Up and Running with AutoCAD 2014 : 2D and 3D Drawing and Modeling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gindis, Elliot J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AutoCAD.

Computer-aided design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (787 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2013.

Contents:

FRONT COVER

UP AND RUNNING WITH AUTOCAD® 2014

COPYRIGHT PAGE

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PREFACE

What is AutoCAD?

About this Book

Teaching Methods

Text Organization

What Your Goal Should Be

LEVEL 1 Chapters 1-10

1 AutoCAD Fundamentals Part I

1.1 Introduction and Basic Commands

1.2 The AutoCAD Environment

1.3 Interacting with AutoCAD

Method 1. Type in the Commands on the Command Line

Method 2. Select the Commands from the Drop-down Cascading Menus

Method 3. Use Toolbar Icons to Activate the Commands

Method 4: Use the Ribbon Tabs, Icons, and Menus

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

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

Area

Point By Point

Object

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

Drawing the Star

Time

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 Toolbar

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

4 Text, Mtext, Editing, and Style

4.1 Introduction to Text and Mtext

4.2 Text

Editing Text

4.3 Mtext

Formatting Mtext

4.4 Style

4.5 Spell Check

4.6 In-Class Drawing Project: Adding Text and Furniture to Floor Plan Layout

NEArest OSNAP

5 Hatch Patterns

5.1 Introduction to Hatch

5.2 Hatch Procedures

Step 1. Pick the Hatch Pattern you Want to Use

Step 2. Indicate Where you Want the Pattern to Go

Add: Pick Points

Add: Select Objects

Step 3. Fine-Tune the Pattern by Adjusting Scale and Angle (If Necessary)

Step 4. Preview the Pattern and Accept it if OK

5.3 Working with Hatch Patterns

Exploding Hatch Patterns

Hatch Pattern Layers and Colors

Advanced Hatch Topics

Hatch Origin

Options

Islands

Gap Tolerance

5.4 Gradient and Solid Fill

Solid Fill

5.5 In-Class Drawing Project: Adding Hatch to Floor Plan Layout

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

Dimstyle

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 (Size) of the Dimensions

6.5 In-Class Drawing Project: Adding Dimensions to Floor Plan Layout

7 Blocks, Wblocks, Dynamic Blocks, Groups, and Purge

7.1 Introduction to Blocks

Difference between Blocks and Wblocks

Creating a Block

Retain

Convert to Block

Delete

7.2 Insert

7.3 Purge

7.4 Wblocks

Inserting Wblocks

7.5 Dynamic Blocks

7.6 Groups

8 Polar, Rectangular, and Path Arrays

8.1 Polar Array

Steps in Creating a Polar Array

Additional Operations with Polar Array

Legacy Polar Array (Pre-AutoCAD 2012)

8.2 Rectangular Array

Steps in Creating a Rectangular Array

Additional Operations with Rectangular Array

Legacy Rectangular Array (Pre-AutoCAD 2012)

8.3 Path Array

Steps in Creating a Path Array

Additional Operations with Path Array

8.4 In-Class Drawing Project: Mechanical Device

Spotlight On: Electrical Engineering

9 Basic Printing and Output

9.1 Introduction to Printing and Plotting

9.2 The Essentials

What Printer or Plotter to Use

What Paper Size to Use

What Area to Plot

Extents

Window

Display and Limits

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

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

Freeze VP

Text and Dims

Annotation

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

Stretch

Add Vertex

Convert to Arc

11.3 Xline (Construction Line)

11.4 Ray

11.5 Spline

11.6 Mline (Multiline)

Modifying the Mline

Mlstyle (Multiline Style)

Mledit (Multiline Edit)

Other Mline Properties

11.7 Sketch

Applications of Sketch

11.8 Level 2 Drawing Project (1 of 10): Architectural Floor Plan

12 Advanced Layers

12.1 Introduction to Advanced Layers

12.2 Script Files

12.3 Layer State Manager

12.4 Layer Filtering

12.5 Level 2 Drawing Project (2 of 10): Architectural Floor Plan

Spotlight On: Interior Design

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 Units Tab

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

14 Options, Shortcuts, CUI, Design Center, and Express Tools

14.1 Options

Files Tab

Display Tab

Open and Save Tab

Plot and Publish Tab

System Tab

User Preferences Tab

Drafting Tab

3D Modeling Tab

Selection Tab

Profiles Tab

Online Tab

14.2 Shortcuts

PGP File

Altering the PGP File

14.3 Customize User Interface

14.4 Design Center

14.5 Express Tools

Blocks

Text

Layout Tools

Dimension

Selection Tools

Modify

Draw

File Tools

Web Tools

Tools

Layer Express Tools

Layer Freeze

Layer Isolate

Layer Walk.

14.6 Level 2 Drawing Project (4 of 10): Architectural Floor Plan

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

15.5 Blend

15.6 Break and Join

Break, Method 1

Break, Method 2

Join

15.7 CAD Standards

15.8 Calculator

15.9 Defpoints

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 Tracking (Otrack)

15.18 Overkill

15.19 Point and Node

15.20 Publish

15.21 Raster

15.22 Revcloud

15.23 Sheet Sets

15.24 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 and Tabs

Window Tiling

Tabs

15.31 Wipeout

15.32 Level 2 Drawing Project (5 of 10): Architectural Floor Plan

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

17 External References (Xrefs)

17.1 Introduction to Xrefs

What Is an Xref?

Why Do We Need an Xref? 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.

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Other Format:

Print version: Gindis, Elliot J. Up and Running with AutoCAD 2014

ISBN:

9780124104211

OCLC:

863156947