| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Elliot J. Gindis, President - Vertical Technologies, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Robert C. Kaebisch, Construction Sciences - Architecture/Structural, Gateway Technical College, Sturtevant, WI, United States. |
| Formatted contents note |
Level 1:<br/>Chapters 1-10:<br/>1. AutoCAD fundamentals-Part I --<br/>1.1 Introduction and basic commands --<br/>Create Objects --<br/>Edit/Modify Objects --<br/>View Objects --<br/>1.2 The AutoCAD environment --<br/>1.3 Interacting with AutoCAD --<br/>Method 1. Type in the commands on the command line --<br/>Method 2. Use the Ribbon tabs, Panels, and Tools --<br/>1.4 Practicing the create objects commands --<br/>Line --<br/>Circle --<br/>Arc --<br/>Rectangle --<br/>1.5 View objects --<br/>Zoom --<br/>Pan --<br/>Regen --<br/>1.6 Practicing the Edit/Modify objects commands --<br/>Erase --<br/>Move --<br/>Copy --<br/>Rotate --<br/>Scale --<br/>Trim --<br/>Extend --<br/>Offset --<br/>Mirror --<br/>Fillet --<br/>1.7 Selection methods --<br/>1.8 Drawing accuracy-part 1 --<br/>Ortho (F8) --<br/>1.9 Drawing accuracy-part 2 --<br/>OSNAPS --<br/>ENDpoint --<br/>MIDpoint --<br/>CENter --<br/>QUADrant --<br/>INTersection --<br/>PERPendicular --<br/>1.10 OSNAP drafting settings --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>2. AutoCAD fundamentals-Part II --<br/>2.1 GRIPS --<br/>2.2 Units and scale --<br/> 2.3 Snap and Grid --<br/>To set Snap --<br/>To set Grid --<br/>2.4 Cartesian coordinate system --<br/>2.5 Geometric data entry --<br/>Dynamic Input --<br/>Manual Input --<br/>2.6 Inquiry commands --<br/>Quick --<br/>Area --<br/>Distance --<br/>List --<br/>ID --<br/>Radius and Angle --<br/>2.7 Additional drafting commands --<br/>Explode --<br/>Polygon --<br/>Drawing challenge-star --<br/>Ellipse --<br/>Chamfer --<br/>Templates --<br/>Limits --<br/>Save --<br/>Help files --<br/>TANgent OSNAP --<br/>Time --<br/>Drawing the star --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Spotlight on: architecture --<br/>3. Layers, colors, linetypes, and properties --<br/>3.1 Introduction to layers --<br/>What are layers? --<br/>Why use them? --<br/>Creating and deleting layers --<br/>Making a layer current --<br/>Assigning layer colors --<br/>Index Color --<br/>True Color --<br/>Color Books --<br/>Layer Freeze/Thaw and On/Off --<br/>Layer Lock/Unlock --<br/>3.2 Introduction to linetypes --<br/>3.3 Introduction to properties --<br/>Properties palette --<br/>Match Properties --<br/>Layers and the Ribbon --<br/>3.4 In-class drawing project: floor plan layout --<br/>Basic file preparation --<br/>Starting the floor plan --<br/>Drawing the inner wall geometry --<br/>Drawing the doors and windows --<br/>Doors --<br/>Windows --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>4. Text, mtext, editing, and style --<br/>4.1 Introduction to text and mtext --<br/>4.2 Text (single line) --<br/>Editing Text --<br/>4.3 Mtext --<br/>Formatting mtext --<br/>Toolbar text editing --<br/>4.4 Style --<br/>4.5 Spell check --<br/>4.6 In-Class drawing project: adding text and furniture to floor plan layout --<br/>NEArest OSNAP --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>5. Hatch patterns --<br/>5.1 Introduction to Hatch --<br/>Architecture --<br/>Civil engineering --<br/>Mechanical engineering --<br/>5.2 Hatch procedures --<br/>Step 1. Pick the Hatch pattern you want to use --<br/>Step 2. Indicate where you want the pattern to go --<br/>Step 3. Fine-Tune the pattern