Résumé
For courses in AutoCAD-Computer Aided Drawing.
A text designed for novice AutoCAD LT users that is ideal for either classroom use or independent study. Sykes uses a step-by-step approach and over 2000 graphics to make learning AutoCAD LT easy. This book uses text and web-based support to create a complete learning system.
Features
- 150 Do This guided exercises— Divided into three columns: Steps, Command Sequence, and Tools.
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- Provides users with the step-by-step instructions that explain the task, show it being done, and any tools that might make it easier—along with how the results of the task should appear on the computer screen.
- Visual approach—Includes over 2000 graphics and 100 drawing files.
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- Supports text instructions with a generous use of detailed screen shots, actual drawings, and helpful graphics.
- Companion Website (...).
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- This accompanying web-site provides a self-assessment tool to test understanding of key concepts. Questions are keyed to half of the Do This exercises and act as online practice quizzes.
- "Extra Steps" section—In each lesson.
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- Provides users with added features, bits of knowledge, or suggestions for further study to promote learning after covering the basic material.
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- Tips and "tricks".
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- Helps bring the reader fully up to speed with drawing skills, and enhance their understanding of topics.
- Review questions and exercises.
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- Reinforces learned material.
- Several independent projects.
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- Giving users setup information and encouraging them to refer to previous lessons to complete projects for a variety of disciplines and mastery levels.
- Clear writing style.
Contents
(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with What Have We
Learned, Exercises, Review Questions, and/or Extra
Steps.)
PART 1: GETTING STARTED WITH AUTOCAD LT.
Lesson 1:
Setup.
Lesson 2: Drawing Basics—Lines & Coordinates.
Lesson 3: Putting It on Paper.
Lesson 4: Drawing Aids.
Lesson 5: Display Controls & Basic Text.
Lesson 6: Geometric Shapes (Other Than Lines and Rectangles!).
Lesson 7: Adding Flavor to Your Drawings with Layers.
Lesson 8: Editing Your Drawing—Modification Procedures.
The Groundwork: How
AutoCAD LT Handles Scale, Units, and Paper Size. Let's Get
Started: The Startup Dialog Box. Using the Setup Wizard.
The User Interface.
The Screen. Right-Click Cursor Menus.
Saving & Leaving a Drawing Session. Opening an Existing Drawing. Creating Templates. Creating a New Drawing Using a Template. Changing the Setup or Starting a New Drawing from Scratch.
The Screen. Right-Click Cursor Menus.
Saving & Leaving a Drawing Session. Opening an Existing Drawing. Creating Templates. Creating a New Drawing Using a Template. Changing the Setup or Starting a New Drawing from Scratch.
Lesson 2: Drawing Basics—Lines & Coordinates.
Lines and Rectangles.
Fixing the Uh Oh—Erase, Undo, and Redo.
Multiple Object Selection Made Easy. The Cartesian
Coordinate System.
Lesson 3: Putting It on Paper.
First Things
First—Setting Up Your Printer (or Plotter). Plot
Styles. Setting Up the Page to Be Plotted. Printing the
Drawing.
Lesson 4: Drawing Aids.
The Simple
Stuff—Ortho, Grid, Tracking, and
Snap.
Ort. Grid. Polar Tracking. Amp (Polar and Grid).
And Now the Easy Way—DSettings. Never Miss the Point with OSNAPS. Running OSNAPS. Point Filters and Tracking.
Point Filters. Tracking.
Isometric Drafting.
Ort. Grid. Polar Tracking. Amp (Polar and Grid).
And Now the Easy Way—DSettings. Never Miss the Point with OSNAPS. Running OSNAPS. Point Filters and Tracking.
Point Filters. Tracking.
Isometric Drafting.
Lesson 5: Display Controls & Basic Text.
Getting Closer—The
ZoomCommand. Why Find It Twice—The View
Commands. Simple Text. Editing Text—The DDEdit
Command. Finding and Replacing Text. Adding Flavor to Text
with Style.
Lesson 6: Geometric Shapes (Other Than Lines and Rectangles!).
Getting around to Circles.
“Squished” Circles and Isometric
Circles—The Ellipse Command. Arcs—The
Hard Way! Drawing Multisided Figures—The
Polygon Command. Putting It All Together.
Lesson 7: Adding Flavor to Your Drawings with Layers.
