AutoCAD 2002 Inside & Out
2nd Edition
Published on 15. February 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
283 pages
978-1-57820-075-7 (ISBN)
Description
As the AutoCAD Technical Evangelist, Lynn Allen is uniquely qualified to guide you to maximum productivity with AutoCAD 2002. She has distilled eight years of her 'Circle and Lines' column from CADENCE magazine to show you the path to AutoCAD enlightenmen
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Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-57820-075-7 (9781578200757)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
01/1997
R & D
€42.27
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Person
Lynn Allen is the AutoCAD Technical Evangelist for Autodesk, Inc. The recipient of numerous training awards and a two-time AutoCAD Top Gun finalist, she has been working with AutoCAD for more than 16 years and writing the 'Circle and Lines' column for CADENCE magazine for eight. A sought-after public speaker, Lynn has informed and delighted technical conference audiences around the world.
Content
Part 1: ground zero - the simple stuff; we're off the see the wizard; hidden treasures in the user interface; the world of object snaps; AutoSnaps!; object selection; layering with AutoCAD; construction commands; more to offer with multilines; crosshatching revisited; text and Dtext; the magical world of MTEXT; text tips and tricks. Part 2: making you a little more dangerous; object grips; creating curves; splines and ellipses; the aerial viewer; new dimensioning techniques; dimension style families; raise the roof on productivity; the external reference manager; what you see is what you get; it's bonus time! layer bonus routines and text bonus tools; the quintessential selection set; the FILTER command - your new best friend; creating your own toolbars - for the technically challenged!; secret right-click cursor menus; the world of raster; AutoCAD 2000 express tools; modifying object properties with AutoCAD 2000; editing your external references; are your blocks smart?; editing your attributes; AutoCAD DesignCentre; cool stuff in AutoCAD; digging deeper into dimensioning. Part 3: the finale - taking the reins of AutoCAD; lost in paper space; AutoCAD 2000 - a paper space odyssey; external references; calculating geometrics; autoCAD filters; positive attributes; made to order menus; the down and dirty basics of customizing AutoCAD; customized toolbars; customizing your pulldown menus; neglected but powerful menus; the long lost image tile menus; limitless; setting up your files structure with preferences; cool system variables.