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AutoCAD 2022 Beginning and Intermediate [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 740 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x178 mm, kaal: 1211 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 10-May-2021
  • Kirjastus: Mercury Learning & Information
  • ISBN-10: 1683927249
  • ISBN-13: 9781683927242
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 740 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x178 mm, kaal: 1211 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 10-May-2021
  • Kirjastus: Mercury Learning & Information
  • ISBN-10: 1683927249
  • ISBN-13: 9781683927242
Teised raamatud teemal:
This book is the most comprehensive book you will find on AutoCAD 2022 – 2D Drafting. Covering all of the 2D concepts, it uses both metric and imperial units to illustrate the myriad drawing and editingtools for this popular application. Use the companion disc to set up drawingexercises and projects and see all of the book’s figures in color. AutoCAD2022 Beginning and Intermediate includes over 100 exercises or “mini-workshops,” that complete small projects from concept through actual plotting. Solving all of the workshops will simulate the creation of three projects (architectural and mechanical) from beginning to end, without overlooking any of the basic commands and functions in AutoCAD 2022.

FEATURES:

  • Covers only the basics and uses both metric and imperial units to illustrate the myriad tools for this popular application

  • Companion files can be used to setup in-text drawing exercises and projects and to see the book’s figures in color

  • Helps you to prepare for the AutoCAD Certified Professional exam
Preface xxiii
About the Book xxv
Chapter 1 AutoCAD 2022 Basics 1(24)
1.1 Starting AutoCAD
1(2)
1.2 AutoCAD 2022 Interface
3(9)
1.2.1 Application Menu
4(1)
1.2.2 Quick Access Toolbar
5(1)
1.2.3 Ribbons
6(3)
1.2.4 InfoCenter
9(1)
1.2.5 Command Window
10(1)
1.2.6 Graphical Area
10(1)
1.2.7 Status Bar
10(1)
1.2.8 Start Tab
11(1)
1.3 AutoCAD Defaults
12(1)
1.4 What Is My Drawing Unit?
13(1)
1.5 Create a New AutoCAD Drawing
14(2)
1.6 Open an Existing AutoCAD Drawing
16(2)
1.6.1 File Tab
17(1)
1.7 Closing Drawing Files
18(1)
1.8 Undo and Redo Commands
19(3)
1.8.1 Undo Command
19(1)
1.8.2 Redo Command
19(8)
Practice 1-1 AutoCAD Basics
20(2)
Review
22(1)
Review Answers
23(2)
Chapter 2 Precise Drafting in AutoCAD 2022 25(32)
2.1 Drafting Priorities
25(1)
2.2 Drawing Lines Using Line Command
26(1)
2.3 What Is Dynamic Input in AutoCAD?
27(3)
2.3.1 Example for Showing Prompts
28(1)
2.3.2 Example for Specifying Lengths and Angles
29(1)
Practice 2-1 Drawing Lines Using Dynamic Input
29(1)
2.4 Exact Angles (Ortho vs. Polar Tracking)
30(3)
2.4.1 Increment Angle
32(1)
2.4.2 Additional Angles
32(1)
2.4.3 Polar Angle Measurement
32(1)
Practice 2-2 Exact Angles
33(1)
2.5 Precise Drafting Using Object Snap
33(4)
2.5.1 Activating Running OSNAPs
34(1)
2.5.2 OSNAP Override
35(13)
Practice 2-3 Object Snap (OSNAP)
37(1)
2.6 Drawing Circles Using Circle Command
37(1)
2.7 Drawing Circular Arcs Using Arc Command
38(2)
2.8 Object Snaps Related to Circles and Arcs
40(1)
2.9 Using Object Snap Tracking with OSNAP
40(6)
Practice 2-4a Drawing Using OSNAP and OTRACK
42(3)
Practice 2-4b Drawing Using OSNAP and OTRACK
45(1)
2.10 Drawing Lines and Arcs Using Polyline Command
46(2)
2.11 Converting Polylines to Lines and Arcs and Vice-Versa
48(2)
2.11.1 Converting Polylines to Lines and Arcs
48(1)
2.11.2 Joining Lines and Arcs to Form a Polyline
48(9)
Practice 2-5 Drawing Polylines and Converting
49(1)
2.12 Using Snap and Grid to Specify Points Accurately
50(1)
2.13 Using Polar Snap
51(4)
Practice 2-6 Snap and Grid
