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AutoCAD 14 Bible - Softcover

Finkelstein, Ellen

 
9780764530920: AutoCAD 14 Bible

Synopsis

With the release of the latest version, AutoCAD maintains its place as the most powerful computer-aided drawing software available for PCs today. Of course, to take advantage of all that power, you need a comprehensive guide that's as easy to understand as it is to use -- AutoCAD 14 Bible.

In AutoCAD 14 Bible, AutoCAD pro Ellen Finkelstein not only covers every important feature of the program but also provides practical, real-world advice useful for everyone from beginner to expert. Turn to AutoCAD 14 Bible for just the right combination of tutorial and reference on topics such as

How to install and customize your AutoCAD software How to draw in two dimensions, including working with layers and taking advantage of zooming, panning, dimensioning, plotting, and printing functions How to work with data, whether in the form of blocks, attributes, or external references, and transform it into meaningful drawings How to draw in three dimensions, from hiding and shading to rendering techniques How to organize and manage complex drawings -- and even how to use AutoCAD with the World Wide Web How to make use of the AutoLISP programming language to automate AutoCAD functions and extend the program's functionality Plus, AutoCAD 14 Bible comes complete with a bonus CD-ROM containing over 160 sample drawings and support files, over 40 freeware and shareware programs and block libraries, and a complete guide to third-party software to round out your AutoCAD application.

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About the Author

Ellen Finkelstein learned AutoCAD in Israel, where she always got to pore over the manual because she was the only one who could read it in English. After returning to the United States, she started consulting and teaching AutoCAD as well as other computer programs, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Ellen has written tutorial textbooks on Word and PowerPoint in Peter Norton's Introduction to Computers series. pl?idgbook:0-7645-0559-9:book-idg::uidg323">AutoCAD 2000 For Dummies Quick Reference. She was a contributing author to AutoCAD 13 Secrets, also published by IDG Books Worldwide. pl?idgbook:0-7645-3092-5:book-idg::uidg323">AutoCAD 14 Bible, appeared in 1997.

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