Harnessing Autocad

This most recent edition of Harnessing AutoCAD continues in the tradition of previous versions by providing the widest selection of discipline-specific exercises and projects for learning how to use today's leading desktop design and drawing software. A smart how-to and reference manual, Harnessing AutoCAD 2004 contains up-to-the-minute functionality including extensively illustrated examples of 'prompt-response' sequences, whereby certain commands prompt users for additional information such as coordinates or dimensions to complete a function. The companion Exercise Manual has been also been updated, featuring problems in complete project format for practicing concepts and commands learned in chapter or section, as well as for testing single concepts and commands. This complete package is appropriate for either the novice or advanced user. The companion Exercise Manual provides more than 200 discipline-specific exercises and projects for learning how to use today's leading desktop design and drawing software. Updated to AutoCAD 2004, the manual features problems in complete project format that help readers practice concepts and commands modeled on AutoCAD use in the architectural, mechanical, electrical, and civil fields.