The Simple Command
Approach.
Adding Color with the Color Command. Drawing with Linotypes. Using Lineweights.
Color, Linetype, and So Much More: Layers. Swapping Setups—The AutoCAD Design Center. The Scenario: Uh Oh, Boo Boos, Ah $%&#$s—The Miracles of CHProp and the Properties Window.
The Old Way—Changing Properties with CHProp. And Now the Modern Approach—Properties Window (Properties).
And Again, The Easy Way to Modify—Matchprop.
Adding Color with the Color Command. Drawing with Linotypes. Using Lineweights.
Color, Linetype, and So Much More: Layers. Swapping Setups—The AutoCAD Design Center. The Scenario: Uh Oh, Boo Boos, Ah $%&#$s—The Miracles of CHProp and the Properties Window.
The Old Way—Changing Properties with CHProp. And Now the Modern Approach—Properties Window (Properties).
And Again, The Easy Way to Modify—Matchprop.
Lesson 8: Editing Your Drawing—Modification Procedures.
The Change Group.
Cutting It Out with the Trim Command. Adding to It with the Extend Command. The Forgotten Change Command. Redundancy—Thy Name Is AutoCAD LT: The Break Command. Now We Can Round That Corner—The Fillet Command. Fillet's Cousin—The Chamfer Command.
The Location and Number Group.
Here to There—The Move Command. The Copy Command—From One to Many.
Moving and Copying Objects between Drawings.
Cutting It Out with the Trim Command. Adding to It with the Extend Command. The Forgotten Change Command. Redundancy—Thy Name Is AutoCAD LT: The Break Command. Now We Can Round That Corner—The Fillet Command. Fillet's Cousin—The Chamfer Command.
The Location and Number Group.
Here to There—The Move Command. The Copy Command—From One to Many.
Moving and Copying Objects between Drawings.
PART 2: BEYOND THE BASICS.
Lesson 9: More Complex
Lines—Polylines (and Light-Weight
Polylines).
Lesson 10: More Editing Tools.
Lesson 11: Some Useful Drawing Tricks.
Using the Pline
Command for Wide Lines and Multisegmented Lines. The Most
Useful of the Most Overlooked—AutoCAD Lt.'s Inquiry
Commands.
Tell Me about It—The List Command. How Long or How Far—The Dist Command. Calculating the Area. Identifying Any Point with ID.
Editing Polylines—The Pedit Command.
Tell Me about It—The List Command. How Long or How Far—The Dist Command. Calculating the Area. Identifying Any Point with ID.
Editing Polylines—The Pedit Command.
Lesson 10: More Editing Tools.
Location and Number.
Parallels and Concentrics—The Offset Command. Rows, Columns, and Circles—The Array Command. Opposite Copies—The Mirror Command.
More Commands in the Change Group.
Two Ways to Change the Length of Lines and Arcs—The Lengthen and Stretch Commands. Oh, No! I Drew It Upside Down!—The Rotate Command. “Okay, Give Me Three Just Like It—But Different Sizes.”—The Scale Command.
Putting It All Together.
Parallels and Concentrics—The Offset Command. Rows, Columns, and Circles—The Array Command. Opposite Copies—The Mirror Command.
More Commands in the Change Group.
Two Ways to Change the Length of Lines and Arcs—The Lengthen and Stretch Commands. Oh, No! I Drew It Upside Down!—The Rotate Command. “Okay, Give Me Three Just Like It—But Different Sizes.”—The Scale Command.
Putting It All Together.
Lesson 11: Some Useful Drawing Tricks.
Equal or Measured
Distances—The Divide and Measure
Commands. So Where's the Point? From Outlines to
Solids—The Solid and Donut Commands.
More Object Selection Methods. Object Selection
Filters—Quick Select.
PART 3: SOME MORE ADVANCED TECHNIQUES.
Lesson 12: Guidelines
& Splines.
Lesson 13: Two for One—Double Lines.
Lesson 14: Advanced Text—MText.
Lesson 15: Basic Dimensioning.
Lesson 16: Customizing Dimensions.
Lesson 17: Advanced Modification Techniques.
Contour Lines with the
Spline Command. Changing Splines—The
Splinedit Command. Guidelines.
Lesson 13: Two for One—Double Lines.
