AutoCAD 2010 & autoCAD LT 2010: no experience required

Completely updated on the latest releases of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, this book provides you with the skills needed to work in AutoCAD immediately and a step-by-step tutorial teaches you all the basics so you can quickly achieve results when creating 2D and 3D technical drawings. You ll look at dimensioning, external references, layouts and printing, and using 3D and move on to examining more advanced features such as grouping, elevations, hatches, and using text in drawings. The companion Web site contains project files, a bonus chapter on using the Internet with AutoCAD, an appendix on attributes, and another appendix on dynamic blocks.

1. Getting to know AutoCAD

2. Basic Commands to Get Started

3. Setting Up a Drawing

4. Gaining Drawing Strategies: Part 1

5. Gaining Drawing Strategies: Part 2

6. Using Layers to Organize Your Drawing

7. Grouping Objects into Blocks

8. Controlling Text in a Drawing

9. Using Dynamic Blocks and Tables

10. Generating Elevations

11. Working with Hatches and Gradients

12. Dimensioning a Drawing

13. Managing External References

Using Layouts to Set Up a Print

15. Printing an AutoCAD Drawing

16. Creating 3D Geometry

17. Materials and Rendering

Glossary