AutoCAD 2012 For Dummies

David Byrnes (Vancouver, BC) teaches CAD and 3-D modeling at Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design and British Columbia Institute of Technology. He has been using AutoCAD since 1985 and provides AutoCAD training and customization to clients in the architecture and civil and structural engineering fields. He is the author of AutoCAD 2011 For Dummies and AutoCAD 2010 For Dummies.

Foreword. Introduction. Part I: AutoCAD 101. Chapter 1: Introducing AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. Chapter 2: Le Tour de AutoCAD 2012. 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.