Practical AutoCAD® 2009

Practical AutoCAD 2009 provides:

• Detailed illustrations with authentic screen captures and AutoCAD drawings
• Tutorial Videos demonstrating key AutoCAD commands and features on the included CD-ROM
• Numerous examples throughout the text for immediate reinforcement of topics
• Chapter exercises allowing students to apply knowledge of AutoCAD commands and features
• Command Reference Boxes throughout the text that provide a quick and easy reference for using AutoCAD commands
• Objectives at the beginning of each chapter
• Mechanical and architectural projects for developing professional drawings to use in portfolios

Contents include:

• Introduction to AutoCAD
• Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• Command Entry and AutoCAD Help
• Drawing Setup
• Coordinate Input
• Drawing Commands
• Layers
• Display Commands and Drawing Aids
• Object Snap and Tracking
• Modify Commands
• Object Properties and Inquiry Commands
• Annotating Text
• Templates and Title Blocks
• Annotating Dimensions
• Annotations and Annotation Scaling
• Hatching
• Plotting Model Space
• Plotting Paper Space
• Appendix
• Glossary
• Index

Included with the text is a CD-ROM which features:

• Quick Quizzes®
• Illustrated Glossary
• Examples
• Exercises
• Drawing Files
• Tutorial Videos
• Dictionary of Architectural Abbreviations
• Review Questions