Beginning AutoCAD 2005

Beginning AutoCAD 2005 is a course based on learning and practising the essentials of 2D drawing using AutoCAD. Bob McFarlane?s hands-on approach is uniquely suited to independent learning and use on courses. The focus on 2D drawing in one book, ensures the reader gets a thorough grounding in the subject, with a greater depth of coverage than tends to be available from general introductions to AutoCAD. As a result, this book provides a true, step-by-step, detailed exploration of the AutoCAD functions required at each stage of producing a 2D drawing ? an approach often not found in the many software reference guides available.The emphasis on learning through doing makes this book ideal for anyone involved in engineering, construction or architecture ? where the focus is on productivity and practical skills. The author has also matched the coverage to the requirements of City and Guilds, Edexcel (BTEC) and SQA syllabuses.New features in AutoCAD 2005 are covered in this book including: Drafting Tools; Drawing Management; Drawing Output; Plot and Publish Tools; Productivity Tools; Sheet Set Manager, and Tool Palette Enhancements. The result is a useful refresher course for anyone using AutoCAD at this level, and those upgrading to the new software release. The course is also designed to be fully relevant to anyone using other recent releases, including AutoCAD 2004.Bob McFarlane is Curriculum Manager for CAD and New Media at Motherwell College, Scotland, and an Autodesk Educational Developer.

Preface. Using the book. AutoCAD 2005 graphics screen. Drawing, Erasing and the Selection Set. The 2D drawing aids. Saving and Opening drawings. Standard sheet 1. Line creation and co-ordinate entry. Circle creation. Object snap. Arc, donut and ellipse creation. Layers and standard sheet 2. User exercise 1. Fillet and chamfer. The offset, extend, trim and change commands. User exercise 2. Text. Dimensioning. Dimension styles 1. Modifying objects. Grips. Drawing assistance. Viewing a drawing. Hatching. Point, polygon and solid. Polylines. Modifying polylines. Divide, measure and break. Lengthen, align and stretch. Obtaining information from a drawing. Text fonts and styles. Multiline text, Text Tables, Fields. The array command. Changing properties. User exercise 3. Dimension styles 2. Drawing with various units and paper sizes. Multilines, complex lines and groups. Blocks. Wblocks. Attributes. External references. Pictorial drawings. Model space and Paper space. Templates. CAD Standards. The AutoCAD Design Center. Toolbars and Tool Palettes. Sheet Set. ‘electronic’ AutoCAD. Obtaining a CAD qualification. Index.

First year undergraduate engineering, construction and architecture students, all using CAD. Further education students in engineering drawing and design (mechanical engineering and manufacturing): BTEC National Engineering (mechanical and

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