52(1)
Practice 2-7 Small Project
53(2)
Review
55(1)
Review Answers
56(1)
Chapter 3 Modifying Commands Part I 57(36)
3.1 How to Select Objects in AutoCAD
57(6)
3.1.1 Window Mode (W)
59(1)
3.1.2 Crossing Mode (C)
59(1)
3.1.3 Window Polygon Mode (WP)
59(1)
3.1.4 Crossing Polygon Mode (CP)
60(1)
3.1.5 Lasso Selection
60(1)
3.1.6 Fence Mode (F)
61(1)
3.1.7 Last (L), Previous (P), and All Modes
61(1)
3.1.8 Other Methods to Select Objects
61(2)
3.2 Selection Cycling
63(1)
3.3 Erase Command
64(1)
Practice 3-1 Selecting Objects and Erase Command
65(1)
3.4 Move Command
65(2)
3.4.1 Nudge Functionality
66(3)
Practice 3-2 Moving Objects
67(1)
3.5 Copy Command
67(2)
Practice 3-3 Copying Objects
68(1)
3.6 Rotate Command
69(2)
3.6.1 Reference Option
70(1)
Practice 3-4 Rotating Objects
71(1)
3.7 Scale Command
71(2)
3.7.1 Reference Option
72(22)
Practice 3-5 Scaling Objects
73(1)
3.8 Mirror Command
73(2)
Practice 3-6 Mirroring Objects
74(1)
3.9 Stretch Command
75(3)
Practice 3-7 Stretching Objects
76(1)
Practice 3-8 Stretching Objects
77(1)
3.10 Lengthening Objects
78(1)
3.11 Joining Objects
79(2)
Practice 3-9 Lengthening and Joining Objects
80(1)
3.12 Using Grips to Edit Objects
81(4)
3.13 Grips and Dynamic Input
85(1)
3.14 Grips and Perpendicular and Tangent OSNAPs
86(5)
Practice 3-10 Using Grips to Edit Objects
87(4)
Review
91(1)
Review Answers
92(1)
Chapter 4 Modifying Commands Part II 93(36)
4.1 Introduction
93(1)
4.2 Offsetting Objects
94(4)
4.2.1 Offsetting Using the Offset Distance Option
94(1)
4.2.2 Offsetting Using the Through Option
95(1)
4.2.3 Using the Multiple Option
95(5)
Practice 4-1 Offsetting Objects
96(1)
Practice 4-2 Offsetting Objects
97(1)
4.3 Filleting Objects
98(2)
Practice 4-3 Filleting Objects
100(1)
4.4 Chamfering Objects
100(3)
4.4.1 Chamfering Using the Distance Option
101(1)
4.4.2 Chamfering Using Distance and Angle
101(6)
Practice 4-4 Chamfering Objects
103(1)
4.5 Trimming Objects
103(2)
Practice 4-5 Trimming Objects
105(1)
4.6 Extending Objects
105(2)
Practice 4-6 Extending Objects
107(1)
4.7 Arraying Objects - Rectangular Array
107(7)
4.7.1 The First Step
108(1)
4.7.2 Using the Array Creation Context Tab
109(1)
4.7.3 Editing a Rectangular Array Using Grips
110(1)
4.7.4 Editing a Rectangular Array Using the Context Tab
111(1)
4.7.5 Editing a Rectangular Array Using Quick Properties
112(19)
Practice 4-7 Arraying Objects Using Rectangular Array
112(2)
4.8 Arraying Objects - Path Array
114(6)
Practice 4-8 Arraying Objects Using Path
119(1)
4.9 Arraying Objects - Polar Array
120(3)
Practice 4-9 Arraying Objects Using Polar Array
122(1)
4.10 Break Command
123(4)
Practice 4-10 Breaking Objects
124(3)
Review
127(1)
Review Answers
128(1)
Chapter 5 Layers and Inquiry Commands 129(30)
5.1 Layers Concept in AutoCAD
129(2)
5.2 Creating and Setting Layer Properties
131(5)
5.2.1 How to Create a New Layer
131(1)
5.2.2 How to Set a Color for a Layer
132(1)
5.2.3 How to Set the Linetype for Layers
133(1)
5.2.4 How to Set a Lineweight for Layers
134(1)
5.2.5 How to Set the Current Layer
135(1)
Practice 5-1 Creating and Setting Layer Properties
136(1)
5.3 Layer Controls
136(6)
5.3.1 Controlling Layer Visibility, Locking, and Plotting
137(2)
5.3.2 Deleting and Renaming Layers
139(1)
5.3.3 How to Make an Object's Layer the Current Layer
140(1)
5.3.4 How to Undo Only Layer Actions
140(1)
5.3.5 Moving Objects from One Layer to Another
141(1)
5.4 While You are at the Layer Properties Manager
142(2)
Practice 5-2 Layer Controls
143(1)
5.5 Changing an Object's Layer, Quick Properties, and Properties
144(4)
5.5.1 Reading Instantaneous Information About an Object
144(1)
5.5.2 How to Move an Object from a Layer to Another Layer
145(1)
5.5.3 What is Quick Properties?
145(1)
