AutoCAD 2011 For Dummies

David Byrnes is a senior civil and structural drafter with a major international engineering company. He taught CAD and 3D modeling at Emily Carr University of Art & Design for 15 years and has contributed to or coauthored more than a dozen AutoCAD books.

Foreword. Introduction. Part I: AutoCAD 101. Chapter 1: Introducing AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. Chapter 2: Le Tour de AutoCAD 2011. Chapter 3: A Lap around the CAD Track. Chapter 4: Setup for Success.Chapter 5: Planning for Paper. Part II: Let There Be Lines. Chapter 6: Manage Your Properties. Chapter 7: Preciseliness Is Next to CADliness. Chapter 8: Down the Straightaway. Chapter 9: Dangerous Curves Ahead. Chapter 10: Get a Grip on Object Selection. Chapter 11: Edit for Credit. Chapter 12: A Zoom with a View. Part III: If Drawings Could Talk. Chapter 13: Text with Character. Chapter 14: Entering New Dimensions. Chapter 15: Down the Hatch. Chapter 16: The Plot Thickens. Part IV: Advancing with AutoCAD. Chapter 17: The ABCs of Blocks. Chapter 18: Going Dynamic and External. Chapter 19: Call the Parametrics! Chapter 20: Drawing on the Internet. Part V: On a 3D Spree. Chapter 21: It's a 3D World After All. Chapter 22: From Drawings ... to Models. Chapter 23: On a Render Bender. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 24: Ten Great AutoCAD Resources. Chapter 25: Ten Differences between AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. Chapter 26: Ten System Variables to Make Your Life Easier. Index.