by adjusting scale and angle (if necessary) --<br/>Step 4. Watch the Preview of the pattern --<br/>and accept it if it is OK --<br/>5.3 Working with Hatch patterns --<br/>Exploding Hatch patterns --<br/>Hatch pattern layers and colors --<br/>Advanced Hatch topics --<br/>5.4 Gradient and solid fill --<br/>Solid fill --<br/>5.5 SuperHatch --<br/>5.6 In-Class drawing project: adding Hatch to floor plan layout --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Spotlight on: mechanical engineering --<br/>6. Dimensions --<br/>6.1 Introduction to dimensions --<br/>6.2 Types of dimensions --<br/>Linear dimensions --<br/>Aligned dimension --<br/>Diameter dimension --<br/>Radius dimension --<br/>Angular dimension --<br/>Continuous dimensions --<br/>Baseline dimensions --<br/>Leader and multileader --<br/>Leader --<br/>Multileader --<br/>Secondary dimensions --<br/>6.3 Editing dimensions --<br/>6.4 Customizing dimensions --<br/>Dinstyle --<br/>Step 1. Change the units of the dimensions --<br/>Step 2. Change the font of the dimensions --<br/>Step 3. Change the arrowheads of the dimensions --<br/>Step 4. Change the fit isize of the dimensions --<br/>6.5 Center marks and centerlines --<br/>6.6 In-Class drawing project: adding dimensions to floor plan layout --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>7. Blocks, Wblocks, dynamic blocks, groups, and purge --<br/>7.1 Introduction to blocks --<br/>Blocks versus the wblock command --<br/>Creating a block --<br/>7.2 Insert --<br/>7.3 Purge --<br/>7.4 Wblocks --<br/>Retain --<br/>Convert to block --<br/>Delete from drawing --<br/>Inserting blocks from other files or entire .dwg files --<br/>7.5 Dynamic blocks --<br/>Actions and parameters --<br/>Visibility --<br/>7.6 Groups --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>8. Polar, rectangular, and path arrays --<br/>8.1 Polar array --<br/>Steps in creating a polar array Additional operations with polar array --<br/>8.2 Rectangular array --<br/>Steps in creating a rectangular array Additional operations with rectangular --<br/>array --<br/>8.3 Path array --<br/>Steps in creating a path array --<br/>Additional operations with path array --<br/>8.4 in-class drawing project: mechanical --<br/>device --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Spotlight on: interior design --<br/>9. Basic printing and output --<br/>9.1Introduction to printing and plotting --<br/>9.2 The essentials --<br/>What printer or plotter to use --<br/>What paper size to use --<br/>What area to plot --<br/>At what scale to plot<br/>What pen settings to use --<br/>What orientation to use --<br/>What offset to use --<br/>Miscellaneous --<br/>9.3 The plot dialog box --<br/>Preview --<br/>9.4 Page setup manager --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercise --<br/>10. Advanced output-Paper Space --<br/>10.1 Introduction to Paper Space --<br/>What is Paper Space? --<br/>10.2 Paper Space concepts --<br/>Layouts --<br/>Viewports --<br/>Floating Model Space --<br/>Modifying the Viewport --<br/>Polygonal Viewport --<br/>Scaling --<br/>Layers --<br/>Lock VP --<br/>Hiding the VP --<br/>Text and dims --<br/>Annotation and Annotative Objects --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Level 1 --<br/>Answers to review questions --<br/>Level 2 --<br/>Chapters 11-20 --<br/>11. Advanced linework --<br/>11.1 Introduction to advanced linework --<br/>11.2 Pline (polyline) --<br/>Pedit --<br/>Exploding a pline --<br/>Additional pline options --<br/>Boundary --<br/>11.3 