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by David Byrnes
AutoCAD® 2012 FOR DUMMIES®
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
About the Author
Dedication
Author's Acknowledgments
Publisher's Acknowledgments
Contents at a Glance
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
What's Not (And What Is) in This Book
Who Do I Think You Are?
How This Book Is Organized
Icons Used in This Book
A Few Conventions — Just in Case
Where to Go from Here
Part I: AutoCAD 101
1: Introducing AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT
Why AutoCAD?
The Importance of Being DWG
Seeing the LT
Checking System Requirements
Suddenly, It's 2012!
2: Le Tour de AutoCAD 2012
AutoCAD Does Windows (And Office)
And They're Off: AutoCAD's Opening Screens
Getting with the Program
Fun with F1
3: A Lap around the CAD Track
A Simple Setup
Drawing a (Base) Plate
Getting a Closer Look with Zoom and Pan
Modifying to Make It Merrier
Following the Plot
4: Setup for Success
A Setup Roadmap
A Template for Success
Making the Most of Model Space
Making Templates Your Own
5: Planning for Paper
Setting Up a Layout in Paper Space
About Paper Space Layouts and Plotting
Part II: Let There Be Lines
6: Manage Your Properties
Managing Your Properties
Using Named Objects
7: Preciseliness Is Next to CADliness
Controlling Your Precision
Other Practical Precision Procedures
8: Down the Straightaway
Introducing the AutoCAD Drawing Commands
The Straight and Narrow: Lines, Polylines, and Polygons
9: Dangerous Curves Ahead
(Throwing) Curves
Scoring Points
10: Get a Grip on Object Selection
Commanding and Selecting
Grab It
Perfecting Selecting
Object Selection: Now You See It …
Get a Grip
11: Edit for Credit
Your AutoCAD Tool Kit
The Big Three: Move, Copy, and Stretch
More Manipulations
Slicing, Dicing, and Splicing
12: A Zoom with a View
Zoom and Pan with Glass and Hand
A View by Any Other Name …
Looking Around in Layout Land
Degenerating and Regenerating
Part III: If Drawings Could Talk
13: Text with Character
Getting Ready to Write
Using the Same Old Line
Turning On Your Annotative Objects
Saying More in Multiline Text
Gather Round the Tables
Bring Out Your Inner Leader
14: Entering New Dimensions
Discovering New Dimensions
Doing Dimensions with Style(s)
Drawing Dimensions
Editing Dimensions
15: Down the Hatch
Batten Down the Hatches!
Pushing the Boundary (of) Hatch
Editing Hatch Objects
16: The Plot Thickens
You Say Printing, I Say Plotting
A Simple Plot
Plotting the Layout of the Land
Plotting Lineweights and Colors
It's a (Page) Setup!
Continuing the Plot Dialog
Troubles with Plotting
Part IV: Advancing with AutoCAD
17: The ABCs of Blocks
Rocking with Blocks
18: Going Dynamic and External
Arraying Associatively
Theme and Variations: Dynamic Blocks
Going External
Blocks, Xrefs, and Drawing Organization
Mastering the Raster
You say PDF, I say DWF
19: Call the Parametrics!
Maintaining Design Intent
Understanding Dimensional Constraints
Understanding Geometric Constraints
20: Drawing on the Internet
The Internet and AutoCAD: An Overview
Sending Strategies
Design Web Format — Not Just for the Web
The Drawing Protection Racket
Part V: On a 3D Spree
21: It's a 3D World After All
Understanding 3D Digital Models
Tools of the Trade
Modeling from Above
Changing Planes
Navigating the 3D Waters
Visualizing 3D objects
22: From Drawings … to Models
Is 3D for Me?
Getting Your 3D Bearings
From Drawing to Modeling in 3D
Adding the Third Dimension to 2D Objects
Modifying 3D Objects
23: On a Render Bender
Visualizing the Digital World
Adding Lighting
Creating and Applying Materials
Defining a Background
Rendering a 3D Model
Part VI: The Part of Tens
24: Ten Great AutoCAD Resources
Autodesk's Feedback Community
Autodesk's Discussion Groups
Autodesk's Own Bloggers
Autodesk University
The Autodesk Channel on YouTube
The World Wide (CAD) Web
Your Local ATC
Your Local User Group
AUGI
Books
25: Ten Differences between AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT
Price
3D Abilities
Customization Options
Network Licensing
Express Tools
Parametrics
Standards Checking
Data Extraction
MLINE versus DLINE
Profiles
Reference Manager
26: Ten System Variables to Make Your Life Easier
APERTURE
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