AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013: No Experience Required - Softcover

9781118281741: AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013: No Experience Required
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The ideal introductory resource for Autodesk's powerful architectural design software

With this hands-on guide, you'll learn how to plan, develop, document, and present a complete AutoCAD project by working on summer cabin--a fun practice project that runs throughout the book. You can follow each step sequentially or jump in at any point by downloading the drawing files from the book's companion web site. You'll also master all essential AutoCAD features, get a thorough grounding in the basics, learn the very latest industry standards and techniques, and quickly become productive with AutoCAD.

  • Features concise explanations, focused examples, and step-by-step instructions for learning AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT with a hands-on project
  • Fully revised for the latest AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT as well as emerging techniques and standards in the industry
  • Offers the full range of basics such as the AutoCAD interface, basic commands, and creating drawings, and gradually progresses to more advanced topics, including grouping, elevations, hatches, and using text in drawings
  • Includes a supporting website the contains downloadable tutorial files, so readers can jump in at any point in the book
  • Introduces dimensioning, external references, layouts and printing, and using 3D

AutoCAD2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013: No Experience Required helps you learn to use AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT with ease and confidence.

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This step-by-step resource quickly helps you become proficientwith all the essentials of Autodesk's powerful architectural designsoftware. Gain skills and confidence as you complete each detailed,hands-on exercise and learn how to best use and apply AutoCAD'scommands and capabilities.

AutoCAD expert and "CAD Geek" blogger Donnie Gladfelter firstguides you through the basics, including navigating the interfaceand creating your first drawings. You'll then move into moreadvanced features, such as grouping, elevations, and hatches,before diving into the 3D world. All of the drawing files can bedownloaded from the book's companion website so you can jump in atany stage. If you want a hands-on, project-based guide that willhelp you rapidly harness the power of AutoCAD, this is the perfectbook.

  • Get familiar with the AutoCAD user interface and immediatelystart using basic commands
  • Master all the new AutoCAD 2013 features, including Autodesk360, which are clearly marked
  • Develop strategies that will help you use drawing commands moreefficiently
  • Work with AutoCAD's major features, including blocks, hatches,and annotations
  • Organize the various components of a drawing by applying theNational CAD Standard
  • Utilize Sheet Set Manager to manage and create documentsets
  • Set up a title block and layouts to print your drawing

Highly detailed illustrations help you learn real-world industrytechniques
Learn to create, assemble, and manage a complete set of designdocuments
Apply state-of-the-art modeling tools to create 3Dvisualizations

About the Author:

Donnie Gladfelter is a highly visible and respectedthought leader in the CAD community. He is well known for the CADGeek blog (www.thecadgeek.com), has written many articles for thepopular AUGIWorld magazine, and is a popular speaker atAutodesk University and other industry events. He has worked withthe development team at Autodesk to help shape future versions ofAutoCAD, and the company has featured him in numerous videointerviews, including their popular ''Ask the Expert" series.Donnie also helps empower CAD professionals locally and across theworld as a Business Development Manager for CADD Microsystems, anAutodesk Platinum Partner and Autodesk's 2010 Reseller of theYear.

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  • PublisherSybex
  • Publication date2012
  • ISBN 10 1118281748
  • ISBN 13 9781118281741
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages1104
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