Mastering AutoCAD 2004 and AutoCAD LT 2004

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 1264 pages
• Published by: Sybex May 19, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0782141889
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0782141887
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 2.6 inches
• Weighs: 4.3 pounds

Product Description
AutoCAD is the industry-leading CAD software. The latest release will include a new Tools palette, full true-color support, graphic enhancements such as gradient fills, digital signatures, improved Xref management tools, and the return of Express Tools. This book works as both a tutorial and a stand-alone reference book. It features comprehensive coverage of both AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT.

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The Classic AutoCAD Resource—Now Covering the Latest Release of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT

Mastering AutoCAD 2004 and AutoCAD LT 2004 is a fully updated and enhanced edition of Omura's classic. If you've never used AutoCAD, the tutorial approach and step-by-step instruction will get you started right away. If you're familiar with an earlier release, in-depth explanations of AutoCAD's newest and most advanced features will quickly take your work to the next level. Whatever your experience, however you use AutoCAD, this is an indispensable resource that you'll refer to again and again. Coverage includes:

• Finding your way around the AutoCAD interface
• Creating and developing an AutoCAD drawing
• Managing your drawing projects
• Controlling your drawings' printed output
• Previewing your drawings using WYSIWYG plotting
• Discovering hidden features
• Mastering the 3D modeling and rendering process
• Customizing AutoCAD
• Taking advantage of AutoCAD's Internet features
• Linking drawings to databases and spreadsheets
• Combining tools to accomplish complex tasks
• Managing custom symbols
• Securing and authenticating your files
• Aligning and coordinating Layout views
• Customizing and using the new Tool Palettes
• Using Publish to share files with non-AutoCAD users

Reader Reviews
As a student landscape and gardenarchitecture (last year), i found myself lacking the courage and will to learn autocad as they taught us at school. I actually got very bad grades untill i decided to make an effort and buy some kind of book that could teach me. After giving it some thought i decided to buy this book written by Omura and boy! i am i glad i did. My grades went up a whole bunch and suddenly i understood what the teacher was explaining. Students around me started to come to me to get answers on things they didn't understand about the program. So in short, what makes this a good book? It starts from zero, absolutely from the beginning, working itself up to the point where you enter a more advanced level. each step is fully explained, instead of telling what to do, George Omura tells you WHY you need to do what you do. The best about the book is that in the back of the book, there is a list with keywords, enabling you to fastacces things you are stuck with or don't understand as you use the program. So this book isn't only handy to learn autocad, it's also good for a fast look-up on something you need to know. I did at a certain point hunger for more knowledge on the more advanced 3D operations. George Omura does a good job explaining the fundaments, but i wish he would've gone more deeper into it sometimes. Sometimes the explanation felt lacking more information. But overall, i class this a 5 star book!