Up and running with AutoCAD 2022 : 2D and 3D drawing, design and modeling. / txt
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.
- xix, 839 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. book
Includes index.
Level 1: Chapters 1-10: 1. AutoCAD fundamentals-Part I -- 1.1 Introduction and basic commands -- Create Objects -- Edit/Modify Objects -- View Objects -- 1.2 The AutoCAD environment -- 1.3 Interacting with AutoCAD -- Method 1. Type in the commands on the command line -- Method 2. Use the Ribbon tabs, Panels, and Tools -- 1.4 Practicing the create objects commands -- Line -- Circle -- Arc -- Rectangle -- 1.5 View objects -- Zoom -- Pan -- Regen -- 1.6 Practicing the Edit/Modify objects commands -- Erase -- Move -- Copy -- Rotate -- Scale -- Trim -- Extend -- Offset -- Mirror -- Fillet -- 1.7 Selection methods -- 1.8 Drawing accuracy-part 1 -- Ortho (F8) -- 1.9 Drawing accuracy-part 2 -- OSNAPS -- ENDpoint -- MIDpoint -- CENter -- QUADrant -- INTersection -- PERPendicular -- 1.10 OSNAP drafting settings -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- 2. AutoCAD fundamentals-Part II -- 2.1 GRIPS -- 2.2 Units and scale -- 2.3 Snap and Grid -- To set Snap -- To set Grid -- 2.4 Cartesian coordinate system -- 2.5 Geometric data entry -- Dynamic Input -- Manual Input -- 2.6 Inquiry commands -- Quick -- Area -- Distance -- List -- ID -- Radius and Angle -- 2.7 Additional drafting commands -- Explode -- Polygon -- Drawing challenge-star -- Ellipse -- Chamfer -- Templates -- Limits -- Save -- Help files -- TANgent OSNAP -- Time -- Drawing the star -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- Spotlight on: architecture -- 3. Layers, colors, linetypes, and properties -- 3.1 Introduction to layers -- What are layers? -- Why use them? -- Creating and deleting layers -- Making a layer current -- Assigning layer colors -- Index Color -- True Color -- Color Books -- Layer Freeze/Thaw and On/Off -- Layer Lock/Unlock -- 3.2 Introduction to linetypes -- 3.3 Introduction to properties -- Properties palette -- Match Properties -- Layers and the Ribbon -- 3.4 In-class drawing project: floor plan layout -- Basic file preparation -- Starting the floor plan -- Drawing the inner wall geometry -- Drawing the doors and windows -- Doors -- Windows -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- 4. Text, mtext, editing, and style -- 4.1 Introduction to text and mtext -- 4.2 Text (single line) -- Editing Text -- 4.3 Mtext -- Formatting mtext -- Toolbar text editing -- 4.4 Style -- 4.5 Spell check -- 4.6 In-Class drawing project: adding text and furniture to floor plan layout -- NEArest OSNAP -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- 5. Hatch patterns -- 5.1 Introduction to Hatch -- Architecture -- Civil engineering -- Mechanical engineering -- 5.2 Hatch procedures -- Step 1. Pick the Hatch pattern you want to use -- Step 2. Indicate where you want the pattern to go -- Step 3. Fine-Tune the pattern by adjusting scale and angle (if necessary) -- Step 4. Watch the Preview of the pattern -- and accept it if it is OK -- 5.3 Working with Hatch patterns -- Exploding Hatch patterns -- Hatch pattern layers and colors -- Advanced Hatch topics -- 5.4 Gradient and solid fill -- Solid fill -- 5.5 SuperHatch -- 5.6 In-Class drawing project: adding Hatch to floor plan layout -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- Spotlight on: mechanical engineering -- 6. Dimensions -- 6.1 Introduction to dimensions -- 6.2 Types of dimensions -- Linear dimensions -- Aligned dimension -- Diameter dimension -- Radius dimension -- Angular dimension -- Continuous dimensions -- Baseline dimensions -- Leader and multileader -- Leader -- Multileader -- Secondary dimensions -- 6.3 Editing dimensions -- 6.4 Customizing dimensions -- Dinstyle -- Step 