AutoCAD 2014 for Dummies (Paperback)

Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with AutoCAD 2014 7 Chapter 1: Introducing AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 9 Chapter 2: The Grand Tour of AutoCAD 2014 19 Chapter 3: A Lap around the CAD Track 39 Chapter 4: Setup for Success 65 Chapter 5: A Zoom with a View 87 Part II: Let There Be Lines 97 Chapter 6: Along the Straight and Narrow 99 Chapter 7: Dangerous Curves Ahead 111 Chapter 8: Preciseliness Is Next to CADliness 125 Chapter 9: Manage Your Properties 143 Chapter 10: Grabbing Onto Object Selection 165 Chapter 11: Edit for Credit 177 Chapter 12: Planning for Paper 209 Part III: If Drawings Could Talk 223 Chapter 13: Text with Character 225 Chapter 14: Entering New Dimensions 259 Chapter 15: Down the Hatch! 285 Chapter 16: The Plot Thickens 299 Part IV: Advancing with AutoCAD 327 Chapter 17: The ABCs of Blocks 329 Chapter 18: Everything from Arrays to Xrefs 347 Chapter 19: Call the Parametrics! 383 Chapter 20: Drawing on the Internet 409 Part V: On a 3D Spree 427 Chapter 21: It's a 3D World After All 429 Chapter 22: From Drawings to Models 449 Chapter 23: It's Showtime! 471 Part VI: The Part of Tens 493 Chapter 24: Ten AutoCAD Resources 495 Chapter 25: Ten System Variables to Make Your AutoCAD Life Easier 499 Chapter 26: Ten AutoCAD Secrets 505 Index 509