Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Getting to Know AutoCAD -- Starting Up AutoCAD -- The Startup Dialog Box -- Introduction to the AutoCAD Graphics Window -- The Command Window -- Drop-Down Menus -- The Toolbars -- Toolbar Flyouts -- Displaying and Arranging Toolbars -- Custom Toolbars -- Profiles -- The Keyboard -- The Mouse -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 2 Basic Commands to Get Started -- The Line Command -- Using Coordinates -- Relative Coordinates -- Drawing the Box -- Using Relative Cartesian Coordinates -- Erasing Lines -- Using Relative Polar Coordinates -- The Offset Command -- The Fillet Command -- Completing the Box -- Offsetting Lines to Mark an Opening -- Extending Lines -- Trimming Lines -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 3 Setting Up a Drawing -- Drawing Units -- Drawing Size -- The Grid -- Drawing Limits -- Drawing with Grid and Snap -- Saving Your Work -- A Summary of AutoCAD's Units -- Linear Units -- Angular Units -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 4 Gaining Drawing Strategies: Part 1 -- Laying Out the Walls -- The Exterior Wall Lines -- The Interior Walls -- Cutting Openings in the Walls -- Creating Doors -- Drawing Swinging Doors -- Copying Objects -- Mirroring Objects -- Finishing the Swinging Doors -- Drawing a Sliding Glass Door -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- An Alternate Sliding Glass Door -- An Addition to the Cabin -- Draw Three Views of a Block -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 5 Gaining Drawing Strategies: Part 2 -- Drawing the Steps and Thresholds -- The Front Step -- The Back Step -- The Thresholds -- The Balcony: Drawing Circles -- Laying Out the Kitchen -- The Counter -- The Stove and Refrigerator -- Completing the Stove -- The Kitchen Sink -- Constructing the Bathroom -- Setting Running Object Snaps.

Drawing a Shower Unit -- The Bathroom Sink -- Positioning a Toilet -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Draw the Cabin Again -- Draw Something Else -- Draw Some Furniture for the Cabin -- Draw a Gasket -- Draw a Parking Lot -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 6 Using Layers to Organize Your Drawing -- Layers as an Organization Tool -- Setting Up Layers -- The Layer Properties Manager Dialog Box -- Assigning Objects to Layers -- Turning Off and Freezing Layers -- Drawing the Headers -- Drawing the Roof -- Assigning an Individual Linetype Scale Factor -- Properties of Layers and Objects -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Experiment with Linetypes and Linetype Scales -- Set Up Layers for Your Own Trade or Profession -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 7 Grouping Objects into Blocks -- Making a Block for a Door -- Inserting the Door Block -- Finding Blocks in a Drawing -- Using Grips to Detect a Block -- Using the List Command to Detect a Block -- Using the Properties Palette to Detect a Block -- Creating a Window Block -- Inserting the Window Block -- Rotating a Block During Insertion -- Using Guidelines When Inserting a Block -- Using Object Snap Tracking and Polar Tracking to Insert a Block -- Finishing the Windows -- Revising a Block -- Sharing Information between Drawings -- Dragging and Dropping between Two Open Drawings -- Using AutoCAD's DesignCenter -- Other Ways to Share Information between Drawings -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 8 Generating Elevations -- Drawing the Front Elevation -- Setting Up Lines for the Heights -- Using Grips to Copy Lines -- Trimming Lines in the Elevation -- Drawing the Roof in Elevation -- Putting in the Door, the Step, and the Windows -- Finishing Touches -- Generating the Other Elevations -- Making the Rear Elevation -- Revising the Rear Elevation.