1. Change the units of the dimensions -- Step 2. Change the font of the dimensions -- Step 3. Change the arrowheads of the dimensions -- Step 4. Change the fit isize of the dimensions -- 6.5 Center marks and centerlines -- 6.6 In-Class drawing project: adding dimensions to floor plan layout -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- 7. Blocks, Wblocks, dynamic blocks, groups, and purge -- 7.1 Introduction to blocks -- Blocks versus the wblock command -- Creating a block -- 7.2 Insert -- 7.3 Purge -- 7.4 Wblocks -- Retain -- Convert to block -- Delete from drawing -- Inserting blocks from other files or entire .dwg files -- 7.5 Dynamic blocks -- Actions and parameters -- Visibility -- 7.6 Groups -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- 8. Polar, rectangular, and path arrays -- 8.1 Polar array -- Steps in creating a polar array Additional operations with polar array -- 8.2 Rectangular array -- Steps in creating a rectangular array Additional operations with rectangular -- array -- 8.3 Path array -- Steps in creating a path array -- Additional operations with path array -- 8.4 in-class drawing project: mechanical -- device -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- Spotlight on: interior design -- 9. Basic printing and output -- 9.1Introduction to printing and plotting -- 9.2 The essentials -- What printer or plotter to use -- What paper size to use -- What area to plot -- At what scale to plot What pen settings to use -- What orientation to use -- What offset to use -- Miscellaneous -- 9.3 The plot dialog box -- Preview -- 9.4 Page setup manager -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercise -- 10. Advanced output-Paper Space -- 10.1 Introduction to Paper Space -- What is Paper Space? -- 10.2 Paper Space concepts -- Layouts -- Viewports -- Floating Model Space -- Modifying the Viewport -- Polygonal Viewport -- Scaling -- Layers -- Lock VP -- Hiding the VP -- Text and dims -- Annotation and Annotative Objects -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- Level 1 -- Answers to review questions -- Level 2 -- Chapters 11-20 -- 11. Advanced linework -- 11.1 Introduction to advanced linework -- 11.2 Pline (polyline) -- Pedit -- Exploding a pline -- Additional pline options -- Boundary -- 11.3 Xline (construction line) -- 11.4 Ray -- 11.5 Spline -- 11.6 Mline (multiline) -- Modifying the mline -- Mistyle (multiline style) -- Mledit (Multiline Editi -- Other Mline properties -- 11.7 Sketch -- Applications of sketch -- GEOmetric center OSNAP -- 11.8 Level 2 drawing project (1 of 10): architectural floor plan -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- 12. Advanced layers -- 12.1 Introduction to advanced layers -- 12.2 Script files -- 12.3 Layer State Manager -- 12.4 Layer filtering -- 12.5 Layer Freeze, Isolate, and Walk -- Layer Freeze -- Layer Isolate -- Layer Walk -- 12.6 Level 2 drawing project (2 of 10): architectural floor plan -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- Spotlight on: electrical engineering -- 13. Advanced dimensions -- 13.1 Introduction to advanced dimensions -- 13.2 Dimension Style Manager -- Lines tab -- Symbols and Arrows tab -- Text tab -- Fit tab -- Primary Linits tah -- Alternate Units tab -- Tolerances tab -- 13.3 Introduction to constraints -- 13.4 Geometric constraints -- Types of geometric constraints -- Adding geometric constraints -- Hiding showing, and deleting geometric constraints -- 13.5 Dimensional constraints -- Working with dimensional constraints -- 13.6 Dimension-driven design -- 13.7 Level 2 drawing project (3 of 10: architectural floor plan -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- 14. Options, Shortcuts, CUI, Design Center, and Express Tools -- 14.1 Options -- Files tab -- Display tab -- Open and Save tab -- Plot and