AutoCAD 2012 For Dummies

David Byrnes

John Wiley & Sons, Apr 12, 2011 - Computers - 528 pages

A full-color guide to the #1 architectural drafting program—AutoCAD 2012!

AutoCAD is the leading software used to create 2D and 3D technical drawings. Used by engineers, architects, and drafting professionals, it can be complex and is a perfect subject for the tried-and-true For Dummies format. Full-color illustrations make the instructions even easier to follow, because examples in the book appear exactly as they will on the screen.

• Explains AutoCAD and gets readers quickly up to speed on the latest version
• Features full-color illustrations that look the same as the AutoCAD 2012 screens, making the interface and the all-important Model view easier to understand
• Covers all the new features, creating a basic layout, using AutoCAD DesignCenter, drawing and editing, working with dimensions, adding text, and more

Newcomers to AutoCAD will easily master the software with help from this full-color edition of AutoCAD 2012 For Dummies.

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Contents

• Foreword: 18
• Le Tour de AutoCAD 2012: 21
• A Lap around the CAD Track: 53
• Making Templates Your Own: 103
• Planning for Paper: 107
• Let There Be Lines: 121
• Preciseliness Is Next to CADliness: 145
• Down the Straightaway: 161
• Dangerous Curves Ahead: 175
• Get a Grip on Object Selection: 189
• A Zoom with a View: 239
• If Drawings Could Talk: 257
• Entering New Dimensions 291: 293
• Down the Hatch: 315
• Advancing with AutoCAD: 357
• Call the Parametrics: 405
• Understanding Geometric Constraints: 418
• Drawing on the Internet: 429
• On a 3D Spree 445: 448
• Navigating the 3D Waters: 460
• From Drawings to Models: 467
• On a Render Bender: 489
• The Part of Tens: 503
• Ten Differences between AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT: 509
• Index: 517

About the author

David Byrnes has been an AutoCAD consultant and trainer since 1988. He has been tech editor and coauthor on numerous AutoCAD books, and this is his second solo venture.

Bibliographic information

• Title: AutoCAD 2012 For Dummies; --For dummies
• Author: David Byrnes
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2011
• ISBN: 1118090020, 9781118090022
• Length: 528 pages
• Subjects: Computers / CAD-CAM