Making the Left and Right Elevations -- Drawing Scale Considerations -- Interior Elevations -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 9 Working with Hatches and Fills -- Hatching the Front Elevation -- Looking at Hatch Patterns -- Hatching the Rest of the Front Elevation -- Special Effects -- Modifying a Hatch Pattern -- Using Hatches in the Floor Plan -- Hatching the Floors -- Finishing the Hatches for the Floors -- Hatching the Walls in the Floor Plan -- Modifying the Shape of Hatch Patterns -- Creating and Managing Tool Palettes -- Creating a New Tool Palette -- Setting Up a Palette for Hatches -- Creating a Palette for Commands -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Create a Hatch Pattern for the Roof in Plan View -- Create Your Hatch Palette -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 10 Controlling Text in a Drawing -- Setting Up Text Styles -- Text and Drawing Scale -- Defining a Text Style for Room Labels -- Using Single-Line Text -- Placing Titles of Views in the Drawing -- Placing Room Labels in the Floor Plan -- Using Text in a Grid -- Creating a Title Block and Border -- Using Multiline Text -- Other Aspects of Multiline Text -- Creating a Table -- Defining a Table Style -- Designing a Table -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 11 Dimensioning a Drawing -- Dimension Styles -- Making a New Dimension Style -- Placing Dimensions on the Drawing -- Horizontal Dimensions -- Vertical Dimensions -- Other Types of Dimensions -- Radial Dimensions -- Leader Lines -- Angular and Aligned Dimensions -- Modifying Dimensions -- Modifying Dimension Text -- Dimension Overrides -- Dimensioning Short Distances -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Exercise 1: Dimensioning the Garage Addition -- Exercise 2: Dimensioning to a Center Line -- Other Exercises -- Are You Experienced?.

CHAPTER 12 Managing External References -- Drawing a Site Plan -- Using Surveyor Units -- Drawing the Driveway -- Setting Up an External Reference -- The External Reference Dialog Box -- Controlling the Appearance of an Xref -- Moving and Rotating an Xref -- Modifying an Xref Drawing -- Modifying an Xref by Making It the Current Drawing -- Modifying an Xref from within the Host Drawing -- Applications for Xrefs -- Additional Xref Features -- The Xref Path -- Binding Xrefs -- Other Features of Xrefs -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 13 Using Layouts to Set Up a Print -- Setting Up Layouts -- Drawing a Border on a Layout -- Designing a Title Block for a Layout -- Adjusting a Viewport -- Switching between Model Space and a Layout -- Working with Multiple Viewports in a Layout -- Setting Up Multiple Viewports -- Aligning Viewports -- Finishing the 11" × 17" Drawing -- Setting Up Viewports in Different Scales -- Adding Multiple Viewports to a Layout -- Adding Text to Paper Space -- Turning Off Viewports -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 14 Printing an AutoCAD Drawing -- The Plot Dialog Box -- Printer/Plotter -- Paper Size and Number of Copies -- The Plot Area -- Plot Scale -- Plot Offset and Plot Options -- The Expanded Plot Dialog Box -- Printing a Drawing -- Determining Lineweights for a Drawing -- Other Properties of Layers -- Setting Up the Other Parameters for the Print -- Previewing a Print -- Printing a Drawing Using Layouts -- Printing a Drawing with Multiple Viewports -- Printing the Site Plan -- A Few Words About Plot Styles -- Plot Style Table Files -- Are You Experienced? -- APPENDIX A Look at Drawing in 3D -- 3D Modeling -- Viewing a Drawing in 3D -- Making the Walls -- Cutting Doorway Openings -- Subtracting Window Openings -- Creating a Floor for the Cabin.

Forming the Steps and the Balcony in 3D -- Finishing the 3D Model -- Putting a Roof on the Cabin -- Further Directions in 3D -- Other Solids Modeling Tools -- Surface Modeling Tools -- Rendering with AutoCAD -- GLOSSARY -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

The First Choice for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Novices-from the Leading AutoCAD Publisher! AutoCAD 2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005: No Experience Required is your step-by-step introduction to the latest versions of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, the world's leading customizable CAD software. Inside this perfectly paced guide are the clear-cut explanations and practical tutorials that you need to complete even the most elaborate AutoCAD projects. Discover AutoCAD 2005's newest features as you plan and develop a complete project. Follow the tutorials sequentially or begin at any chapter by downloading the drawing files from the Sybex website. Either way, you'll develop a solid grounding in the essentials and learn how to use AutoCAD's productivity tools to get your work done efficiently. Gain the Imperative AutoCAD Skills Find your way around AutoCAD and LT Understand the basic commands and how to set up a drawing Apply AutoCAD's coordinate systems Master drawing strategies Employ Polar and Object Snap Tracking Set up and manage layers, colors, and linetypes Use blocks and Wblocks Drag AutoCAD objects from one drawing to another Generate elevations and orthographic views Work with hatches and fills Control text in a drawing Manage external references Set up layouts and print an AutoCAD drawing Use AutoCAD's enhanced tool palettes Create and render a 3D model Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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