- Copyright
- About the Author
- Credits
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Basics
- 1. Drawing a Window
- 1. Starting to Draw
- 1.1. AutoCAD's Advantages
- 1.2. Comparing AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT
- 1.3. Starting AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT
- 1.4. Creating a New Drawing
- 1.5. Using the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Interface
- 1.6. Creating a New Folder
- 1.7. Using the Interface
- 1.8. Saving a Drawing
- 1.9. Closing a Drawing and Exiting from AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT
- 1.10. Summary
- 2. Opening a Drawing
- 3. Using Commands
- 3.1. The AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Interface
- 3.2. The Command Line and Dynamic Input
- 3.3. Command Techniques
- 3.4. Of Mice and Pucks
- 3.5. Getting Help
- 3.6. Summary
- 4. Specifying Coordinates
- 4.1. Understanding the X,Y Coordinate System
- 4.2. Typing Coordinates
- 4.3. Displaying Coordinates
- 4.4. Picking Coordinates on the Screen
- 4.5. Overriding Coordinate Settings
- 4.6. Locating Points
- 4.7. Summary
- 5. Setting Up a Drawing
- II. Drawing in Two Dimensions
- 6. Drawing Simple Lines
- 7. Drawing Curves and Points
- 8. Viewing Your Drawing
- 8.1. Regenerating and Redrawing the Display
- 8.2. Panning
- 8.3. Using the ZOOM Command
- 8.4. Using the SteeringWheel
- 8.5. Creating Named Views
- 8.6. Working with Tiled Viewports
- 8.7. Using Snap Rotation
- 8.8. Understanding User Coordinate Systems
- 8.9. Creating Isometric Drawings
- 8.10. Summary
- 9. Editing Your Drawing with Basic Tools
- 9.1. Editing a Drawing
- 9.2. Selecting Objects
- 9.3. Summary
- 10. Editing Your Drawing with Advanced Tools
- 10.1. Copying and Moving Objects
- 10.2. Resizing Commands
- 10.3. Using Construction Commands
- 10.4. Creating a Revision Cloud
- 10.5. Hiding Objects with a Wipeout
- 10.6. Constraining Objects with Parameters
- 10.7. Double-Clicking to Edit Objects
- 10.8. Grips
- 10.9. Editing with the Quick Properties Palette and the Properties Palette
- 10.10. Selection Filters
- 10.11. Groups
- 10.12. Summary
- 11. Organizing Drawings with Layers, Colors, Linetypes, and Lineweights
- 11.1. Working with Layers
- 11.2. Changing Object Color, Linetype, and Lineweight
- 11.3. Working with Linetype Scales
- 11.4. Importing Layers and Linetypes from Other Drawings
- 11.5. Matching Properties
- 11.6. Summary
- 12. Obtaining Information from Your Drawing
- 13. Creating Text
- 13.1. Creating Single-Line Text
- 13.2. Understanding Text Styles
- 13.3. Creating Multiline Text
- 13.4. Creating Tables
- 13.5. Inserting Fields
- 13.6. Managing Text
- 13.7. Finding Text in Your Drawing
- 13.8. Checking Your Spelling
- 13.9. Summary
- 14. Drawing Dimensions
- 14.1. Working with Dimensions
- 14.2. Drawing Linear Dimensions
- 14.3. Drawing Aligned Dimensions
- 14.4. Creating Baseline and Continued Dimensions
- 14.5. Dimensioning Arcs and Circles
- 14.6. Dimensioning Angles
- 14.7. Creating Ordinate Dimensions
- 14.8. Drawing Leaders
- 14.9. Using Quick Dimension
- 14.10. Creating Inspection Dimensions
- 14.11. Creating Geometric Tolerances
- 14.12. Editing Dimensions
- 14.12.1. Editing associativity
- 14.12.2. Using the DIMEDIT command
- 14.12.3. Using the DIMTEDIT command
- 14.12.4. Flipping dimension arrows
- 14.12.5. Editing dimension text
- 14.12.6. Using the Properties palette to edit dimensions
- 14.12.7. Changing annotative scales
- 14.12.8. Spacing dimensions equally apart
- 14.12.9. Breaking dimensions
- 14.12.10. Using Quick Dimension to edit dimensions