5.5.4 What Is Properties?
146(6)
Practice 5-3 Changing Object's Layer, Quick Properties, and Properties
147(1)
5.6 Inquiry Commands - Introduction
148(1)
5.7 Measuring Distance
148(2)
5.8 Inquiring Radius
150(1)
5.9 Measuring Angle
151(1)
5.10 Measuring Area
152(2)
5.10.1 How to Calculate Simple Area
152(1)
5.10.2 How to Calculate Complex Area
153(1)
5.11 Quick Measure
154(4)
Practice 5-4 Inquiry Commands
155(1)
Practice 5-5 Inquiry Commands
156(2)
Review
158(1)
Review Answers
158(1)
Chapter 6 Blocks and Hatch 159(32)
6.1 Why Do We Need Blocks?
159(1)
6.2 How to Create a Block
160(2)
6.3 How to Use (Insert) Blocks
162(7)
6.3.1 Block Insertion Point OSNAP
167(1)
6.3.2 Block Count
167(2)
Practice 6-1 Creating and Inserting Blocks
168(1)
6.4 Exploding Blocks and Converting Them to Files
169(3)
6.4.1 Exploding Blocks
169(1)
6.4.2 Converting Blocks to Files
170(8)
Practice 6-2 Exploding, Converting
171(1)
6.5 Hatching in AutoCAD
172(1)
6.6 Hatch Command: First Step
172(1)
6.7 Controlling Hatch Properties
173(4)
Practice 6-3 Inputting Hatch and Controlling Hatch Properties
175(2)
6.8 Specifying Hatch Origin
177(1)
6.9 Controlling Hatch Options
178(6)
6.9.1 How to Create Associative Hatching
178(1)
6.9.2 How to Make Your Hatch Annotative
179(1)
6.9.3 Using Match Properties to Create Identical Hatches
179(1)
6.9.4 Hatching an Open Area
180(1)
6.9.5 Creating Separate Hatches in the Same Command
181(1)
6.9.6 Island Detection
181(1)
6.9.7 Set Hatch Draw Order
182(11)
Practice 6-4 Hatch Origin and Options
183(1)
6.10 Hatch Boundary
184(2)
6.11 Editing Hatch
186(4)
Practice 6-5 Hatch Boundary and Hatch Editing
188(2)
Review
190(1)
Review Answers
190(1)
Chapter 7 Writing Text 191(22)
7.1 Writing Text Using Single Line Text
191(2)
Practice 7-1 Creating Text Style and Single Line Text
192(1)
7.2 Writing Text Using Multiline Text
193(12)
7.2.1 Style Panel
195(1)
7.2.2 Formatting Panel
195(1)
7.2.3 Paragraph Panel
196(2)
7.2.4 Insert Panel
198(2)
7.2.5 Spell Check Panel
200(1)
7.2.6 Tools Panel
200(1)
7.2.7 Options Panel
201(1)
7.2.8 Close Panel
202(1)
7.2.9 Text Editor
202(3)
Practice 7-2 Writing Using Multiline Text
203(2)
7.3 Text Editing
205(3)
7.3.1 Double-Click Text
205(1)
7.3.2 Quick Properties and Properties
206(1)
7.3.3 Editing Using Grips
207(1)
7.4 Spelling Check and Find and Replace
208(4)
Practice 7-3 Editing Text
209(3)
Review
212(1)
Review Answers
212(1)
Chapter 8 Dimensions 213(30)
8.1 What Is Dimensioning in AutoCAD?
213(1)
8.2 Dimension Types
214(2)
8.3 How to Insert a Linear Dimension
216(1)
8.4 How to Insert an Aligned Dimension
217(1)
8.5 How to Insert an Angular Dimension
218(2)
Practice 8-1 Inserting Linear, Aligned, and Angular Dimensions
219(1)
8.6 How to Insert an Arc-Length Dimension
220(1)
8.7 How to Insert a Radius Dimension
221(1)
8.8 How to Insert a Diameter Dimension
222(2)
Practice 8-2 Inserting Arc Length, Radius, and Diameter Dimension
223(1)
8.9 How to Insert a Jogged Dimension
224(1)
8.10 How to Insert an Ordinate Dimension
225(1)
Practice 8-3 Inserting Dimensions
226(1)
8.11 Inserting a Series of Dimensions Using the Continue Command
226(2)
8.12 Inserting a Series of Dimensions Using the Baseline Command
228(2)
Practice 8-4 Continue Command
229(1)
Practice 8-5 Baseline Command
229(1)
8.13 Using the Quick Dimension Command
230(2)
8.14 Using the Dimension Command
232(1)
8.15 Dimension Special Layer
233(1)
8.16 Editing a Dimension Block Using Grips
233(4)
8.17 Editing a Dimension Block Using the Right-Click Menu
237(1)
8.18 Editing a Dimension Block Using Quick Properties and Properties
237(5)
Practice 8-6 Quick Dimension and Editing
238(4)
Review
242(1)
Review Answers
242(1)
Chapter 9 Plotting 243(26)
