AutoCAD® 2000 No Experience RequiredTM

Coverage includes:

• Find your way around AutoCAD
• Understand basic commands
• Set up a drawing
• Master drawing strategies
• Set up layers, colors, and linetypes
• Use blocks and wblocks
• Generate elevations
• Work with hatches and fills
• Control text in a drawing
• Dimension a drawing
• Manage external references
• Use layouts
• Print an AutoCAD drawing

1. Getting to Know AutoCAD.

2. Basic Commands to Get Started.

3. Setting Up a Drawing.

4. Gaining Drawing Strategies: Part 1.

5. Gaining Drawing Strategies: Part 2.

6. Using Layers to Organize Your Drawing.

7. Using Blocks and Wblocking.

8. Generating Elevations.

9. Working with Hatches and Fills.

10. Controlling Text in a Drawing.

11. Dimensioning a Drawing.

12. Managing External References.

13. Using Layouts to Set Up a Print.

14. Printing an AutoCAD Drawing.

Appendix A: A Look at Drawing in 3D.

Appendix B: An Introduction to Attributes.

Glossary.

Index.