- 14.12.11. Using grips to edit dimensions
- 14.12.12. Editing objects and dimensions together
- 14.13. Summary
- 15. Creating Dimension Styles
- 15.1. Understanding Dimension Styles
- 15.2. Defining a New Dimension Style
- 15.3. Changing Dimension Styles
- 15.3.1. Choosing a new current dimension style
- 15.3.2. Creating a variant of a dimension style
- 15.3.3. Modifying a dimension to use a new dimension style
- 15.3.4. Modifying dimension styles
- 15.3.5. Overriding a dimension style
- 15.3.6. Updating dimensions
- 15.3.7. Comparing dimension styles
- 15.3.8. Copying dimension styles from other drawings
- 15.4. Summary
- 16. Drawing Complex Objects
- 16.1. Creating and Editing Polylines
- 16.2. Drawing and Editing Splines
- 16.3. Creating Regions
- 16.4. Creating Boundaries
- 16.5. Creating Hatches
- 16.6. Creating and Editing Multilines
- 16.7. Creating Dlines in AutoCAD LT
- 16.8. Using the SKETCH Command
- 16.9. Digitizing Drawings with the TABLET Command
- 16.10. Summary
- 17. Plotting and Printing Your Drawing
- 17.1. Preparing a Drawing for Plotting or Printing
- 17.2. Creating a Layout in Paper Space
- 17.2.1. Entering paper space
- 17.2.2. Using the Layout Wizard
- 17.2.3. Laying out a drawing in paper space on your own
- 17.2.3.1. Managing layouts
- 17.2.3.2. Using the Page Setup Manager
- 17.2.3.3. Preparing layers
- 17.2.3.4. Inserting a titleblock
- 17.2.3.5. Creating floating viewports
- 17.2.3.6. Returning to model space while on a layout
- 17.2.3.7. Setting viewport scale
- 17.2.3.8. Locking the viewport
- 17.2.3.9. Setting viewport size, placement, and display
- 17.2.3.10. Controlling scale for noncontinuous linetypes
- 17.2.3.11. Setting layer visibility and properties within a viewport
- 17.2.3.12. Setting hidden and shaded views for viewports
- 17.2.4. Annotating a layout
- 17.2.5. Saving a layout template
- 17.3. Working with Plot Styles
- 17.4. Plotting a Drawing
- 17.5. Summary
- III. Working with Data
- 18. Working with Blocks and Attributes
- 18.1. Combining Objects into Blocks
- 18.2. Inserting Blocks and Files into Drawings
- 18.3. Managing Blocks
- 18.4. Creating and Using Dynamic Blocks
- 18.5. Using Windows Features to Copy Data
- 18.6. Working with Attributes
- 18.7. Summary
- 19. Referencing Other Drawings
- 19.1. Understanding External References
- 19.2. Editing an Xref within Your Drawing
- 19.3. Controlling Xref Display
- 19.4. Managing Xrefs
- 19.5. Working with DWF, DGN, and PDF Underlays
- 19.6. Summary
- 20. Working with External Databases
- 18. Working with Blocks and Attributes
- IV. Drawing in Three Dimensions
- 21. Specifying 3D Coordinates
- 21.1. Working in a 3D Environment
- 21.2. Using 3D Coordinates
- 21.3. Using Elevation and Thickness
- 21.4. Working with the User Coordinate System
- 21.5. Summary
- 22. Viewing 3D Drawings
- 22.1. Working with the Standard Viewpoints
- 22.2. Using the ViewCube to View Your Drawing
- 22.3. Creating a Named View with a Camera
- 22.4. Displaying Parallel and Perspective Projections
- 22.5. Using 3D Orbit
- 22.6. Using ShowMotion to Cycle through Views
- 22.7. Walking Through a Model
- 22.8. Navigating with the Wheel
- 22.9. Using DVIEW to a Create a Perspective View
- 22.10. Working with Visual Styles
- 22.11. Laying Out 3D Drawings
- 22.12. Printing in 3D
- 22.13. Summary
- 23. Creating 3D Surfaces
- 23.1. Drawing Surfaces with 3DFACE
- 23.2. Drawing Surfaces with PFACE
- 23.3. Creating Plane Surfaces
- 23.4. Creating Polygon Meshes with 3DMESH
- 23.5. Drawing Standard 3D Shapes
- 23.6. Drawing Revolved Surfaces
- 23.7. Drawing an Extruded Surface
- 23.8. Drawing Surfaces Between 2D Objects