9.1 What Is Model Space and What Is Paper Space?
243(1)
9.2 Introduction to Layouts
244(1)
9.3 Steps to Create a New Layout from Scratch
244(4)
9.4 Steps to Create a New Layout Using a Template
248(1)
9.5 Creating Layouts Using Copying
249(3)
Practice 9-1 Creating New Layouts
251(1)
9.6 Creating Viewports
252(7)
9.6.1 Adding Single Rectangular Viewports
252(1)
9.6.2 Adding Multiple Rectangular Viewports
253(2)
9.6.3 Adding Polygonal Viewports
255(1)
9.6.4 Creating Viewports by Converting Existing Objects
256(1)
9.6.5 Creating Viewports by Clipping Existing Viewports
257(1)
9.6.6 Dealing with Viewports after Creation
258(1)
9.7 Scaling and Maximizing Viewports
259(2)
Method One
259(1)
Method Two
259(2)
9.8 Freezing Layers in Viewports
261(1)
9.9 Layer Override in Viewports
262(2)
Practice 9-2 Creating and Controlling Viewports
263(1)
9.10 Plot Command
264(4)
Review
268(1)
Review Answers
268(1)
Chapter 10 Projects 269(28)
10.1 How to Prepare Your Drawing for a New Project
269(3)
10.2 Architectural Project (Imperial)
272(6)
10.3 Architectural Project (Metric)
278(8)
10.4 Mechanical Project - I (Metric)
286(4)
10.5 Mechanical Project - I (Imperial)
290(4)
10.6 Mechanical Project - II (Metric)
294(1)
10.7 Mechanical Project - II (Imperial)
294(3)
Chapter 11 More on 2D Objects 297(42)
11.1 Introduction
297(1)
11.2 Drawing Using the Rectangle Command
298(3)
11.2.1 Chamfer Option
298(1)
11.2.2 Elevation Option
299(1)
11.2.3 Fillet Option
299(1)
11.2.4 Thickness Option
299(1)
11.2.5 Width Option
299(1)
11.2.6 Area Option
300(1)
11.2.7 Dimensions Option
300(1)
11.2.8 Rotation Option
300(1)
11.3 Drawing Using the Polygon Command
301(2)
11.3.1 Using an Imaginary Circle
301(1)
11.3.2 Using the Length and Angle of One of the Edges
302(7)
Practice 11-1 Drawing Rectangles and Polygons
303(1)
11.4 Drawing Using the Donut Command
303(1)
11.5 Drawing Using the Revision Cloud Command
304(5)
Practice 11-2 Drawing a Donut and a Revision Cloud
308(1)
11.6 Using the Edit Polyline Command
309(7)
11.6.1 Open and Close Options
310(1)
11.6.2 Join Option
310(1)
11.6.3 Width Option
310(1)
11.6.4 Edit Vertex Option
311(1)
11.6.5 Fit, Spline, and Decurve Options
311(1)
11.6.6 Ltype Gen Option
312(1)
11.6.7 Reverse Option
312(1)
11.6.8 Multiple Option
313(3)
Practice 11-3 Polyline Edit Command
315(1)
11.7 Using Construction Lines and Rays
316(3)
11.7.1 Using Construction Lines
316(1)
11.7.2 Using Rays
317(2)
Practice 11-4 Using Construction Lines and Rays
318(1)
11.8 Using Point Style and Point Command
319(2)
11.8.1 Using Point Style Command
319(1)
11.8.2 Using Point Command
320(1)
11.9 Using Divide and Measure Commands
321(2)
11.9.1 Using the Divide Command
321(1)
11.9.2 Using the Measure Command
321(1)
11.9.3 Using Divide and Measure Commands with Block Option
322(1)
Practice 11-5 Using Point Style, Point, Divide, and Measure
322(1)
11.10 Using the Spline Command
323(5)
11.10.1 Using the Fit Points Method
324(1)
11.10.2 Using the Control Vertices Method
325(1)
11.10.3 Editing a Spline
326(2)
Practice 11-6 Using the Spline Command
327(1)
11.11 Using the Ellipse Command
328(3)
11.11.1 Drawing an Ellipse Using the Center Option
329(1)
11.11.2 Drawing an Ellipse Using Axis Points
329(1)
11.11.3 Drawing an Elliptical Arc
330(3)
Practice 11-7 Using the Ellipse Command
330(1)
11.12 Using the Boundary Command
331(2)
Practice 11-8 Using Boundary Command
332(1)
11.13 Using the Region Command
333(4)
11.13.1 Performing Boolean Operations on Regions
334(5)
Practice 11-9 Using Region Command
334(3)
Review
337(1)
Review Answers
338(1)
Chapter 12 Advanced Practices - Part I 339(34)
12.1 Offset Command - Advanced Options
339(2)
12.1.1 Erase Source Option
340(1)
12.1.2 Layer Option
340(1)
12.1.3 System Variable: Offsetgaptype
340(1)
12.2 Trim and Extend - Edge Option
341(1)
Practice 12-1 Using Advanced Options in Offset, Trim, and Extend
342(1)
12.3 Using Match Properties
342(2)
12.4 Copy/Paste Objects and Match Properties across Files
344(3)
12.4.1 Copying Objects
345(1)
12.4.2 Pasting Objects
345(1)
12.4.3 Using the Drag-and-Drop Method
