AutoCAD: A Concise Guide to Commands & Features for Release 13 for WindowsThis tutorial provides an overview of the terms, concepts, skills and procedures required to use AutoCAD effectively. Completely rewritten and updated for Release 13, it covers all commands and features, including mastering start-up procedures, creating prototype drawings and custom menus, using pull-down menus and dialogue boxes, understanding drawing, editing display and inquiry commands and working with the new Document Mangement Control. |
Contents
CHAPTER Preliminaries | 1 |
CHAPTER Entering Exiting AutoCAD | 17 |
CHAPTER In the Drawing Editor | 37 |
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Common terms and phrases
Aerial View angle AutoCAD displays Autodesk AutoLISP base point block CHAMFER CHAPTER check box choose circle click on OK Color COMMAND LINE command prompt configuration coordinate system corner Create New Drawing current drawing default Delete dialog box dimension style disk double-click Drawing Aids drawing editor drawing file editing commands ellipse endpoint File dialog File Manager File menu File Name filter flyout fonts grip icon insertion keyboard KLMN layer LINE command linetype MLINE Model Space move MText multiline style Object Snap OK Cancel Help onscreen Options pull-down menu ORTHO osnap modes Paper Space PC Tools plot pointer polygon polyline press Enter Program Manager Properties prototype drawings pull-down menu Redraw Release 13 Rename rotation SAVETIME scale factor screen menu scroll Select Objects selection set shown in Figure SNAP GRID specify spline Standard toolbar tablet text style toolbar TrueType undo viewport WXYZ xref ZOOM