New Riders completely revises its best-selling AutoCAD series! This book gives the inside scoop on getting the most out of the AutoCAD 2002 software package.
Written by Bill Burchard, David Harrington, and David Pitzer -veteran AutoCAD consultants, users, and teachers -Inside AutoCAD 2002 takes a hands-on, in-depth approach to everything from the most common tasks and functions, such as basic object drawing and annotating text, to advanced concepts, such as AutoLISP programming, layout plotting, networking AutoCAD, and customizing your AutoCAD work environment. Chapter by chapter, you’ll learn not only how to use AutoCAD 2002 effectively, but also how to apply what you learn to your own AutoCAD needs through the included exercise tutorials.
With Inside AutoCAD 2002, you get coverage of such important topics as:
- Installing AutoCAD 2002 on a network
- Block and attribute tools
- Checking CAD standards
- Enhanced editing tools such as Fillet and Pedit
- Layer translation
- Modeling and rendering in 3D environments
- Customizing without programming
- New Text Modifications features
- External reference editing
- Utilizing advanced plotting
- Harvest Drawing Objects with DesignCenter
- True associative dimensioning
When you're ready to increase your skills with, and expand your knowledge of, this powerful tool, Inside AutoCAD 2002 is the professional resource you need.
