Up and Running with AutoCAD 2014

Elliot Gindis is the founding author of the Up and Running with AutoCAD series of textbooks. He is a former AutoCAD drafter and designer who got his start in New York City in 1996 and has logged in over 25,000 hours of screen time with a wide variety of architecture and engineering companies. From 1999 to 2008 he was on staff with the Pratt Institute of Design and as visiting instructor at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), teaching beginner, intermediate, and advanced (3D) AutoCAD classes. He was also the president of Vertical Technologies Consulting and Design, an AutoCAD training firm, and has advised, consulted, or assisted more than 60 companies nationwide in using and optimizing AutoCAD. Elliot was part of the AutoDesk Developers Network and was a Certified Technical Trainer. He published the first edition of the Up and Running textbook with Elsevier in 2010, and has supported each subsequent edition until 2020, when Robert Kaebisch took over full-time. Elliot currently resides in the Los Angeles area, and is an engineer in the defense industry.

LEVEL 1 - Chapters 1–101 - AutoCAD Fundamentals: Part I2 - AutoCAD Fundamentals: Part IISPOTLIGHT ON: Architecture3 - Layers, Colors, Linetypes, and Properties4 - Text, Mtext, Editing, and Style5 - Hatch PatternsSPOTLIGHT ON: Mechanical Engineering6 - Dimensions7 - Blocks, Wblocks, Dynamic Blocks, Groups, and Purge8 - Polar, Rectangular, and Path ArraysSPOTLIGHT ON: Electrical Engineering9 - Basic Printing and Output10 - Advanced Output - Paper SpaceLevel 1 - Answers to Review QuestionsLEVEL 2 - Chapters 11–2011 - Advanced Linework12 - Advanced LayersSPOTLIGHT ON: Interior Design13 - Advanced Dimensions14 - Options, Shortcuts, CUI, Design Center, and Express Tools15 - Advanced Design and File Management ToolsSPOTLIGHT ON: Civil Engineering16 - Importing and Exporting Data17 - External References (Xrefs)18 - AttributesSPOTLIGHT ON: Aerospace Engineering19 - Advanced Output and Pen Settings20 - Isometric DrawingLevel 2 - Answers to Review QuestionsLEVEL 3 - Chapters 21–3021 - 3D Basics22 - Object ManipulationSPOTLIGHT ON: Chemical Engineering23 – Boolean Operations and Primitives24 - Solid Modeling25 - Advanced Solids, Faces, and Edges SPOTLIGHT ON: Bio-Medical Engineering26 - Surfaces and Meshes 27 – Slicing, Sectioning, Layouts and Vports28 - Advanced UCS, Views, Text and Dimensions in 3D SPOTLIGHT ON: CAD Management29 - Dview, Cameras, Walk and Fly, Path Animation 30 - Lighting and Rendering Level 3 - Answers to Review Questions APPENDICES A - Additional Information on AutoCADB - Other CAD Software and Design and AnalysisC - File ExtensionsD - Custom Linetypes and Hatch Patterns E - Principles of CAD Management F - AutoLISP Basics and Advanced Customization Tools G - PC Hardware, Printers and Plotters, and NetworksH - What Are Kernels? I - Lighting, Rendering, Effects, and Animation - AutoCAD Certification Exams K - AutoCAD Employment L - AutoCAD Humor, Oddities, Quirks, and Easter Eggs