Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Getting to Know AutoCAD -- Starting Up AutoCAD -- The Startup Dialog Box -- Introduction to the AutoCAD Graphics Window -- The Command Window -- Drop-Down Menus -- The Toolbars -- Toolbar Flyouts -- Displaying and Arranging Toolbars -- Custom Toolbars -- Profiles -- The Keyboard -- The Mouse -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 2 Basic Commands to Get Started -- The Line Command -- Using Coordinates -- Relative Coordinates -- Drawing the Box -- Using Relative Cartesian Coordinates -- Erasing Lines -- Using Relative Polar Coordinates -- The Offset Command -- The Fillet Command -- Completing the Box -- Offsetting Lines to Mark an Opening -- Extending Lines -- Trimming Lines -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 3 Setting Up a Drawing -- Drawing Units -- Drawing Size -- The Grid -- Drawing Limits -- Drawing with Grid and Snap -- Saving Your Work -- A Summary of AutoCAD's Units -- Linear Units -- Angular Units -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 4 Gaining Drawing Strategies: Part 1 -- Laying Out the Walls -- The Exterior Wall Lines -- The Interior Walls -- Cutting Openings in the Walls -- Creating Doors -- Drawing Swinging Doors -- Copying Objects -- Mirroring Objects -- Finishing the Swinging Doors -- Drawing a Sliding Glass Door -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- An Alternate Sliding Glass Door -- An Addition to the Cabin -- Draw Three Views of a Block -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 5 Gaining Drawing Strategies: Part 2 -- Drawing the Steps and Thresholds -- The Front Step -- The Back Step -- The Thresholds -- The Balcony: Drawing Circles -- Laying Out the Kitchen -- The Counter -- The Stove and Refrigerator -- Completing the Stove -- The Kitchen Sink -- Constructing the Bathroom -- Setting Running Object Snaps -- Drawing a Shower Unit.

The Bathroom Sink -- Positioning a Toilet -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Draw the Cabin Again -- Draw Something Else -- Draw Some Furniture for the Cabin -- Draw a Gasket -- Draw a Parking Lot -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 6 Using Layers to Organize Your Drawing -- Layers as an Organization Tool -- Setting Up Layers -- The Layer Properties Manager Dialog Box -- Assigning Objects to Layers -- Turning Off and Freezing Layers -- Drawing the Headers -- Drawing the Roof -- Assigning an Individual Linetype Scale Factor -- Properties of Layers and Objects -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Experiment with Linetypes and Linetype Scales -- Set Up Layers for Your Own Trade or Profession -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 7 Grouping Objects into Blocks -- Making a Block for a Door -- Inserting the Door Block -- Finding Blocks in a Drawing -- Using Grips to Detect a Block -- Using the List Command to Detect a Block -- Using the Properties Palette to Detect a Block -- Creating a Window Block -- Inserting the Window Block -- Rotating a Block During Insertion -- Using Guidelines When Inserting a Block -- Using Object Snap Tracking and Polar Tracking to Insert a Block -- Finishing the Windows -- Revising a Block -- Sharing Information between Drawings -- Dragging and Dropping between Two Open Drawings -- Using AutoCAD's DesignCenter -- Other Ways to Share Information between Drawings -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 8 Generating Elevations -- Drawing the Front Elevation -- Setting Up Lines for the Heights -- Using Grips to Copy Lines -- Trimming Lines in the Elevation -- Drawing the Roof in Elevation -- Putting in the Door, the Step, and the Windows -- Finishing Touches -- Generating the Other Elevations -- Making the Rear Elevation -- Revising the Rear Elevation -- Making the Left and Right Elevations.

Drawing Scale Considerations -- Interior Elevations -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 9 Working with Hatches and Fills -- Hatching the Front Elevation -- Looking at Hatch Patterns -- Hatching the Rest of the Front Elevation -- Special Effects -- Modifying a Hatch Pattern -- Using Hatches in the Floor Plan -- Hatching the Floors -- Finishing the Hatches for the Floors -- Hatching the Walls in the Floor Plan -- Modifying the Shape of Hatch Patterns -- Creating and Managing Tool Palettes -- Creating a New Tool Palette -- Setting Up a Palette for Hatches -- Creating a Palette for Commands -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Create a Hatch Pattern for the Roof in Plan View -- Create Your Hatch Palette -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 10 Controlling Text in a Drawing -- Setting Up Text Styles -- Text and Drawing Scale -- Defining a Text Style for Room Labels -- Using Single-Line Text -- Placing Titles of Views in the Drawing -- Placing Room Labels in the Floor Plan -- Using Text in a Grid -- Creating a Title Block and Border -- Using Multiline Text -- Other Aspects of Multiline Text -- Creating a Table -- Defining a Table Style -- Designing a Table -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 11 Dimensioning a Drawing -- Dimension Styles -- Making a New Dimension Style -- Placing Dimensions on the Drawing -- Horizontal Dimensions -- Vertical Dimensions -- Other Types of Dimensions -- Radial Dimensions -- Leader Lines -- Angular and Aligned Dimensions -- Modifying Dimensions -- Modifying Dimension Text -- Dimension Overrides -- Dimensioning Short Distances -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Exercise 1: Dimensioning the Garage Addition -- Exercise 2: Dimensioning to a Center Line -- Other Exercises -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 12 Managing External References -- Drawing a Site Plan.

Using Surveyor Units -- Drawing the Driveway -- Setting Up an External Reference -- The External Reference Dialog Box -- Controlling the Appearance of an Xref -- Moving and Rotating an Xref -- Modifying an Xref Drawing -- Modifying an Xref by Making It the Current Drawing -- Modifying an Xref from within the Host Drawing -- Applications for Xrefs -- Additional Xref Features -- The Xref Path -- Binding Xrefs -- Other Features of Xrefs -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 13 Using Layouts to Set Up a Print -- Setting Up Layouts -- Drawing a Border on a Layout -- Designing a Title Block for a Layout -- Adjusting a Viewport -- Switching between Model Space and a Layout -- Working with Multiple Viewports in a Layout -- Setting Up Multiple Viewports -- Aligning Viewports -- Finishing the 11" × 17" Drawing -- Setting Up Viewports in Different Scales -- Adding Multiple Viewports to a Layout -- Adding Text to Paper Space -- Turning Off Viewports -- If You Would Like More Practice… -- Are You Experienced? -- CHAPTER 14 Printing an AutoCAD Drawing -- The Plot Dialog Box -- Printer/Plotter -- Paper Size and Number of Copies -- The Plot Area -- Plot Scale -- Plot Offset and Plot Options -- The Expanded Plot Dialog Box -- Printing a Drawing -- Determining Lineweights for a Drawing -- Other Properties of Layers -- Setting Up the Other Parameters for the Print -- Previewing a Print -- Printing a Drawing Using Layouts -- Printing a Drawing with Multiple Viewports -- Printing the Site Plan -- A Few Words About Plot Styles -- Plot Style Table Files -- Are You Experienced? -- APPENDIX A Look at Drawing in 3D -- 3D Modeling -- Viewing a Drawing in 3D -- Making the Walls -- Cutting Doorway Openings -- Subtracting Window Openings -- Creating a Floor for the Cabin -- Forming the Steps and the Balcony in 3D -- Finishing the 3D Model.

Putting a Roof on the Cabin -- Further Directions in 3D -- Other Solids Modeling Tools -- Surface Modeling Tools -- Rendering with AutoCAD -- GLOSSARY -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.