Publish tab -- Systern tab -- User Preferences tab -- Drafting tab -- 3D Modeling tab -- Selection tab -- 14.2 Shortcuts -- PGP File -- Altering the PCP File -- 14.3 Customize User Interface -- 14.4 Design Center -- 14.5 Express tools -- Blocks Tools -- Text Tools -- Modify tools -- Layout tools -- Draw tools -- Dimension tools -- Tols Tools -- Web tools -- 146 Level 2 drawing project (4 of 10): Architectural floor plan. -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- 15. Advanced design and file management tools -- 15.1 Introduction to advanced design and file management tools: -- 15.2 Align -- 15.3 Action recording -- 15.4 Audit and recover -- 155 Blend -- 15.6 Break and join. -- Break, Method 1 -- Single Break, Method 2 -- 15.7 CAD standards -- 15. Calculator -- 15.9 Delpoints -- 15.10 Divide and point style -- 15.11 Donut -- 15.12 Draw order -- 15.13 eTransmit -- 15.14 Filter -- 15.15 Hyperlink -- 15.16 Lengthen -- 15.17 Object snap tracking -- 15.18 Overkill -- 15.19 Point and node -- 15:20 Publish -- 15.21 Master -- 15.22 Revtloud -- 15.25 Sheet sets -- 15.34 Selection methods -- 15.25 Stretch -- 15.26 System variables -- 15.27 Tables -- 15.28 Tool palette -- 15.29 UCS and crosshair rotation -- Method 1 -- Method 2 -- 15.30 Window tiling -- 15.31 Wipeout -- 15.32 architectural floor -- Level 2 drawing project 5 of 10 architectural floor plan -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- Spotlight on: civil engineering -- 16. Importing and exporting data -- 16.1 Introduction to importing and exporting data -- 16.2 Importing and exporting to and from MS office applications -- Word Into AutoCAD -- AutoCAD into word -- Excel into AutoCAD -- AutoCAD into Excel -- PowerPoint into AutoCAD -- AutoCAD into PowerPoint -- 16.3 Screen shots -- 16.4 JPGs -- 16.5 PDFs -- 16.6 Other CAD software -- 16.7 Exporting and the save as feature -- 16.8 Inserting and OLE -- 16.9 Level 2 drawing project (6 of 10): architectural floor plan -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercise -- 17. External references (xrefs) -- 17.1 Introduction to xrefs -- What is an xref? -- Why do we need an xreft What is the benefit? -- 17.2 Using xrefs -- 17.3 Layers in xrefs -- 17.4 Editing and reloading xrefs -- 17.5 Multiple xrefs -- 17.6 Ribbon and xrefs -- 17.7 Level 2 drawing project (7 of 10): architectural floor plan -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercise -- 18. Attributes -- 18.1 Introduction to attributes -- 18.2 Creating the design -- 18.3 Creating the attribute definitions -- 18.4 Creating the attribute block -- 18.5 Attribute properties and editing -- Exploding attributes -- Inserting attributes -- 18.6 Attribute extraction -- 18.7 Invisible attributes -- 18.8 Level 2 drawing project (8 of 10): architectural floor plan -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercise -- Spotlight on: aerospace engineering -- 19. Advanced output and pen settings -- 19.1 Introduction to advanced pen settings -- 19.2 Setting standards -- 19.3 The CTB file -- Step 1 -- Step 2 -- Step 3 -- 19.4 Additional CTB file features -- 19.5 Lineweight VISIBILITY Settings -- 19.6 Level 2 drawing project (9 of 10): architectural floor plan. -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercise -- 20. Isometric drawing -- 20.1 Introduction to graphical projection -- Types of projections -- 20.2 Isometric projection -- Why use isometric projection instead 3D? -- When not to use isometric perspective -- 20.3 Basic technique -- 20.4 Ellipses in isometric -- 20.5 Text and dimensions in isometric drawing -- 20.6 Level 2 drawing project (10 of 10): architectural floor plan -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- Level 2 -- Answers to review questions -- Level 3 -- Chapters 21-30 -- 21. 