Two at Once—AutoCAD
Lt.'s DLine Command. Using DLine to Create
Walls.
Lesson 14: Advanced Text—MText.
AutoCAD LT's Word
Processor—The Multiline Text Editor. Okay I Typed IT,
but I Don't Know if It's Right!—AutoCAD LT's
Spell Command. Find and Replace.
Lesson 15: Basic Dimensioning.
First, Some Terminology.
Dimension Creation—Dimension Commands.
Linear Dimensioning. Dimensioning Angles. Dimensioning Radii and Diameters. Dimension Strings. Aligning Dimensions. Baseline Dimensions. Placing Leaders. Ordinate Dimensions.
Dimension Editing—The Dimedit and DimTedit Commands.
Positioning the Dimension—The DimTedit Command. Changing the Dimension Text—The Dimedit Command.
Isometric Dimensioning.
Linear Dimensioning. Dimensioning Angles. Dimensioning Radii and Diameters. Dimension Strings. Aligning Dimensions. Baseline Dimensions. Placing Leaders. Ordinate Dimensions.
Dimension Editing—The Dimedit and DimTedit Commands.
Positioning the Dimension—The DimTedit Command. Changing the Dimension Text—The Dimedit Command.
Isometric Dimensioning.
Lesson 16: Customizing Dimensions.
Creating Dimension
Styles—The DDim Command. Try One. Simple
Repairs
Experimenting with Dim-Update. Overriding Dimensions.
Experimenting with Dim-Update. Overriding Dimensions.
Lesson 17: Advanced Modification Techniques.
Object Selection Settings.
A Whole New Ball Game!—Editing with Grips.
PART 4: RAZZLE DAZZLE.
Lesson 18: Hatching and
Section Lines.
Lesson 19: Many as One—Groups and Blocks.
Lesson 20: Advanced Blocks.
The Hatch Command.
Boundary Hatching. Editing Hatched Areas.
Lesson 19: Many as One—Groups and Blocks.
Paper Dolls—The
Group Command. Groups with Backbone—The
Block Commands.
Template Library Creation. Folder Library Creation. Using Blocks in a Drawing. Sharing Blocks between Drawings Using the ADC.
Template Library Creation. Folder Library Creation. Using Blocks in a Drawing. Sharing Blocks between Drawings Using the ADC.
Lesson 20: Advanced Blocks.
Creating Attributes.
Defining Attributes at the Command Line—The -Attdef Command. Defining Attributes from a Dialog Box.
Editing Attributes. The Coup de Grace: Using Attribute Information in Bills of Materials or Database Programs.
Setting up the Attribute Extraction Template File. Extracting the Data.
Defining Attributes at the Command Line—The -Attdef Command. Defining Attributes from a Dialog Box.
Editing Attributes. The Coup de Grace: Using Attribute Information in Bills of Materials or Database Programs.
Setting up the Attribute Extraction Template File. Extracting the Data.
PART 5: DRAWING DISPLAY AND ARRANGEMENT.
Lesson 21: Space for a
New Beginning—Paper Space.
Lesson 22: After the Setup.
Understanding the
Terminology. Using Tiled Viewpoints. Setting Up a Paper
Space Environment. Using Floating Viewports.
Creating Floating Viewports Using MView. The Viewports Toolbar. Adjusting the Views in Floating Viewports.
And Now the Easy Way—The LayoutWizard Command.
Creating Floating Viewports Using MView. The Viewports Toolbar. Adjusting the Views in Floating Viewports.
And Now the Easy Way—The LayoutWizard Command.
Lesson 22: After the Setup.
Dimensioning and Paper
Space. The Benefits of Layers in Paper Space. Using Text in
Paper Space. Plotting the Layout. Putting It All
Together—A Project.
PART 6: WELCOME TO THE THIRD DIMENSION.
Lesson 23:
“Z” Basics.
Lesson 24: More of Z Basics.
Lesson 25: Wireframe Modeling and Three-Dimensional Blocks.
Lesson 26: Z-Space Editing.
The UCS Icon and the
Right-Hand Rule.
The UCS Icon. The Right-Hand Rule.
Maneuvering through Z-Space with the VPoint Command.
Using Coordinates to Assign a Viewpoint. Using the Compass to Assign a Viewpoint. Setting Viewpoints Using a Dialog Box.
Drawing with the Z-Axis.
