AutoCAD 2007 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer Tech))

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 432 pages
• Published by: For Dummies; Rev Ed edition May 8, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0471786497
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471786498
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.4 pounds

Book Description
AutoCAD 2007 is a premiere computer-aided designing program that lets you organize the objects you draw, their properties, and their files. It also helps you create great-looking models. But it’s not always easy to figure out how to perform these functions, and many users end up missing out on AutoCAD’s full potential.

AutoCAD 2007 For Dummies will show you how to perform these tasks and more! This hands-on guide lets you discover how to navigate around all the complications and start creating cool drawings in no time. Soon you’ll have the tools you need to use DWG, set up drawings, add text, and work with lines, as well as:

• Draw a base plate with rectangles and circles
• Organize a successful template
• Zoom and pan with glass and hand
• Use the AutoCAD design center
• Navigate through your 3-D drawing projects
• Plot layout, lineweights, and colors
• Design block definitions
• Slice and dice your drawings to create new designs
• Create a Web format using AutoCAD

This book also features suggestions and tips on how to touch up your creations as well as ways to swap drawing data with other people and programs. Written in a friendly, straightforward tone that doesn’t try to overwhelm you, AutoCAD 2007 For Dummies shows you the fun and easy way to draw precise 2-D and 3-D drawings!

Back Cover Copy
Meet the newest version of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT!

Get acquainted with DWG, set up drawings, add text, and work with lines

Welcome to the world of AutoCAD 2007! The program may be complex, but this friendly guide helps you navigate around all the complications and start creating cool drawings quickly. Get the hang of CAD standards, see what makes AutoCAD 2007 different, plot and edit your work, draw in 3D, put your stuff online, and more.

Discover how to

• Understand and use AutoCAD tools
• Work with Zoom and Pan
• Use the AutoCAD Design Center
• Draw lines, polylines, polygons, and circles
• Slice and dice drawings
• Model and manipulate 3D objects

Reader Reviews
If you're just getting started with Autocad this is one of the two books I sincerely recommend. Use this one first. But at the same time get a copy of AutoCAD 2007 Bible, by Ellen Finkelstein. Both books tell you how to get started, but 'For Dummies' gives you a lot more background and a lot more information about what's going on. 'The Bible' then takes over and with three times as many pages goes into a great deal more detail on the wealth of features that are contained in the new version of AutoCAD. 'For Dummies' is written more as a tutorial. It is of the do this and then do that variety. 'The Bible' is more of a reference book where you tend to look up what you want to do and get specific information. You might consider that 'For Dummies' is the first few pages of 'The Bible' but expanded into a full book format. The pair make an excellent companion for each other to take the beginner as far as he wants to go. Comment | | (Report this)