AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT All-In-One for Dummies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ambrosius, Lee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architectural drawing.

Architecture.

CAD/CAM systems.

Computer graphics.

Computers.

Graphic arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (771 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

An easy-to-read and up-to-date collection of resources explaining the most recent versions of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT In the brand-new second edition of AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT All-in-One For Dummies, consultant and industry expert with more than 30 years of experience using and extending AutoCAD along with being a 20-year veteran of AutoCAD.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Conventions Used in This Book

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Book 1 AutoCAD Basics

Chapter 1 One-on-One Time with AutoCAD

Starting AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT

Creating a new drawing

What is created should be saved

Accessing the right tools for the right job

Getting Familiar with the User Interface

Application menu access

Ribbon access

Toolbar access

Setting Up Drafting Aids and Layers

Getting snappy and griddy

Establishing the limits

Organizing objects with layers

Drawing, Viewing, and Editing Objects

Walking the straight and curved

Don't be a square

Multiple segments, one object

Ready . . . undo, undo, redo

Going straight from point A to point B

Just a circle thing

Going around the arc

Getting up close with objects

Modifying objects

Duplicating objects

Gone with a poof

Here's looking at you

Annotating with Text and Dimensions

Expressing yourself through text

Entering the drafting dimension

Fast Track to Plotting

Chapter 2 Drawing on and in AutoCAD

Understanding AutoCAD Files and Formats

Seeing the Light (or LT)

Using AutoCAD's Latest-and-Greatest Feature Set

Chapter 3 Navigating the AutoCAD Interface

Starting the Application

Pinning AutoCAD to the Start menu

Pinning AutoCAD to the taskbar

Using desktop shortcuts

Accessing files from File Explorer

Welcome Home: The Start Tab

Touring the AutoCAD Interface

Title bars

Application menu

Quick Access toolbar

Ribbon

Palettes

Drawing File tabs

Drawing area

Crosshairs

The floating Command Line window

The status bar

"Legacy" menus and toolbars

Communicating with Your Software.

The command line

Dynamic input

Starting AutoCAD Commands

Grasping the AutoCAD difference

Repeating a command

Canceling a running command

Undoing and redoing commands

Reaching for AutoCAD Help

Tooltips

My Insights

Using online HELP and the UI Finder

Autodesk Assistant

Finding online resources

Analyzing AutoCAD performance

Chapter 4 All about Files

Learning about the File Types in AutoCAD

Starting a New Drawing

Starting from scratch

Using a wizard

Using a drawing template

Saving a Drawing

Using the SAVE command

Using QSAVE (Quick Save)

Using the Save As Command

Opening an Existing Drawing

Using the OPEN command

Accessing recent drawings

Using File Explorer

Double-click to open

What a drag (and drop)

Exploring the Multiple-Drawing Environment

Closing a Drawing

File Management for AutoCAD

Naming drawing files

Storing your files

Backing Up Is Hard to Do . . .

Chapter 5 Setting Up Drawings

Choosing Units of Measurement

AutoCAD units

Imperial or metric

System variables

Setting units in your drawing

Setting Limits for Your Drawings

Understanding Drawing Scale

Scaling on paper (or on a drawing board)

Scaling in AutoCAD

Scale factors

Using scale factors to establish drawing settings

Lost in Space: Model or Paper?

Taking a Layered Approach

Creating layers

Defining layer properties

Setting layer modes

Modifying layer settings

Assigning a layer color

Assigning a linetype

Assigning a lineweight

Assigning a transparency value

The Layer Control drop-down list

Layer tools

General Object Properties

Using AutoCAD's color systems

Using linetypes

Setting Up Standards

Book 2 2D Drafting

Chapter 1 Drawing Objects

Locating and Using the Drawing Tools.

Let's Get Primitive

Keeping to the straight and narrow

Going around in circles

Arcs of triumph

The point of the exercise

Creating Construction Geometry

Xlines for X-men

A little ray of sunshine

A Bit Sketchy

Drawing Parallel Lines

Creating Complex Curves

Lucy, you have some splining to do!