Three-Dimensional Coordinate Entry. Using the Thickness and Elevation System Variables.
Three-Dimensional Viewing Made Easy.
The Hide and Shade Commands. The Shademode Commands.
The UCS Icon. The Right-Hand Rule.
Maneuvering through Z-Space with the VPoint Command.
Using Coordinates to Assign a Viewpoint. Using the Compass to Assign a Viewpoint. Setting Viewpoints Using a Dialog Box.
Drawing with the Z-Axis.
Three-Dimensional Coordinate Entry. Using the Thickness and Elevation System Variables.
Three-Dimensional Viewing Made Easy.
The Hide and Shade Commands. The Shademode Commands.
Lesson 24: More of Z Basics.
WCS vs. UCS. The UCS
Manager. Using Working Planes. Advanced Viewing
Techniques.
Lesson 25: Wireframe Modeling and Three-Dimensional Blocks.
3DPoly vs. PLine.
Drawing in Three Directions at Once—Point Projection.
Adding Surfaces—Regions and Solids.
Solids and Regions.
Some Final Notes on Regions. Using Blocks in Z-Space.
3-Dimensional Blocks and the UCS. Inserting 3-Dimensional Blocks. Making Good Use of Attributes.
Solids and Regions.
Some Final Notes on Regions. Using Blocks in Z-Space.
3-Dimensional Blocks and the UCS. Inserting 3-Dimensional Blocks. Making Good Use of Attributes.
Lesson 26: Z-Space Editing.
Trimming and Extending in
Z-Space. Editing 3-Dimensional Objects.
Using Pedit to Modify a 3DMesh. Using Grips to Modify a 3DMesh.
Using Pedit to Modify a 3DMesh. Using Grips to Modify a 3DMesh.
PART 7: AUTOCAD INTERFACES WITH DRAWINGS, IMAGES, NETWORKS AND OTHER PROGRAMS.
Lesson 27: Externally
Referenced Drawings.
Lesson 28: Graphic Files, OLE, and AutoCAD LT.
Lesson 29: AutoCAD LT and the Internet.
Afterword.
Working with externally
REFerenced Drawings—Xrefs.
Attaching and Detaching Xrefs to Your Drawing. Xrefs and Dependent Symbols. Unloading, Reloading, and Overlaying Xrefs.
Using Our Drawings as a Reference. Building and Xref to Your Drawing.
Attaching and Detaching Xrefs to Your Drawing. Xrefs and Dependent Symbols. Unloading, Reloading, and Overlaying Xrefs.
Using Our Drawings as a Reference. Building and Xref to Your Drawing.
Lesson 28: Graphic Files, OLE, and AutoCAD LT.
The Order of Things.
Working with Linked Images—Object Linking and
Embedding (OLE).
Inserting Other Application Data into AutoCAD LT Drawings. Modifying OLE Objects. AutoCAD LT Data in Other Applications.
Exporting Image Files.
Inserting Other Application Data into AutoCAD LT Drawings. Modifying OLE Objects. AutoCAD LT Data in Other Applications.
Exporting Image Files.
Lesson 29: AutoCAD LT and the Internet.
The Internet and the world
Wide Web—A Brief Description. Sharing Working Files
via the Internet.
Opening and Referencing Internet Drawing Files. Saving Drawing Files to the Internet.
Sharing Nonworking Files via the Internet.
Viewing a Drawing Web Format (.dwf) File Using Your Browser. Creating a .dwf File—with Hyperlinks.
Opening and Referencing Internet Drawing Files. Saving Drawing Files to the Internet.
Sharing Nonworking Files via the Internet.
Viewing a Drawing Web Format (.dwf) File Using Your Browser. Creating a .dwf File—with Hyperlinks.
Afterword.
Where Do You Go from Here?
Appendix A: Drawing Scales. Appendix B: Function Keys and
Their Uses. Appendix C: Review Question Answers. Appendix
D: MText Keystrokes. Appendix E: Dimension Variables.
Appendix F: AutoCAD LT Hotkeys. Appendix G: Project
Drawings. Index.
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Prentice Hall |
| Auteur(s) | Timothy Sean Sykes |
| Parution | 01/04/2001 |
| Nb. de pages | 1149 |
| Format | 20,3 x 25 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 1720g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780130874856 |
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