Xline (construction line) --<br/>11.4 Ray --<br/>11.5 Spline --<br/>11.6 Mline (multiline) --<br/>Modifying the mline --<br/>Mistyle (multiline style) --<br/>Mledit (Multiline Editi --<br/>Other Mline properties --<br/>11.7 Sketch --<br/>Applications of sketch --<br/>GEOmetric center OSNAP --<br/>11.8 Level 2 drawing project (1 of 10): architectural floor plan --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>12. Advanced layers --<br/>12.1 Introduction to advanced layers --<br/>12.2 Script files --<br/>12.3 Layer State Manager --<br/>12.4 Layer filtering --<br/>12.5 Layer Freeze, Isolate, and Walk --<br/>Layer Freeze --<br/>Layer Isolate --<br/>Layer Walk --<br/>12.6 Level 2 drawing project (2 of 10): architectural floor plan --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Spotlight on: electrical engineering --<br/>13. Advanced dimensions --<br/>13.1 Introduction to advanced dimensions --<br/>13.2 Dimension Style Manager --<br/>Lines tab --<br/>Symbols and Arrows tab --<br/>Text tab --<br/>Fit tab --<br/>Primary Linits tah --<br/>Alternate Units tab --<br/>Tolerances tab --<br/>13.3 Introduction to constraints --<br/>13.4 Geometric constraints --<br/>Types of geometric constraints --<br/>Adding geometric constraints --<br/>Hiding showing, and deleting geometric constraints --<br/>13.5 Dimensional constraints --<br/>Working with dimensional constraints --<br/>13.6 Dimension-driven design --<br/>13.7 Level 2 drawing project (3 of 10: architectural floor plan --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>14. Options, Shortcuts, CUI, Design Center, and Express Tools --<br/>14.1 Options --<br/>Files tab --<br/>Display tab --<br/>Open and Save tab --<br/>Plot and Publish tab --<br/>Systern tab --<br/>User Preferences tab --<br/>Drafting tab --<br/>3D Modeling tab --<br/>Selection tab --<br/>14.2 Shortcuts --<br/>PGP File --<br/>Altering the PCP File --<br/>14.3 Customize User Interface --<br/>14.4 Design Center --<br/>14.5 Express tools --<br/>Blocks Tools --<br/>Text Tools --<br/>Modify tools --<br/>Layout tools --<br/>Draw tools --<br/>Dimension tools --<br/>Tols Tools --<br/>Web tools --<br/>146 Level 2 drawing project (4 of 10): Architectural floor plan. --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>15. Advanced design and file management tools --<br/>15.1 Introduction to advanced design and file management tools: --<br/>15.2 Align --<br/>15.3 Action recording --<br/>15.4 Audit and recover --<br/>155 Blend --<br/>15.6 Break and join. --<br/>Break, Method 1 --<br/>Single Break, Method 2 --<br/>15.7 CAD standards --<br/>15. Calculator --<br/>15.9 Delpoints --<br/>15.10 Divide and point style --<br/>15.11 Donut --<br/>15.12 Draw order --<br/>15.13 eTransmit --<br/>15.14 Filter --<br/>15.15 Hyperlink --<br/>15.16 Lengthen --<br/>15.17 Object snap tracking --<br/>15.18 Overkill --<br/>15.19 Point and node --<br/>15:20 Publish --<br/>15.21 Master --<br/>15.22 Revtloud --<br/>15.25 Sheet sets --<br/>15.34 Selection methods --<br/>15.25 Stretch --<br/>15.26 System variables --<br/>15.27 Tables --<br/>15.28 Tool palette --<br/>15.29 UCS and crosshair rotation --<br/>Method 1 --<br/>Method 2 --<br/>15.30 Window tiling --<br/>15.31 Wipeout --<br/>15.32 architectural floor --<br/>Level 2 drawing project 5 of 10 architectural floor plan --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Spotlight on: civil engineering --<br/>16. Importing and exporting data --<br/>16.1 Introduction to importing and exporting data --<br/>16.2 Importing