What's new in Release 2000? system requirements and installation; using the book; the Release 2000 graphics screen and terminology; drawing, e5rasing and the selection set; the 2D drawing aids; saving and opening drawings; standards sheet I; line creating and co-ordinate entry; circle creation; object snap; arc. donut and ellipse creation; layers and standard sheet II; user exercise; Fillet and Chamfer; offset, extend, trim and change commands; user exercise II; text; dimensioning styles I; modifying objects; grips; drawing assistance; viewing a drawing; hatching; point, polygon and solid; polylines and splines; modifying polylines and splines; divide, measure and break; lengthen, align and stretch; interrogating a drawing; text fonts and styles multiline text; the array command; changing properties; user exercise III; dimension style II; drawing to different sizes; multilines, complex lines an groups; blocks; Wblocks; attributes; external references; isometric drawings; model space and paper space; toolbar customisation; templates; autoCAD design centre.