3D Basics -- 21.1 Axes, Planes, and Faces -- 21.2 3D Workspaces, Ribbon, Toolbars, and 3D Options -- 21.3 Entering and Exiting 3D -- 21.4 Projecting into 3D -- Method 1 (New) -- Method 2 (Classic) -- 21.5 3D Dynamic Views: -- 21.6 Extrude -- 21.7 Visual Styles: Hide and Shade -- 21.8 Viewcube and Navigation Bar -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- 22. Object Manipulation -- 22.1 Introduction to Object Manipulation -- Rotate3D -- Drotate (Gizmo) -- Mirror 3D -- 3Darray -- 3Dscale -- 3Dmove -- Fillets and Charlees in 3D -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- Spotlight on: chemical engineering -- 23. Boolean operations and primitives -- 21.1 Introduction to boolean operations -- Union -- Subtract -- Intersect -- 23.2 Introduction to primitives -- Box -- Wedge -- Cone -- Sphere -- Cylinder -- Torus -- Pyrami -- 23.3 Applying primitives -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- 24. Solid Modeling -- 24.1 Introduction to Solid Modeling Revolve -- Shell -- Taper -- Loft -- Path Extrusion -- Sweep -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- 25. Advanced Solids, Faces, and Edges -- 25.1 Introduction To Advanced Solids, faces. And Edges -- Polysolid -- Helix -- 30 Path Array -- 3Dalign -- 25.2 Working With Faces -- Delete Faces -- Move Faces -- Copy Faces -- Offset Faces: -- Rotate Faces -- Color Faces -- Working With Edges -- 25.3 Color Edges -- Copy Edges -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- Spotlight on: biomedical engineering -- 26. Surfaces and meshes -- 26.1 Introduction to Surfaces and Meshes -- 26.2Surfacing Commands -- Planar Surface -- Region -- Rulesurf -- Tahsurf -- Revsurf -- Edgesurt -- 3Dface and 30mesh -- 26.3 Smooth Mesh Primitives -- Mesh Modification 1. Smoothness -- Mesh Modification 3. Additional Tools -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- 27. Slicing, sectioning, layouts, and vports -- 27.1 Introduction to slicing sectioning layouts, and vports -- 27.2 Slicing and sectioning -- Slice -- Section -- 27.3 Layouts and details -- Additional layout options -- 27.4 Flatten and Batshot -- Flatten Flatshot -- 27.5 Vports -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercise -- 28. Advanced UCS, Views, Text, and Dimensions in 3D -- 28.1 Introduction To Advanced Ucs, Views, Text, And Dimensions In 3d -- 28.2 Advanced Ucs -- UCS -- World -- UCS Previous -- Face UCS -- Object View -- Origin -- Z-Axis Vector -- 3 Point -- X, Y and Z -- Named UCS -- 28.3 Views And View Manager -- 28.4 Text And Dimensions In 3d -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercise -- Spotlight on: drafting, CAD management, teaching, and consulting -- 29. Dview, camera, walk and fly, path animation -- 29.1 Dynamic view -- Camera -- Target -- Distance -- Points -- Pan -- Zoom -- Twist -- Clip -- Hide -- Undo -- 29.2 Cameras -- 29.3 Walk and fly -- 29.4 Path animation -- Summary -- Review questions -- Exercises -- 30. Lighting and rendering -- 30.1 Introduction to lighting and rendering -- 30.2 Lighting -- Point light -- Spotlight -- Distant light -- Shadows, sun, and sky -- 30.3 Materials and rendering -- Materials -- Summary -- Rendering -- Review questions -- Exercise -- Level 3 Answers to review questions -- Appendix A Additional information on AutoCAD -- Appendix B: Other CAD software, designs and analysis tools, and concepts -- Appendix C File extensions -- Appendix D: Custom linetypes and hatch patterns -- Appendix E Principles of CAD management -- Appendix F: AutoLISP basics and advanced customization tools -- Appendix G. PC hardware, printers/plotters, networks, and the cloud -- Appendix H: What are keels! -- Appendix I: Lighting, rendering, effects, and animation -- Appendix J: 3D printing -- Appendix K: AutoCAD certification exams -- Appendix L AutoCAD employment Appendix M. The future of AutoCAD -- Index --