- 23.9. Drawing Edge Surfaces
- 23.10. Working with Multiple Types of Objects
- 23.11. Summary
- 24. Creating Solids and Editing in 3D
- 24.1. Drawing Basic Smooth Solids
- 24.2. Creating Extruded Solids
- 24.3. Drawing Swept Solids
- 24.4. Drawing Revolved Solids
- 24.5. Drawing Lofted Solids
- 24.6. Drawing Polyline-Like Solids
- 24.7. Manipulating Solids
- 24.8. Working with Mesh Shapes
- 24.9. Creating Complex Solids
- 24.10. Sectioning and Slicing Solids
- 24.11. Using Editing Commands in 3D
- 24.12. Using the SOLIDEDIT Command
- 24.13. Listing Solid Properties
- 24.14. Summary
- 25. Rendering in 3D
- 25.1. Understanding Rendering
- 25.2. Creating Lights
- 25.3. Working with Materials
- 25.4. Doing the Final Render
- 25.5. Summary
- 21. Specifying 3D Coordinates
- V. Organizing and Managing Drawings
- 26. Keeping Control of Your Drawings
- 26.1. Accessing Drawing Components with the DesignCenter
- 26.2. Accessing Drawing Content with Tool Palettes
- 26.3. Setting Standards for Drawings
- 26.4. Working with Sheet Sets
- 26.5. Organizing Your Drawings
- 26.6. Maintaining Security
- 26.7. Keeping Track of Referenced Files
- 26.8. Handling Errors and Crashes
- 26.9. Managing Drawings from Prior Releases
- 26.10. Summary
- 27. Working with Other Applications
- 28. Creating Electronic Output
- 28.1. Sending Drawings
- 28.2. Opening Drawings from the Web
- 28.3. Creating Object Hyperlinks
- 28.4. Publishing Drawings
- 28.4.1. Understanding DWF and DWFx files
- 28.4.2. Creating 2D DWF and DWFx files
- 28.4.2.1. Starting the PUBLISH command
- 28.4.2.2. Adding drawings to the drawing list
- 28.4.2.3. Removing model space or layout tabs from the drawing list
- 28.4.2.4. Editing the drawing list
- 28.4.2.5. Defining the output
- 28.4.2.6. Setting publish options
- 28.4.2.7. Publishing
- 28.4.2.8. Creating DWF files from other applications
- 28.4.2.9. Auto-publishing
- 28.4.3. Creating 3D DWF and 3D DWFx files
- 28.4.4. Using the Publish to Web Wizard
- 28.4.5. Posting DWF and DWFx files directly
- 28.4.6. Editing Web pages
- 28.4.7. Viewing DWF and DWFx drawings
- 28.5. Summary
- 26. Keeping Control of Your Drawings
- VI. Customizing AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT
- 29. Customizing Commands, Toolbars, and Tool Palettes
- 30. Creating Macros and Slide Shows
- 31. Creating Your Own Linetypes and Hatch Patterns
- 32. Creating Shapes and Fonts
- 33. Customizing the Ribbon and Menus
- 33.1. Working with the Customization File
- 33.2. Customizing the Interface
- 33.2.1. Looking at a ribbon panel
- 33.2.2. Writing macros
- 33.2.3. Customizing the ribbon
- 33.2.4. Customizing the drop-down menu
- 33.2.5. Customizing mouse buttons and tablet buttons
- 33.2.6. Customizing image-tile menus
- 33.2.7. Customizing tablet menus
- 33.2.8. Working with the Screen menu
- 33.2.9. Creating keyboard shortcuts
- 33.2.10. Customizing the double-click behavior
- 33.2.11. Customizing the Quick Properties palette and rollover tooltips
- 33.3. Summary
- VII. Programming AutoCAD
- 34. Understanding AutoLISP and Visual LISP Basics
- 35. Exploring AutoLISP Further
- 36. Exploring Advanced AutoLISP Topics
- 37. Programming with Visual Basic for Applications
- VIII. Appendixes
- A. Installing and Configuring AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT
- B. AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Resources
- C. What's on the DVD-ROM
- C.1. System Requirements
- C.2. Using the DVD with Microsoft Windows
- C.3. What's on the DVD
- C.4. Troubleshooting
- C.5. Customer Care
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