AutoCAD for Beginners

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New Riders Pub., 1991 - Computers - 539 pages
This introduction to AutoCAD shows beginners how to create and customize drawings, work with text, and add dimensioning and 3D drawing. Practical examples and tutorials are supplemented by lists of AutoCAD commands and their functions.

Contents

Introduction
1
Introducing DOS and File Management
7
Lines Arcs Circles and Undo
48
Using the QUIT Command
54
The Editing Process
60
Information about Your Drawing
67
Drawing Accurately
71
Summary
115
Moving Objects with the MOVE Command
328
Editing Individual Polyline Vertices
341
Creating Parallel Entities with OFFSET
353
Growing into 3D
369
An Overview of Additional 3D Commands
410
Dimensioning Drawings
419
Composing Annotating and Plotting
471
Composing Multiview Paper Space Plot Sheets
477

Drawing Big on a Small Screen
163
Specifying Drawing Limits
170
Working with Multiple Views and Viewports
177
Blocks and Xrefs
215
Enhancing and Correcting Your Work
253
Editing Constructively
321
Creating a Section in Release 10
486
Defining Hatch Boundaries
492
Preparing Mview Viewports and Layers for Plotting
499
Summary
515
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