AutoCAD 2002 Inside & Out

Lynn Allen is the AutoCAD Technical Evangelist for Autodesk, Inc. The recipient of numerous training awards and a two-time AutoCAD Top Gun finalist, she has been working with AutoCAD for more than 16 years and writing the 'Circle and Lines' column for CADENCE magazine for eight. A sought-after public speaker, Lynn has informed and delighted technical conference audiences around the world.

Part 1: ground zero - the simple stuff; we're off the see the wizard; hidden treasures in the user interface; the world of object snaps; AutoSnaps!; object selection; layering with AutoCAD; construction commands; more to offer with multilines; crosshatching revisited; text and Dtext; the magical world of MTEXT; text tips and tricks. Part 2: making you a little more dangerous; object grips; creating curves; splines and ellipses; the aerial viewer; new dimensioning techniques; dimension style families; raise the roof on productivity; the external reference manager; what you see is what you get; it's bonus time! layer bonus routines and text bonus tools; the quintessential selection set; the FILTER command - your new best friend; creating your own toolbars - for the technically challenged!; secret right-click cursor menus; the world of raster; AutoCAD 2000 express tools; modifying object properties with AutoCAD 2000; editing your external references; are your blocks smart?; editing your attributes; AutoCAD DesignCentre; cool stuff in AutoCAD; digging deeper into dimensioning. Part 3: the finale - taking the reins of AutoCAD; lost in paper space; AutoCAD 2000 - a paper space odyssey; external references; calculating geometrics; autoCAD filters; positive attributes; made to order menus; the down and dirty basics of customizing AutoCAD; customized toolbars; customizing your pulldown menus; neglected but powerful menus; the long lost image tile menus; limitless; setting up your files structure with preferences; cool system variables.