345(1)
12.4.4 Match Properties Across Files
345(2)
Practice 12-2 Using Match Properties, Copy/Paste Across Files
346(1)
12.5 Sharing Excel and Word Content in AutoCAD
347(8)
12.5.1 Sharing Data Coming from Microsoft Word
347(2)
12.5.2 Sharing Data Coming from Microsoft Excel
349(1)
12.5.3 Pasting a Linked Table from Excel
349(11)
Practice 12-3 Sharing Excel and Word Content in AutoCAD
354(1)
12.6 Hyperlinking AutoCAD Objects
355(1)
Practice 12-4 Hyperlinking AutoCAD Objects
356(1)
12.7 Purging Unused Items
356(4)
Practice 12-5 Purging Items
359(1)
12.8 Using Views and Viewports
360(11)
12.8.1 Creating Views
360(3)
12.8.2 Using Views in Viewports
363(1)
12.8.3 Creating a Named Viewport Arrangement - Method (I)
363(3)
12.8.4 Creating a Named Viewport Arrangement - Method (II)
366(1)
12.8.5 Insert View as Viewport
367(9)
Practice 12-6 Using Views and Viewports
368(3)
Review
371(1)
Review Answers
372(1)
Chapter 13 Advanced Practices - Part II 373(24)
13.1 Using Quick Select
373(3)
Practice 13-1 Using Quick Select
375(1)
13.2 Using Select Similar and Add Selected
376(2)
13.2.1 Select Similar Command
376(1)
13.2.2 Add Selected Command
377(1)
13.3 What Is Object Visibility in AutoCADP
378(2)
Practice 13-2 Using Select Similar and Add Selected
379(1)
13.4 Advanced Layer Commands
380(3)
13.4.1 Using Isolate and Unisolate Commands
380(1)
13.4.2 Using Freeze and Off Commands
380(1)
13.4.3 Using the Turn All Layers on and Thaw All Layers Commands
381(1)
13.4.4 Using the Lock and Unlock Commands
381(1)
13.4.5 Using the Change to Current Layer Command
381(1)
13.4.6 Using Copy Objects to New Layer Command
381(1)
13.4.7 Using the Layer Walk Command
382(1)
13.4.8 Using the Isolate to Current Viewport Command
382(1)
13.4.9 Using the Merge Command
382(1)
13.4.10 Using the Delete Command
383(1)
13.5 Layer's Transparency
383(2)
Practice 13-3 Using Advanced Layer Commands
384(1)
13.6 Using Fields in AutoCAD
385(5)
Practice 13-4 Using Fields in AutoCAD
389(1)
13.7 Using Partially Opened Files
390(4)
13.7.1 How to Open a File Partially
390(1)
13.7.2 Using Partial Load
391(10)
Practice 13-5 Using Partially Opened Files
392(2)
Review
394(1)
Review Answers
395(2)
Chapter 14 Using Block Tools and Block Editing 397(22)
14.1 Automatic Scaling Feature
397(1)
14.2 Design Center
398(3)
Practice 14-1 Using Design Center
400(1)
14.3 Tool Palettes
401(3)
14.3.1 How to Create a Tool Palette from Scratch
402(1)
14.3.2 How to Fill the New Palette with Content
402(1)
14.3.3 How to Create a Palette from Design Center Blocks
402(1)
14.3.4 How to Customize Tools Properties
403(1)
14.4 Hatch and Tool Palette
404(2)
Practice 14-2 Using Tool Palettes
405(1)
14.5 Customizing Tool Palettes
406(7)
14.5.1 Allow Docking
406(1)
14.5.2 Transparency
407(1)
14.5.3 View Options
408(1)
14.5.4 Add Text and Add Separators
409(1)
14.5.5 New/Delete/Rename Palette
410(1)
14.5.6 Customize Palettes
411(13)
Practice 14-3 Customizing Tool Palettes
413(1)
14.6 Editing Blocks
413(4)
Practice 14-4 Editing Blocks
415(2)
Review
417(1)
Review Answers
418(1)
Chapter 15 Creating Text and Table Styles and Formulas in Tables 419(26)
15.1 Steps to Create Text and Tables
419(1)
15.2 How to Create a Text Style
420(4)
Practice 15-1 Creating Text Style and Single Line Text
422(2)
15.3 Creating Table Style
424(4)
15.3.1 General Tab
426(1)
15.3.2 Text Tab
427(1)
15.3.3 Borders Tab
428(1)
15.4 Inserting a Table in the Drawing
428(4)
15.4.1 Specify Insertion Point Option
429(1)
15.4.2 Specify Window Option
430(3)
Practice 15-2 Creating Table Style and Inserting Tables in the Current Drawing
431(1)
15.5 Using Formulas in Table Cells
432(1)
15.6 Using Table Cell Functions
433(10)
15.6.1 Using the Rows Panel
433(1)
15.6.2 Using the Columns Panel
434(1)
15.6.3 Using the Merge Panel
434(1)
15.6.4 Using the Cell Styles Panel
435(1)
15.6.5 Using the Cell Format Panel
436(2)
15.6.6 Using the Insert Panel
438(1)
15.6.7 Using the Data Panel
439(28)
Practice 15-3 Formulas and Table Cell Functions
440(3)
Review
443(1)
Review Answers
443(2)
Chapter 16 Dimension and Multileader Styles 445(44)
