Beginning AutoCAD® 2016 Exercise Workbook is the right book for users new to AutoCAD® or who want to brush up on the basics. This is a clear, no nonsense, easy-to-follow text that helps user learn AutoCAD quickly and easily. All exercises print easily on a standard 8 ½” x 11” printer. For Use with the PC version of AutoCAD 2016 only
Beginning AutoCAD® 2016 leads you step by step through 30 lessons that:
Provide detailed instructions, followed by exercises (which print on
8 1/2” x 11” paper) for practicing the commands you just learned.
Start very simple and progress to higher level skills.
Introduce you to the drawing commands first.
Show you how to create your own setup drawings.
Features
Start Tab page, containing two sliding content frams called Learn and Create, enabling you to quickly access recent drawing files, templates, product updates, and online resources.
DIM command, allowing you to create dimensions based on a selected object.
Text Frame property, used to easily create a border around text.
Text Wrap in dimensions.
Closed Polyline Snapping.
Rectangular and Polygonal Revision Clouds.
Enhanced Status Bar, giving you greater control of the tools you want displayed
The Command Preview also is enhanced to allow for the Blend, Erase, Scale, Stretch, and Rotate commands.
Improved graphics include Line Smoothing and the display of perfect curves.
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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® ExerciseWorkbooks 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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