

Making choices from the Application menu 22

Unraveling the Ribbon 24

Getting with the Program 27

Looking for Mr Status Bar 28

Using Dynamic Input 28

Let your fingers do the talking: The command line 29

The key(board) to AutoCAD success 30

Keeping tabs on palettes 34

Down the main stretch: The drawing area 34

Fun with F1 35

Chapter 3: A Lap around the CAD Track?37

A Simple Setup 38

Drawing a (Base) Plate 43

Taking a Closer Look with Zoom and Pan 52

Modifying to Make It Merrier 53

Crossing your hatches 53

Now that's a stretch 54

Following the Plot 57

Plotting the drawing 57

Today's layer forecast: Freezing 60

Chapter 4: Setup for Success?61

A Setup Roadmap 62

Choosing your units 62

Weighing up your scales 65

Thinking about paper 68

Defending your border 69

A Template for Success 69

Making the Most of Model Space 72

Setting your units 72

Making the drawing area snap-py (and grid-dy) 73

Setting linetype, text, and dimension scales 76

Entering drawing properties 77

Making Templates Your Own 77

Chapter 5: A Zoom with a View?83

Panning and Zooming with Glass and Hand 84

The wheel deal 84

Navigating a drawing 85

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom 87

A View by Any Other Name 88

Degenerating and Regenerating 91

Part 2: Let There Be Lines?93

Chapter 6: Along the Straight and Narrow?95

Drawing for Success 96

Introducing the Straight-Line Drawing Commands 97

Drawing Lines and Polylines 98

Toeing the line 99

Connecting the lines with polyline 100

Squaring Off with Rectangles 105

Choosing Sides with POLygon 106

Chapter 7: Dangerous Curves Ahead?109

Throwing Curves 109

Going Full Circle 110

Arc-y-ology 112

Solar Ellipses 114

Splines: Sketchy, Sinuous Curves 115

Donuts: Circles with a Difference 117

Revision Clouds on the Horizon 118

Scoring Points 120

Chapter 8: Preciseliness Is Next to CADliness?123

Controlling Precision 124

Understanding the AutoCAD Coordinate Systems 127

Keyboard capers: Coordinate input 128

Introducing user coordinate systems 128

Drawing by numbers 129

Grabbing an Object and Making It Snappy 131

Grabbing points with object snap overrides 132

Snap goes the cursor 134

Running with object snaps 135

Other Practical Precision Procedures 137

Chapter 9: Manage Your Properties?141

Using Properties with Objects 142

Using the ByLayer approach 142

Changing properties 144

Working with Layers 146

Accumulating properties 148

Creating new layers 149

Manipulating layers 156

Scaling an object's linetype 158

Using Named Objects 159

Using AutoCAD DesignCenter 161

Chapter 10: Grabbing Onto Object Selection?163