16.1 What Is Dimensioning in AutoCAD?
445(1)
16.2 How to Create a New Dimension Style
446(1)
16.3 Dimension Style: Lines Tab
447(3)
16.4 Dimension Style: Symbols and Arrows Tab
450(3)
16.5 Dimension Style: Text Tab
453(4)
16.6 Dimension Style: Fit Tab
457(2)
16.7 Dimension Style: Primary Units Tab
459(2)
16.8 Dimension Style: Alternate Units Tab
461(1)
16.9 Dimension Style: Tolerances Tab
462(2)
16.10 Creating a Dimension Sub Style
464(3)
Practice 16-1 Creating Dimension Style
465(2)
16.11 More Dimension Functions
467(7)
16.11.1 Dimension Break
467(1)
16.11.2 Dimension Adjust Space
468(2)
16.11.3 Dimension Jog Line
470(1)
16.11.4 Dimension Oblique
470(1)
16.11.5 Dimension Text Angle
471(1)
16.11.6 Dimension Justify
472(1)
16.11.7 Dimension Override
472(2)
Practice 16-2 More Dimension Functions
473(1)
16.12 Associative Centerlines and Center Marks
474(4)
16.12.1 Center Mark
474(1)
16.12.2 Centerline
475(1)
16.12.3 Centerline and Center Mark Properties
476(2)
Practice 16-3 Centerlines and Center Marks
477(1)
16.13 How to Create a Multileader Style
478(5)
16.13.1 Leader Format Tab
479(1)
16.13.2 Leader Structure Tab
480(1)
16.13.3 Content Tab
481(2)
16.14 Inserting a Multileader Dimension
483(5)
Practice 16-4 Creating Multileader Style and Inserting Multileaders
485(3)
Review
488(1)
Review Answers
488(1)
Chapter 17 Plot Style, Annotative, and Exporting 489(22)
17.1 Plot Style Tables - First Look
489(1)
17.2 Color-Dependent Plot Style Table
489(4)
17.3 Named Plot Style Table
493(6)
Practice 17-1 Color-Dependent Plot Style Table
498(1)
Practice 17-2 Named Plot Style Table
498(1)
17.4 What Is an Annotative Feature?
499(5)
Practice 17-3 Annotative Feature
503(1)
17.5 Exporting DWG to PDF: An Introduction
504(1)
17.6 Exporting to a PDF
505(2)
17.7 Using the Batch Plot Command
507(3)
Practice 17-4 Creating and Viewing a pdf File
508(2)
Review
510(1)
Review Answers
510(1)
Chapter 18 How to Create a Template File and Interface Customization 511(20)
18.1 What Is a Template File and How Can We Create It?
511(3)
18.2 Editing a Template File
514(1)
Practice 18-1 Creating and Editing a Template File
514(1)
18.3 Customizing the Interface - Introduction
515(1)
18.4 How to Create a New Panel
516(5)
18.5 How to Create a New Tab
521(1)
18.6 How to Create a Quick Access Toolbar
521(1)
18.7 How to Create a New Workspace
522(2)
Practice 18-2 Customizing an Interface
523(1)
18.8 How to Create Your Own Command
524(5)
Practice 18-3 Creating New Commands
527(2)
Review
529(1)
Review Answers
530(1)
Chapter 19 Parametric Constraints 531(36)
19.1 What Are Parametric Constraints?
531(1)
19.2 Using Geometric Constraints
532(9)
19.2.1 Using Coincident Constraints
532(2)
19.2.2 Using Collinear Constraints
534(1)
19.2.3 Using Concentric Constraints
534(1)
19.2.4 Using Fix Constraints
535(1)
19.2.5 Using Parallel Constraints
536(1)
19.2.6 Using Perpendicular Constraints
536(1)
19.2.7 Using Horizontal Constraints
537(1)
19.2.8 Using Vertical Constraints
538(1)
19.2.9 Using Tangent Constraints
538(1)
19.2.10 Using Smooth Constraints
539(1)
19.2.11 Using Symmetric Constraints
540(1)
19.2.12 Using Equal Constraints
540(1)
19.3 Geometric Constraints Settings
541(1)
19.4 What Is Infer Constraint?
542(1)
