AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013 BibleThe bestselling guide to AutoCAD, fully updated for the 2013 version AutoCAD, the number one architectural drawing software, can be challenging to learn. This comprehensive guide has sold more than 160,000 copies in previous editions and is the go-to resource for architects, engineers, drafters, interior designers, and space planners who need to learn and use AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. From the basics of creating drawings and using commands to 2D and 3D drawing techniques, using layers, rendering, and customizing the program, this book covers it all. A Quick Start guide allows even newcomers to create an actual drawing on their very first day. Expert AutoCAD author Ellen Finkelstein presents more than 150 tutorials illustrated with real-world drawings from AutoCAD pros. The companion website includes before-and-after drawings, bonus chapters, video tutorials, and more!
AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013 Bible is the comprehensive, one-stop AutoCAD resource for newcomers and veterans alike. |
Contents
| 3 | |
Starting to Draw | 13 |
Opening a Drawing | 29 |
xii | 35 |
3 | 37 |
Repeating commands | 44 |
Getting Help | 50 |
Working with absolute Cartesian coordinates | 58 |
Creating 3D Surfaces | 695 |
Summary | 728 |
Creating Extruded Solids | 738 |
Sectioning and Slicing Solids | 774 |
AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Resources | 803 |
Whats on the Companion Website | 811 |
Whats on the Companion Website | 813 |
| 820 | |
Using direct distance entry | 64 |
13 | 67 |
Using object snaps | 74 |
Overriding Coordinate Settings | 80 |
Setting Up a Drawing | 91 |
Drawing in Two Dimensions | 107 |
Drawing Curves and Points | 119 |
Viewing Your Drawing | 137 |
Editing Your Drawing with Basic Tools | 165 |
Editing Your Drawing with Advanced Tools | 191 |
Using Construction Commands | 221 |
Organizing Drawings with Layers and Object Properties | 245 |
Obtaining Information from Your Drawing | 283 |
Using ObjectLevel Information | 286 |
Summary | 302 |
Creating Text | 303 |
Drawing Dimensions | 361 |
14 | 367 |
Creating Baseline and Continued Dimensions | 372 |
xxx | 398 |
Editing Dimensions | 403 |
Summary | 414 |
Creating Dimension Styles | 415 |
Summary | 448 |
Drawing Complex Objects | 449 |
16 | 471 |
18 | 478 |
Plotting and Printing Your Drawing | 485 |
Working with Data | 523 |
Adding Attributes to Blocks | 577 |
19 | 579 |
Referencing Other Drawings | 593 |
Drawing in Three Dimensions | 617 |
Summary | 648 |
Viewing 3D Drawings | 649 |
| 839 | |
Bonus Chapters on the Companion Website | BE-2 |
Chapter 5 | BE-5 |
Rendering in | BE-33 |
Working with Materials | BE-51 |
Keeping Control of Your Drawings | BE-69 |
Adding command tools | BE-72 |
xxvi | BE-73 |
Working with Sheet Sets | BE-91 |
32 | 107 |
Working with Other Applications | 125 |
file | 126 |
Summary | 151 |
Creating Electronic Output | 153 |
Customizing Commands Toolbars and Tool Palettes | 181 |
Documenting your files | 188 |
Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar | 198 |
Summary | 204 |
Creating Macros and Slide Shows | 205 |
Creating Your Own Linetypes and Hatch Patterns Bonus Chapter 9 Creating Shapes and Fonts | 219 |
Creating Shapes and Fonts | 231 |
Summary | 242 |
Customizing the Ribbon and Menus | 243 |
Understanding AutoLISP and Visual LISP Basics | 269 |
Understanding AutoLISP and Visual LISP Basics | 273 |
Using AutoLISP on the Command | 284 |
Bonus Chapter 12 Exploring AutoLISP Further | 289 |
Access an objects properties directly Creating selection sets Getting Input from | 299 |
Putting on the Finishing Touches | 313 |
Bonus Chapter 13 Exploring Advanced AutoLISP Topics | 317 |
Programming with | 337 |
Understanding the Toolbox window | 360 |
Installing and Configuring AutoCAD and AutoCAD | 373 |
Common terms and phrases
angle arrow AutoCAD and AutoCAD AutoCAD Bible folder AutoCAD LT AutoCAD or AutoCAD Autodesk AutoLISP axis base point Bonus Chapter check box Choose Home tab Choose View tab circle Click OK color command line companion website coordinates create default dialog box dimension line dimension style display Draw panel Drawings download drop-down list drop-down menu edge edit ellipse Enter to end Follow the prompts following exercise grips hatch layer layout LINE command linetype lineweight Mesh mouse Move the cursor multileader NURBS option Palettes window panel expanded plot style point cloud polar tracking polyline Press Enter procedural surface Properties palette radius Right-click and choose rotation running object snaps Save your drawing screen Select objects shortcut menu shown in Figure solid Specify next point spline status bar subobject surface system variable template text box text style UCS icon viewport visual style window workspace xref Zoom