Beginning AutoCAD® 2014

This book is available only as a print on demand title; there will be an added delay in delivery and returns are not accepted.

Beginning AutoCAD 2014 Exercise Workbook is the right book for you if …

• You’re new to AutoCAD or want to brush up on the basics.
• You’re looking for a clear, no nonsense, easy-to-follow text.
• You want to learn AutoCAD quickly and easily.

Note: For Use with the PC version of AutoCAD 2014 only

Features

• Totally updated for AutoCAD 2014 and 2014 LT, including Autodesk 360 Cloud; Design Feed Palette, where you can enter text messages and collaborate with other Online Users, and associate your message with a location on the drawing; Multiple File Tabs Control; Arc Reverse Direction Option; Command Line Options including: AutoCorrect – Synonym Suggestions List and Adaptive Suggestions List – Search Online for Help – Easily insert Blocks, Hatch Patterns and Layers.
• Improved Features include Command Line Options including, AutoComplete, and faster searching for help; Faster Start-up times; Enhanced Model and Layout tab previews. 
• AutoCAD 2014 30-Day Trial Version included on the enclosed DVD.
• Ideal for classroom instruction or as a self-study tutorial.
• Provides only what you need without all of the jargon.
• Includes 30 lessons with step by step instructions followed by exercises designed for practicing the commands learned within the lesson.
• Each lesson starts very simple and progresses to more complex.
• The approach taken is to familiarize you with the drawing commands first, and then teach users to create their own setup drawings.
• Each lesson is explained clearly and in a non-intimidating manner.
• All exercises print easily on a standard 8.5 x 11 printer.

Free download: AutoCAD Exercise Workbook sample file (dwg format). Click here.

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Cheryl Shrock is a retired Professor and Chairperson of Computer Aided Design at Orange Coast College in California. She developed the world-reknowned AutoCAD^® Exercise Workbooks for classroom and self-study use as a result of both her teaching skills and extensive industry experience. An acclaimed AutoCAD expert, she is an Autodesk^® registered author.

Steve Heather is a former Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Aided Design in England. For more than a decade, he has been a Beta Tester for Autodesk, testing the latest AutoCAD software. Previous to teaching, and for over 30 years, Heather worked as a Precision Engineer in the aerospace and defense industries. In addition to co-authoring the Beginning and Advanced AutoCAD^® Exercise Workbooks and the AutoCAD^® Pocket Reference, he also is author of AutoCAD^® 3D Modeling and the Engineers Precision Data Pocket Reference and is a key engineering consultant and contributor to the Machinery’s Handbook. Steve welcomes inquiries about his books; you can reach him by emailing info@industrialpress.com.

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