19.5 What Is Auto Constrain?
543(3)
19.6 Constraint Bar & Showing and Hiding
546(1)
19.6.1 Constraint Bar
546(1)
19.6.2 Showing and Hiding
547(1)
19.7 Relaxing and Over-Constraining Objects
547(2)
19.7.1 Relaxing Constraints
547(1)
19.7.2 Over-Constraining an Object
548(1)
Practice 19-1 Applying Geometric Constraint
548(1)
19.8 Using Dimensional Constraints
549(5)
19.8.1 Using Linear, Horizontal, and Vertical Constraints
550(1)
19.8.2 Using Aligned Constraints
551(1)
19.8.3 Using Radial and Diameter Constraints
552(1)
19.8.4 Using Angular Constraints
553(1)
19.8.5 Using the Convert Command
554(1)
19.9 Controlling Dimensional Constraint
554(3)
19.9.1 Constraint Settings Dialog Box
555(1)
19.9.2 Deleting Constraints
556(1)
19.9.3 Showing and Hiding Dimensional Constraint
556(1)
19.10 Using the Parameters Manager
557(2)
19.11 What Is Annotational Constraint Mode?
559(2)
19.11.1 Annotational Constraint Mode
560(1)
19.11.2 Converting Dimensional Constraints to Annotational
560(1)
19.12 Using Dimensional Grips
561(4)
Practice 19-2 Applying Dimensional Constraint
562(3)
Review
565(1)
Review Answers
565(2)
Chapter 20 Dynamic Blocks 567(28)
20.1 Introduction to Dynamic Blocks
567(1)
20.2 Methods to Create a Dynamic Block
568(2)
20.2.1 Using the Block Definition Dialog Box
568(1)
20.2.2 Double-Clicking an Existing Block
569(1)
20.2.3 Block Editor Command
569(1)
20.3 Inside the Block Editor
570(1)
20.4 What are Parameters and Actions?
571(4)
20.5 Controlling Parameter Properties
575(2)
20.6 Controlling the Visibility Parameter
577(2)
20.7 Using Lookup Parameter and Action
579(2)
20.8 Final Steps
581(4)
Practice 20-1 Dynamic Blocks - Creating a Chest of Drawers
581(1)
Practice 20-2 Dynamic Blocks - Door Control
582(2)
Practice 20-3 Dynamic Blocks - Wide Flange Beams
584(1)
20.9 Using Constraints in Dynamic Blocks
585(8)
20.9.1 Block Table Button
586(3)
20.9.2 Construction Button
589(1)
20.9.3 Constraint Status Button
589(7)
Practice 20-4 Dynamic Blocks Using Constraints - Wide Flange Beams
590(1)
Practice 20-5 Dynamic Blocks Using constraints - Creating Windows
590(3)
Review
593(1)
Review Answers
594(1)
Chapter 21 Block Attributes 595(24)
21.1 What are Block Attributes?
595(1)
21.2 How to Define Attributes
596(2)
21.2.1 Attribute Part
597(1)
21.2.2 Mode Part
597(1)
21.2.3 Text Settings Part
597(1)
21.2.4 Insertion Point Part
598(1)
21.3 Inserting Blocks with Attributes
598(1)
21.4 How to Control Attribute Visibility
598(2)
Practice 21-1 Defining and Inserting Blocks with Attributes
599(1)
21.5 How to Edit Individual Attribute Values
600(1)
21.6 How to Edit Attribute Values Globally
601(3)
Practice 21-2 Editing Attribute Values Individually and Globally
603(1)
21.7 How to Redefine and Sync Attribute Definitions
604(3)
Practice 21-3 Redefining Attribute Definitions
606(1)
21.8 How to Extract Attributes from Files
607(10)
Practice 21-4 Extracting Attributes
615(2)
Review
617(1)
Review Answers
618(1)
Chapter 22 External Referencing (XREF) 619(32)
22.1 Introduction to External References
619(1)
22.2 Inserting External References into Different File Formats
620(5)
22.2.1 Attaching a DWG File
621(2)
22.2.2 Attaching an Image File
623(1)
22.2.3 Attaching a DWF File
623(1)
22.2.4 Attaching a DGN File
624(1)
22.2.5 Attaching a PDF File
624(1)
22.3 External Reference Palette Contents
625(2)
22.4 Using the Attach Command
627(1)
22.5 Reference Files and Layers
628(1)
22.6 Controlling the Fading of a Reference File
629(2)
Practice 22-1 Attaching and Controlling Reference Files
630(1)
22.7 Editing an External Reference DWG File
631(3)
22.7.1 Using the Edit Reference Command
632(1)
22.7.2 Using the Open Command
633(1)
22.8 External Reference File-Related Functions
634(3)
22.8.1 Unload Command
635(1)
22.8.2 Reload Command
635(1)
22.8.3 Detach Command
635(1)