and exporting to and from MS office applications --<br/>Word Into AutoCAD --<br/>AutoCAD into word --<br/>Excel into AutoCAD --<br/>AutoCAD into Excel --<br/>PowerPoint into AutoCAD --<br/>AutoCAD into PowerPoint --<br/>16.3 Screen shots --<br/>16.4 JPGs --<br/>16.5 PDFs --<br/>16.6 Other CAD software --<br/>16.7 Exporting and the save as feature --<br/>16.8 Inserting and OLE --<br/>16.9 Level 2 drawing project (6 of 10): architectural floor plan --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercise --<br/>17. External references (xrefs) --<br/>17.1 Introduction to xrefs --<br/>What is an xref? --<br/>Why do we need an xreft What is the benefit? --<br/>17.2 Using xrefs --<br/>17.3 Layers in xrefs --<br/>17.4 Editing and reloading xrefs --<br/>17.5 Multiple xrefs --<br/>17.6 Ribbon and xrefs --<br/>17.7 Level 2 drawing project (7 of 10): architectural floor plan --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercise --<br/>18. Attributes --<br/>18.1 Introduction to attributes --<br/>18.2 Creating the design --<br/>18.3 Creating the attribute definitions --<br/>18.4 Creating the attribute block --<br/>18.5 Attribute properties and editing --<br/>Exploding attributes --<br/>Inserting attributes --<br/>18.6 Attribute extraction --<br/>18.7 Invisible attributes --<br/>18.8 Level 2 drawing project (8 of 10): architectural floor plan --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercise --<br/>Spotlight on: aerospace engineering --<br/>19. Advanced output and pen settings --<br/>19.1 Introduction to advanced pen settings --<br/>19.2 Setting standards --<br/>19.3 The CTB file --<br/>Step 1 --<br/>Step 2 --<br/>Step 3 --<br/>19.4 Additional CTB file features --<br/>19.5 Lineweight VISIBILITY Settings --<br/>19.6 Level 2 drawing project (9 of 10): architectural floor plan. --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercise --<br/>20. Isometric drawing --<br/>20.1 Introduction to graphical projection --<br/>Types of projections --<br/>20.2 Isometric projection --<br/>Why use isometric projection instead 3D? --<br/>When not to use isometric perspective --<br/>20.3 Basic technique --<br/>20.4 Ellipses in isometric --<br/>20.5 Text and dimensions in isometric drawing --<br/>20.6 Level 2 drawing project (10 of 10): architectural floor plan --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions -- <br/>Exercises --<br/>Level 2 --<br/>Answers to review questions --<br/>Level 3 --<br/>Chapters 21-30 --<br/>21. 3D Basics --<br/>21.1 Axes, Planes, and Faces --<br/>21.2 3D Workspaces, Ribbon, Toolbars, and 3D Options --<br/>21.3 Entering and Exiting 3D --<br/>21.4 Projecting into 3D -- <br/>Method 1 (New) --<br/>Method 2 (Classic) --<br/>21.5 3D Dynamic Views: --<br/>21.6 Extrude --<br/>21.7 Visual Styles: Hide and Shade --<br/>21.8 Viewcube and Navigation Bar --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review Questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>22. Object Manipulation --<br/>22.1 Introduction to Object Manipulation --<br/>Rotate3D --<br/>Drotate (Gizmo) --<br/>Mirror 3D --<br/>3Darray --<br/>3Dscale --<br/>3Dmove --<br/>Fillets and Charlees in 3D --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review Questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Spotlight on: chemical engineering --<br/>23. Boolean operations and primitives --<br/>21.1 Introduction to boolean operations --<br/>Union --<br/>Subtract --<br/>Intersect --<br/>23.2 Introduction to primitives --<br/>Box --<br/>Wedge --<br/>Cone --<br/>Sphere --<br/>Cylinder --<br/>Torus --<br/>Pyrami --<br/>23.3 Applying primitives --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>24. Solid Modeling --<br/>24.1 Introduction to Solid Modeling Revolve --<br/>Shell --<br/>Taper --<br/>Loft --<br/>Path Extrusion --<br/>Sweep --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>25. Advanced Solids, Faces, and Edges --<br/>25.1 Introduction To Advanced Solids, faces. And Edges --<br/>Polysolid --<br/>Helix --<br/>30 Path Array --<br/>3Dalign --<br/>25.2 Working With Faces --<br/>Delete Faces --<br/>Move Faces --<br/>Copy Faces --<br/>Offset Faces: --<br/>Rotate Faces --<br/>Color Faces --<br/>Working With Edges --<br/>25.3 Color Edges --<br/>Copy Edges --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Spotlight on: biomedical engineering --<br/>26. Surfaces and meshes --<br/>26.1 Introduction to Surfaces and Meshes --<br/>26.2Surfacing Commands --<br/>Planar Surface --<br/>Region --<br/>Rulesurf --<br/>Tahsurf --<br/>Revsurf --<br/>Edgesurt --<br/>3Dface and 30mesh --<br/>26.3 Smooth Mesh Primitives --<br/>Mesh Modification 1. Smoothness --<br/>Mesh Modification 3. Additional Tools --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>27. Slicing, sectioning, layouts, and vports --<br/>27.1 Introduction to slicing sectioning layouts, and vports --<br/>27.2 Slicing and sectioning --<br/>Slice --<br/>Section --<br/>27.3 Layouts and details --<br/>Additional layout options --<br/>27.4 Flatten and Batshot --<br/>Flatten Flatshot --<br/>27.5 Vports --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercise --<br/>28. Advanced UCS, Views, Text, and Dimensions in 3D --<br/>28.1 Introduction To Advanced Ucs, Views, Text, And Dimensions In 3d --<br/>28.2 Advanced Ucs --<br/>UCS --<br/>World --<br/>UCS Previous --<br/>Face UCS --<br/>Object View --<br/>Origin --<br/>Z-Axis Vector --<br/>3 Point --<br/>X, Y and Z --<br/>Named UCS --<br/>28.3 Views And View Manager --<br/>28.4 Text And Dimensions In 3d --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercise --<br/>Spotlight on: drafting, CAD management, teaching, and consulting --<br/>29. Dview, camera, walk and fly, path animation --<br/>29.1 Dynamic view --<br/>Camera --<br/>Target --<br/>Distance --<br/>Points --<br/>Pan --<br/>Zoom --<br/>Twist --<br/>Clip --<br/>Hide --<br/>Undo --<br/>29.2 Cameras --<br/>29.3 Walk and fly --<br/>29.4 Path animation --<br/>Summary --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>30. Lighting and rendering --<br/>30.1 Introduction to lighting and rendering --<br/>30.2 Lighting --<br/>Point light --<br/>Spotlight --<br/>Distant light --<br/>Shadows, sun, and sky --<br/>30.3 Materials and rendering --<br/>Materials --<br/>Summary --<br/>Rendering --<br/>Review questions --<br/>Exercise --<br/>Level 3 Answers to review questions --<br/>Appendix A Additional information on AutoCAD --<br/>Appendix B: Other CAD software, designs and analysis tools, and concepts --<br/>Appendix C File extensions --<br/>Appendix D: Custom linetypes and hatch patterns --<br/>Appendix E Principles of CAD management --<br/>Appendix F: AutoLISP basics and advanced customization tools --<br/>Appendix G. PC hardware, printers/plotters, networks, and the cloud --<br/>Appendix H: What are keels! --<br/>Appendix I: Lighting, rendering, effects, and animation --<br/>Appendix J: 3D printing --<br/>Appendix K: AutoCAD certification exams --<br/>Appendix L AutoCAD employment Appendix M. The future of AutoCAD --<br/>Index -- |