Autocad 2014 and Autocad LT 2014 : essentials / / Scott Onstott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911144908703321
• Autore: Onstott Scott
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Indianapolis, Ind., : John Wiley & Sons, 2013
• ISBN: 1-118-71030-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (432 p.)
• Disciplina: 620.00420285536
• Soggetti: Computer graphics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Getting Started -- Exploring the AutoCAD 2014 for Windows User Interface -- Exploring the Graphical User Interface -- Exploring Workspaces -- The AutoCAD Ribbon -- Setting Drawing Units -- Chapter 2: Basic Drawing Skills -- Navigating 2D Drawings -- Drawing Lines and Rectangles -- Drawing Lines -- Drawing Rectangles -- Canceling, Erasing, and Undoing -- Using Coordinate Systems -- Using Absolute Coordinates -- Using Relative Coordinates -- Using Polar Coordinates -- Drawing Circles, Arcs, and Polygons -- Creating Circles -- Creating Arcs -- Drawing Polygons -- Filleting and Chamfering Lines -- Joining Nonparallel Lines -- Joining Crossed Lines -- Chapter 3: Using Drawing Aids -- Grid and Snap -- Ortho and Polar Tracking -- PolarSnap -- Running Object Snaps -- From Snap -- Object Snap Tracking -- Chapter 4: Editing Entities -- Creating Selection Sets -- Creating a Selection Set at the Select Objects: Prompt -- Creating a Selection Set Before Deciding on a Command -- Move and Copy -- Rotate and Scale -- Working with Arrays -- Rectangular Arrays -- Polar Arrays -- Trim and Extend -- Lengthen and Stretch -- Offset and Mirror -- Grip Editing -- Chapter 5: Shaping Curves -- Drawing and Editing Curved Polylines -- Drawing Ellipses -- Drawing and Editing Splines -- Working with Control Vertices -- Working with Fit Points -- Blending Between Objects with Splines -- Chapter 6: Controlling Object Visibility and Appearance -- Changing Object Properties -- Setting the Current Layer -- Altering the Layer Assignments of Objects -- Controlling Layer Visibility -- Toggling ; Layer Status -- Isolating Layers -- Saving Layer States -- Applying Linetype -- Assigning Properties by Object or by Layer -- Managing Layer Properties -- Chapter 7: Organizing Objects -- Defining Blocks.; Drawing a Chair and Defining It as a Block -- Drawing a Door and Defining It as a Block -- Inserting Blocks -- Editing Blocks -- Editing Block Definition Geometry -- Assigning Floating Properties -- Nesting Blocks -- Exploding Blocks -- Redefining Blocks -- Working with Groups -- Chapter 8: Hatching and Gradients -- Specifying Hatch Areas -- Picking Points to Determine Boundaries -- Selecting Objects to Define Boundaries -- Associating Hatches with Boundaries -- Hatching with Patterns -- Specifying Properties -- Separating Hatch Areas -- Hatching with Gradients -- Chapter 9: Working with Blocks and Xrefs -- Working with Global Blocks -- Writing a Local Block Definition to a File -- Inserting a Drawing as a Local Block -- Redefining Local Blocks with Global Blocks -- Accessing Content Globally -- Storing Content on Tool Palettes -- Referencing External Drawings and Images -- Chapter 10: Creating and -- Creating Text Styles -- Writing Lines of Text -- Creating Text to Fit -- Justifying Text -- Transforming and Creating Text -- Writing and Formatting Paragraphs of Text Using MTEXT -- Editing Text -- Editing Content and Properties -- Working with Columns -- Chapter 11: Dimensioning -- Styling Dimensions -- Adding Dimensions -- Using Inquiry Commands -- Adding Dimension Objects -- Adding and Styling Multileaders -- Editing Dimensions -- Chapter 12: Keeping In Control with Constraints -- Working with Geometric Constraints -- Applying Dimensional Constraints and Creating User Parameters -- Constraining Objects Simultaneously with Geometry and Dimensions -- Making Parametric Changes to Constrained Objects -- Chapter 13: Working with -- Creating Annotative Styles and Objects -- Working with Annotative Text -- Working with Annotative Dimensions -- Creating Layouts -- Adjusting Floating Viewports -- Working on Layout1 -- Working on Layout2.; Overriding Layer Properties in Layout Viewports -- Drawing on Layouts -- Chapter 14: Printing and Plotting -- Configuring Output Devices -- Setting Up a System Printer -- Setting Up an AutoCAD Plotter -- Creating Plot Style Tables -- Using Plot Style Tables -- Configuring New Drawings for Named Plot Style Tables -- Assigning Plot Styles by Layer or by Object -- Plotting in Modelspace -- Plotting Layouts in Paperspace -- Exporting to an Electronic Format -- Chapter 15: Working with Data -- Geolocating Projects -- Importing SketchUp Models -- Defining Attributes and Blocks -- Inserting Attributed Blocks -- Editing Table Styles and Creating Tables -- Using Fields in Table Cells -- Editing Table Data -- Chapter 16: Navigating 3D Models -- Using Visual Styles -- Working with Tiled Viewports -- Navigating with the ViewCube -- Orbiting in 3D -- Using Cameras -- Navigating with SteeringWheels -- Saving Views -- Chapter 17: Modeling in 3D -- Creating Surface Models -- Making Planar Surfaces -- Revolving a 2D Profile to Create a 3D Model -- Sweeping Out 3D Geometry -- Extruding 2D Geometry into 3D -- Editing Surface Models -- Trimming Surfaces with Other Surfaces -- Projecting Edges on Surfaces -- Trimming Surfaces with Edges -- Creating Solid Models -- Extruding Solid Objects -- Lofting Solid Objects -- Editing Solid Models -- Performing Boolean Operations -- Editing Solids -- Smoothing Meshes -- Chapter 18: Presenting and Documenting -- Assigning Materials -- Placing and Adjusting Lights -- Adding Artificial Lights -- Simulating Natural Light -- Creating Renderings -- Documenting Models with Drawings -- Appendix: Autodesk AutoCAD 2014 Certification -- Index.
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