AutoCAD 14: The Complete Reference - Softcover

Cohn, David S.

9780078825309: AutoCAD 14: The Complete Reference

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ISBN 10: 007882530X ISBN 13: 9780078825309

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 1998

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AutoCAD is the best-selling software in the technical drawing market with 80% marketshare and over 1.7 million users--architects, mechanical engineers, technical designers, and draftspeople. All new Release 14--covers new, integrated Internet utilities, time-saving drag-and-drop functions, and the flexible ActiveX Automation feature. Release 14 has received excellent reviews and offers significant improvements in the user interface, graphics quality, memory, speed, and Web interoperability. An AutoCAD/Autodesk-approved book.

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About the Author

David S. Cohn is a computer consultant and technical writer specializing in helping architects, engineers, and designer leverage computer technology. He is also a licensed architect with over 20 years of experience, including 16 years using AutoCAD. A contributing editor ot Desktop Engineering magazine, David was also the executive editor of Architectura, a CD-ROM based magazine for architects and engineers who use AutoCAD, and for over 7 years served as the senior editor of CADalyst, the AutoCAD magazine. In addition, to this book and over a dozen other books on AutoCAD, he has aso written books on Internet web design and his many articles also appear in Cadence, Computer Graphics World, and PC Magazine. Working from his home in Bellingham, Washington - which includes its own LAN and intranet - David also consults to numerous software companies and has written the user manuals engineering programs. When he's not writing or consulting, David can be found skiing, sailing, or working on model railroads, in the company of his wife and four children. You may contact him at dcohn@home.com.

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The definitive, all-in-one resource for AutoCAD 14! Maximize your technical drafting and design productivity with AUtoCAD 14, the fastest and most refined version of this top-rated design software. AutoCAD 14: The Complete Reference covers everything from 2-D drawing to working with external databases and shows you how to take advantage of all the new features, such as the Windows interface, smarter drawing tools, little-known bonus tools, built-in-rendering capabilities, the SQL environment, and a wealth of Internet file-sharing and publishing capabilities. Whether you're a student, architect, technical designer, or mechanical engineer, this one-stop tutorial and reference demonstrates show both beginners and experts can get the most out of this exceptional software. Find out how to: master AutoCAD 14 faster with the Windows/MS-Office compatible interface and drawing setup wizards; use new tools like AutoSnap to accelerate precision drawing routines; take advantage of PaperSpace to control the layout and printing of finished drawings; leverage the Internet with the most complete coverage of AutoCAD's Internet publishing and file sharing functions; create compound documents through the use of external references, SQL database links, and OLE; produce professional, presentation-qualilty drawings with improved modeling and rendering tools; design and manipulate objects in 3-D as easily as working on 2-D drawings; customize AutoCAD through the use of menus, toolbars, AutoLISP, and ActiveX, even if you've never programmed before.

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