22.8.4 Bind Command
635(1)
22.8.5 Xref Type
636(1)
22.8.6 Change Path Type
636(1)
22.8.7 Select New Path
636(1)
22.8.8 Find and Replace
636(3)
Practice 22-2 External Reference Editing
636(1)
22.9 Clipping an External Reference File
637(2)
22.10 Clicking and Right-Clicking a Reference File
639(4)
22.10.1 Clicking and Right-Clicking a DWG File
639(1)
22.10.2 Clicking and Right-Clicking an Image File
640(1)
22.10.3 Clicking and Right-Clicking a DWF File
641(11)
Practice 22-3 External Reference File Clipping and Controlling
642(1)
22.11 Using the eTransmit Command with External Reference Files
643(5)
Practice 22-4 Using the eTransmit Command
646(2)
Review
648(1)
Review Answers
649(2)
Chapter 23 Sheet Sets 651(30)
23.1 Introduction to Sheet Sets
651(1)
23.2 Dealing with the Sheet Set Manager Palette
652(4)
23.2.1 How to Open and Close an Existing Sheet Set
652(2)
23.2.2 How to Deal with the Sheet Set Manager Palette
654(2)
23.3 Sheet Set File Setup
656(2)
Practice 23-1 Opening, Manipulating, and Closing Sheet Sets
657(1)
23.4 Sheet Set Using an Example
658(6)
23.4.1 Adding a Sheet into a Subset
661(1)
23.4.2 Sheet Control
662(13)
Practice 23-2 Creating a Sheet Set Using a Sheet Set Example
663(1)
23.5 Adding and Scaling Model Views
664(3)
Practice 23-3 Adding and Scaling Model Views
667(1)
23.6 Sheet Set Using Existing Drawings
667(7)
Practice 23-4 Creating a Sheet Set Using Existing Drawings
673(1)
23.7 Publishing Sheet Sets
674(1)
23.8 Using eTransmit and Archive Commands
675(5)
23.8.1 Using the eTransmit Command
676(1)
23.8.2 Using the Archive Command
677(6)
Practice 23-5 Publishing and eTransmitting a Sheet Set
677(3)
Review
680(1)
Review Answers
680(1)
Chapter 24 CAD Standards and Advanced Layers 681(28)
24.1 Why Do We Need CAD Standards?
681(1)
24.2 How to Create a CAD Standard File
682(1)
24.3 How to Link DWS to DWG and Then Make the Check
683(6)
24.3.1 Configuring (Linking) DWS to DWG
683(2)
24.3.2 Checking a DWG File
685(11)
Practice 24-1 Using CAD Standards Commands
688(1)
24.4 Using the Layer Translator
689(3)
Practice 24-2 Using the Layer Translator
691(1)
24.5 Dealing with the Layer Properties Manager
692(2)
24.6 Creating a Property Filter
694(1)
24.7 Creating a Group Filter
695(1)
24.8 Things You Can Do with Filters
696(2)
24.8.1 Property Filter Menu
696(1)
24.8.2 Group Filter Menu
697(5)
Practice 24-3 Layer Advanced Features and Filters
697(1)
24.9 Creating Layer States
698(4)
Practice 24-4 Using Layer States
701(1)
24.10 Settings Dialog Box
702(6)
24.10.1 New Layer Notification
703(1)
24.10.2 Isolate Layer Settings
703(1)
24.10.3 Xref Layer Settings
704(1)
24.10.4 Override Display Settings
704(1)
24.10.5 Dialog Settings
705(4)
Practice 24-5 Using Settings Dialog Box
706(2)
Review
708(1)
Review Answers
708(1)
Chapter 25 Importing PDF files, Design Views, AutoCAD Web/Mobile App 709(26)
25.1 Introduction
709(1)
25.2 Importing a PDF file
709(7)
25.2.1 Importing a PDF File
710(2)
25.2.2 Importing from PDF Underlay
712(1)
25.2.3 Dealing with SHX Files
712(26)
Practice 25-1 Importing PDF File
715(1)
25.3 Creating Design Views
716(5)
Practice 25-2 Creating Design Views
721(1)
25.4 AutoCAD Web/Mobile App
721(6)
25.5 Using AutoCAD Desktop
727(5)
Review
732(1)
Review Answers
733(2)
Chapter 26 Drawing Compare 735(12)
26.1 Introduction
735(1)
26.2 Where to Start
736(2)
26.3 Comparing Process
738(7)
26.3.1 Comparison Settings
738(1)
26.3.2 The Two Arrows
739(1)
26.3.3 Import Objects
739(1)
26.3.4 Export Snapshot
740(2)
Practice 26-1 Drawing Compare
741(1)
26.4 XREF Compare
742(1)
Practice 26-2 XREF Compare
743(2)
Review
745(1)
Review Answers
745(2)
Index 747
Hamad Munir : Munir Hamad is an Autodesk® Approved Instructor and certified Autodesk AutoCAD Master, who has authored several AutoCAD titles and taught various levels of AutoCAD training.