AutoCAD 2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005 [[electronic resource] ] : no experience required / / David Frey

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910449952403321
• Autore: Frey David
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Francisco, : Sybex, c2004
• ISBN: 1-280-52169-4; 9786610521692; 1-4175-5580-7; 0-7821-5097-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (686 p.)
• Collana: No experience required; The skills for success
• Disciplina: 620/.0042/0285536
• Soggetti: Computer graphics; Computer-aided design; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Getting to Know AutoCAD; Starting Up AutoCAD; The Startup Dialog Box; Introduction to the AutoCAD Graphics Window; The Command Window; Drop-Down Menus; The Toolbars; Toolbar Flyouts; Displaying and Arranging Toolbars; Custom Toolbars; Profiles; The Keyboard; The Mouse; Are You Experienced?; CHAPTER 2 Basic Commands to Get Started; The Line Command; Using Coordinates; Relative Coordinates; Drawing the Box; Using Relative Cartesian Coordinates; Erasing Lines; Using Relative Polar Coordinates; The Offset Command; The Fillet Command; Completing the Box; Offsetting Lines to Mark an OpeningExtending Lines; Trimming Lines; If You Would Like More Practice...; Are You Experienced?; CHAPTER 3 Setting Up a Drawing; Drawing Units; Drawing Size; The Grid; Drawing Limits; Drawing with Grid and Snap; Saving Your Work; A Summary of AutoCAD's Units; Linear Units; Angular Units; If You Would Like More Practice...; Are You Experienced?; CHAPTER 4 Gaining Drawing Strategies: Part 1; Laying Out the Walls; The Exterior Wall Lines; The Interior Walls; Cutting Openings in the Walls; Creating Doors; Drawing ; Swinging Doors; Copying Objects; Mirroring Objects; Finishing the Swinging DoorsDrawing a Sliding Glass Door; If You Would Like More Practice...; An Alternate Sliding Glass Door; An Addition to the Cabin; Draw Three Views of a Block; Are You Experienced?; CHAPTER 5 Gaining Drawing Strategies: Part 2; Drawing the Steps and Thresholds; The Front Step; The Back Step; The Thresholds; The Balcony: Drawing Circles; Laying Out the Kitchen; The Counter; The Stove and Refrigerator; Completing the Stove; The Kitchen Sink; Constructing the Bathroom; Setting Running Object Snaps; Drawing a Shower Unit; The Bathroom Sink; Positioning a Toilet; If You Would Like More Practice...Draw the Cabin Again; Draw Something Else; Draw Some Furniture for the Cabin; Draw a Gasket; Draw a Parking Lot; Are You Experienced?; CHAPTER 6 Using Layers to Organize Your Drawing; Layers as an Organization Tool; Setting Up Layers; The Layer Properties Manager Dialog Box; Assigning Objects to Layers; Turning Off and Freezing Layers; Drawing the Headers; Drawing the Roof; Assigning an Individual Linetype Scale Factor; Properties of Layers and Objects; If You Would Like More Practice...; Experiment with Linetypes and Linetype Scales; Set Up Layers for Your Own Trade or ProfessionAre You Experienced?; CHAPTER 7 Grouping Objects into Blocks; Making a Block for a Door; Inserting the Door Block; Finding Blocks in a Drawing; Using Grips to Detect a Block; Using the List Command to Detect a Block; Using the Properties Palette to Detect a Block; Creating a Window Block; Inserting the Window Block; Rotating a Block During Insertion; Using Guidelines When Inserting a Block; Using Object Snap Tracking and Polar Tracking to Insert a Block; Finishing the Windows; Revising a Block; Sharing Information between Drawings; Dragging and Dropping between Two Open Drawings
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