AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009: No Experience Required

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 818 pages
• Published by: Sybex April 28, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0470260580
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470260586
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 1.8 inches
• Weighs: 2.7 pounds

Product Description
AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009: No Experience Required is the perfect step-by-step introduction to the very latest version of the world's leading CAD software. It provides concise explanations and practical tutorials that clearly show you how to plan and develop a customized AutoCAD project. Follow the tutorials sequentially or just jump in at any chapter by downloading the drawing files from the companion website. Either way, you'll master AutoCAD features, get a thorough grounding in the essentials, and see quick results.

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AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009: No experience Required

AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009: No Experience Required is the perfect step-by-step introduction to the very latest version of the world's leading CAD software. It provides concise explanations and practical tutorials that clearly show you how to plan and develop a customized AutoCAD project. Follow the tutorials sequentially or just jump in at any chapter by downloading the drawing files from the companion website. Either way, you'll master AutoCAD features, get a thorough grounding in the essentials, and see quick results.

Completely revised and better than ever, this perennial bestseller includes comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the latest AutoCAD features, such as the new Ribbon-based user interface, the ViewCube 3D navigation system, Quick View for drawings and layouts, the Quick Properties tool, and the Action Recorder. It also offers a glossary and a supporting website with project files.

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  Utilize the AutoCAD interface as you learn basic commands and set up your own drawings
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  Build on your skills with groups, elevations, hatches, and by using text and dynamic blocks in drawings
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  Develop sophisticated drawings as you graduate to dimensioning, creating external references, using tables, leveraging dynamic blocks, and mastering layouts and printing
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  Take advantage of the 3D capabilities that make AutoCAD 2009 the complete design tool
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  See the best ways to define the appearance of 3D drawings using different visual styles
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  Learn to clearly dimension and add notes to your drawings
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  Model in 3D (right side), then apply materials and render for photorealism (left)

Reader Reviews
Is there anything McFarland has left out about AutoCad 2009? Apparently not, at least for the newbie. As the cover prominently says, no experience needed. The book comprehensively covers what the novice might want. Explaining in detailed steps such basics as setting up a drawing, laying out walls of a building, and the use of layers. The latter is significant. For layering lets you decompose your design process into manageable parts. If you have perhaps used Adobe's Photoshop and its layering, then the idea transfers over readily. The chapters also end in suggestions for exercises, so that you can integrate each chapter's lessons into your understanding. The exercises are not that extensive, so you may have to push yourself into devising more problems if you feel the need. I should add that the text applies AutoCad to the designing of a building. Other important usages include designing consumer products. But the book stays on topic with architecture. By the way, for non-US readers, the examples in the book all use imperial measurements. But you can trivially change the Autocad settings to use metric.