AutoCAD 2014 For Dummies
Learn to:Set up the AutoCAD environmentCreate your first drawing, add text, and manage propertiesBuild amazing 2D and 3D models in no timeMaster AutoCAD essentials with help from this book and start creating marvelous modelsYou've heard AutoCAD is complex? True, but this book is not. Here are the essentials you need to get started with AutoCAD and its cousin, AutoCAD LT. See how to use lines, add text, dimensions, and hatching to a drawing, learn what CAD does with geometry, and then print your work. Soon you'll be moving into 3D mode and headed for AutoCAD mastery!Meet AutoCAD — find your way around the AutoCAD interface and embark on an exercise that shows you how to create a basic drawingBe objective — learn about the object properties and CAD precision techniques necessary to draw and edit objectsDevil in the details — discover dimensioning, hatching, and how to add text to provide all the details a contractor needsYou're no island — explore the features that allow you to share drawings and data or reuse parts of drawingsGo 3D — check out the 3D modeling environment and start creating solid modelsOpen the book and find:The most efficient way to create drawings in AutoCAD 2014All about zooming and panningHow CAD sees geometryThings to know about plottingWays to maintain the intent of your designHow to move around the 3D environmentSystem resources to set up AutoCADTips for using the command line