AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013: No Experience Required

Donnie Gladfelter

John Wiley & Sons, Jun 19, 2012 - Computers - 1072 pages

The ideal introductory resource for Autodesk's powerful architectural design software

With this hands-on guide, you'll learn how to plan, develop, document, and present a complete AutoCAD project by working on summer cabin--a fun practice project that runs throughout the book. You can follow each step sequentially or jump in at any point by downloading the drawing files from the book's companion web site. You'll also master all essential AutoCAD features, get a thorough grounding in the basics, learn the very latest industry standards and techniques, and quickly become productive with AutoCAD.

• Features concise explanations, focused examples, and step-by-step instructions for learning AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT with a hands-on project
• Fully revised for the latest AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT as well as emerging techniques and standards in the industry
• Offers the full range of basics such as the AutoCAD interface, basic commands, and creating drawings, and gradually progresses to more advanced topics, including grouping, elevations, hatches, and using text in drawings
• Includes a supporting website the contains downloadable tutorial files, so readers can jump in at any point in the book
• Introduces dimensioning, external references, layouts and printing, and using 3D

AutoCAD2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013: No Experience Required helps you learn to use AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT with ease and confidence.

Contents

• Getting to Know AutoCAD 1: 1
• Learning Basic Commands to Get Started: 37
• Completing the Shape: 64
• Setting Up a Drawing: 73
• Are You Experienced?: 100
• Part 1: 101
• Are You Experienced?: 173
• Part 2: 175
• Laying Out the Kitchen: 208
• Are You Experienced?: 251
• Using Layers to Organize Your Drawing: 253
• Are You Experienced?: 322
• Combining Objects into Blocks: 323
• Controlling Text in a Drawing: 391
• Using Annotative Text: 403
• Using Dynamic Blocks and Tables: 471
• Creating a Dynamic Block: 508
• Generating Elevations: 545
• Working with Hatches Gradients and Tool Palettes: 603
• Are You Experienced?: 644
• Dimensioning a Drawing: 645
• Managing External References: 717
• Using Layouts to Set Up a Print: 763
• Printing a Drawing: 849
• Printing a Drawing: 875
• Creating 3D Geometry: 903
• Getting Further Directions in 3D: 976
• Rendering and Materials: 985
• Adding Materials: 1008
• Index: 1023

About the author

Donnie Gladfelter is a highly visible and respectedthought leader in the CAD community. He is well known for the CADGeek blog (www.thecadgeek.com), has written many articles for thepopular AUGIWorld magazine, and is a popular speaker atAutodesk University and other industry events. He has worked withthe development team at Autodesk to help shape future versions ofAutoCAD, and the company has featured him in numerous videointerviews, including their popular ''Ask the Expert" series.Donnie also helps empower CAD professionals locally and across theworld as a Business Development Manager for CADD Microsystems, anAutodesk Platinum Partner and Autodesk's 2010 Reseller of theYear.

Bibliographic information

• Title: AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013: No Experience Required; Autodesk official training guide; Serious skills
• Author: Donnie Gladfelter
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2012
• ISBN: 1118281748, 9781118281741
• Length: 1072 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Design, Graphics & Media / CAD-CAM; Computers / Desktop Applications / General; Computers / Software Development & Engineering / Computer Graphics; Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General