The best book of AutOCAD

Introduction, xix
1. The AutoCAD Workstation: An Overview, 1
The Microcomputer, 2
The Operating System, 5
The AutoCAD Package, 9
Graphics Boards and Monitors, 10
Pointing Devices, 15
Hardcopy Devices, 17
The CAD Drawing, 19
A Typical Workstation, 21
Has AutoCAD Been Installed?, 23
What You've Learned, 25
A Quick Tour of the AutoCAD Program, 27
Starting ACAD, 27
The Main Menu, 27
Starting a New Drawing, 33
The Screen Display, 34
Cursors, 38
Using the Screen Menu, 39
Using the Pull-down Menus, 40
Using Dialog Boxes, 45
Using Icon Menus, 45
Function Keys, 46
Using the Command Line, 47
Commands and Prompts, 51
Graphic Data Entry, 52
Lines and Circles, 54
U and UNDO, 54
Leaving the Drawing Editor, 55
Leaving the Main Menu, 56
What You've Learned, 56
3. A Journey through AutoCAD's Drawing
World, 57
AutoCAD's Graphics Windows—Viewports, 57
The Cartesian Coordinate System, 62
Coordinate Readout, 67
2D and 3D, 69
User Coordinate Systems, 70
Drawing Limits, 72
Drawing Extents, 73
STATUS, 73
CAD Drawing Units, 74
Using Layers to Organize the Drawing, 75
Repainting the Screen with REDRAW, 76
Reconstructing the Drawing with REGEN, 77
Display Controls, 77
Changing the Viewport's Magnification, 78
ZOOM A, 80
ZOOM E, 80
ZOOM C, 82
ZOOM L, 82
ZOOM W, 82
ZOOM P, 86
20OM V, 87
Moving the Viewport, 87
ZOOM and PAN Simultaneously with ZOOM D. 88
Saving and Restoring Views, 92
Transparent Commands, 93
What You've Learned, 94
4. AutoCAD's Drawing Aids, 95
Visualizing Distances with the Grid, 95
SNAP to Precision Placement, 100
ISOPLANE and the Isometric Cube, 104
Precision Lines with ORTHO, 105
Supplementing the Grid with AXIS, 109
Snap, Grid, Axis, and Ortho Modes, 110
Basics of Object Snap, 111
CENter, 113
ENDpoint, 113
INSert, 113
INTersection, 113
MIDpoint, 116
NEArest, 116
NODe, 117
PERpendicular, 117
QUAdrant, 119
TANgent, 119
Using Object Snap, 122
Controlling Your Drawing with Layers, 123
Off and On, 125
Colors and Linetypes, 125
Using COLOR, 126
Linetype Control by Layer, 126
Using LINETYPE, 128
Freezing and Thawing, 128
Words of Caution about Layers, 130
What You've Learned, 130

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