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AutoCAD 2004
Tutorial -
First Level: 2D Fundamentals

Text by Randy Shih
CD by Jack Zecher

AutoCAD 2004 Software
A 180-day term license for AutoCAD 2004

AutoCAD 2004 Tutorial - First Level: 2D Fundamentals is available with the AutoCAD 2004 Software. The AutoCAD 2004 software is a 180-day term-of-use license.

When you have your bookstore order copies of this book, it may be ordered either with the AutoCAD 2004 software or without the software or the bookstore may order copies of each version. ISBN's and pricing are shown at the bottom of this page.

Note: This software is available only to college/university bookstores and schools located in the United States. Individual sales to students are not permitted.

This textbook contains a series of ten tutorial style lessons designed to introduce students to AutoCAD 2004. The new improvements and key enhancements of the software are incorporated into the lessons. Students will learn to use the new AutoCAD Heads-up Design^TM interface, which means the students will learn to focus on the design, not on the keyboard. The new AutoCAD 2000 WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) plotting feature, the Named Plot Style feature, and Layout plotting are also introduced in the lessons.

This CD will change the way you teach CAD!

Each book comes bundled with a CD presenting a multimedia version of the tutorial exercises contained in the book. Students see the AutoCAD 2004 interface, menu picks, and models that are created while a voice overlay explains the design activities.

AutoCAD 2004 is not required to run the CD. Students, while at home, will become acquainted with the AutoCAD interface and design process.

Why Use a MultiMedia Textbook?

To download the text of chapter 2 (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format) and a sample from the MultiMedia CD, click on the SampleChapters button below:

1.		Getting Started
		Development of Computer Aided Design; Why use AutoCAD 2004?; getting started; AutoCAD Today dialog box and units setup; screen layout; mouse buttons; canceling commands; On-line help; leaving AutoCAD; creating a CAD files folder.
2.		Geometric Construction Basics
		LINE; GRID; SNAP; ERASER; CIRCLE; visual reference; the CAD database; change to 2D UCS icon; Cartesian and Polar Coordinate Systems; define positions; absolute and relative coordinates; the Guide Plate.
3.		Construction and Editing Tools
		Gasket project; Object Snap toolbar; EXTEND; TRIM; CIRCLE; FILLET; EXPLODE; OFFSET; converting objects to a POLYLINE.
4.		Object Properties and Organization
		Floor Plan design; reference drawing; ZOOM ALL; ZOOM REALTIME; MULTILINE; MULTILINE EDIT; layers and object properties; layer visibility.
5.		Orthographic Views in Multiview Drawings
		Locator design; construction lines; setting the current layer; Running Object Snaps; object lines; top view to side view projection; adding objects to views; AutoSnap and AutoTrack features.
6.		Basic Dimensioning and Notes
		Bracket design; creating object, hidden, and center lines; the Dimension toolbar; using the Dimension Style Manager; Dimensions nomenclature and basics; CENTER MARK; linear, angular, radius and diameter dimensions; SINGLE LINE TEXT; adding special characters.
7.		Templates and Plotting
		Geneva Cam design; Plot Style mode; adding borders and title block in layout; create a template file; MIRROR; ARRAY; create a Viewport; adjusting the dimension scale; plot/print the drawing.
8.		Auxiliary Views and Editing with GRIPS
		V-Block design; Top View; Front View; Auxiliary View; Aligning the Auxiliary View to the Front View; Polar Tracking; edit the Plot Style Table.
9.		Section Views
		Bearing design; editing circles; principal, front, and side views; hidden lines; changing the Line Type Scale property; stretching and moving objects with GRIPS; drawing a cutting plane; converting a Side View to a Section View; Section Lines.
10.		Assembly Drawings and Blocks
		Additional parts: Cap-Screw, Collar, and Base-Plate; defining and inserting a Block; the Assembly Drawing; copying and pasting; converting the view to a Section View; adding parts to the Assembly Drawing.

265 pages

See also:
AutoCAD 2004 Tutorial - Second Level: 3D Modeling

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