Solar ellipses

Drawing ellipses

Drawing elliptical arcs

Constructing Complex Objects and Shapes

2D solids

Rectang(le), polygon, and donut

Rectangles

Polygons

Donuts

Polylines

Cloudy with a chance of revision

Ahhhh . . . wipeout

Chapter 2 Precision Tools

Understanding Precision and Accuracy

Understanding Coordinate Systems

The world coordinate system

Entering coordinates

Entering absolute x,y coordinates

Entering relative x,y coordinates

Entering relative polar coordinates

Direct distance entry

Dynamic input and coordinate entry

Setting Grid and Snap

Understanding Ortho and Polar Tracking

Using ortho mode

Using polar tracking

Working with Object Snaps

Using Point Filters

Working with Object Snap Tracking Mode

Temporarily Overriding Drafting Aids

Chapter 3 Modifying Objects

Setting Selection Options

Selecting Objects

Selecting multiple objects

Object selection modes

Selection preview

Object groups

AutoCAD's Editing Commands

Removing stuff

Unerasing objects

Relocating and replicating

MOVE

COPY

MIRROR

OFFSET

ARRAY (RECT/POLAR/PATH)

Rotating and resizing

ROTATE

SCALE

STRETCH

LENGTHEN

Breaking, mending, and blowing up real good

BREAK and BREAKATPOINT

JOIN

EXPLODE

Double-barrel commands

TRIM and EXTEND

FILLET and CHAMFER

Specialized commands

Changing properties

PROPERTIES

Quick Properties

MATCH PROPERTIES

SETBYLAYER

Coming to Grips with Grips.

Chapter 4 Managing Views

A Zoom of One's Own

Wheeling through your drawing

Realtime zooming

Panning in a Flash

Grabbing the Wheel and Hanging On

Naming That View

Creating named views

Other named view options

Having AutoCAD Put on a Show

To Redraw or to Regen . . . That Is the Question

Book 3 Annotating Drawings

Chapter 1 Text: When Pictures Just Won't Do

Adding Text in AutoCAD

Getting familiar with text terminology

Will that be one or two lines?

Justification

Justifying single-line text

Justifying multiline text

Where should text go?

Scaling text for model space

Adding text to paper space

Futzing with Fonts

Working with Text Styles

Creating Single Line Text

Working with Multiline Text

Creating Multiline Text

Formatting options

Numbered and bulleted lists

Controlling the flow of text

Fields, masks, and other multiline text delights

Fields

Background masks

Editing Text

Editing single-line text

Editing multiline text

Leading the Way

Making way for multiple leaders

Stylizing multileaders

Creating multileaders

Modifying multileaders

Legacy leaders

Turning the Tables

Setting the table with styles

Creating and editing tables

Link me up Scotty

Finding Text and Spell Checking

Chapter 2 Dimensioning

Understanding What a Dimension Is Made Of

Understanding the Types of Dimensions

Associative dimensions

Non-associative dimensions

Exploded dimensions

Creating New Dimensions as Associative

Using and Creating Dimension Styles

Working with the Dimension Style Manager

Creating a dimension style

Styling dimensions

The Lines tab

The Symbols and Arrows tab

The Text tab

The Fit tab

The Primary Units tab

The Alternate Units tab

The Tolerances tab

Defining the scale for dimensions.

Dimension variables

Setting a dimension style as current

Modifying a dimension style

Dimension style overrides

Dimension substyles

Renaming a dimension style

Deleting a dimension style

Comparing dimension styles

Importing a dimension style

Creating Dimensions

Linear and aligned dimensions

Baseline and continued dimensions

Angular dimensions

Arc length dimensions

Radius, diameter, and jogged dimensions

Radius dimensions

Diameter dimensions

Jogged dimensions

Ordinate dimensions

One dimension command to rule them all

Quickly place dimensions

Trans-spatial dimensions

Editing Dimensions

Adding overrides to a dimension

Editing the dimension text

Using grips to edit dimensions

Associating dimensions

Breaking and spacing dimensions

Inspecting dimensions

Marking the Center of Objects

Using centerlines

Using center marks

Using "legacy" center marks

Editing and associating centerlines and center marks

Working with Geometric Tolerances

Chapter 3 Hatching Your Drawings

Adding Hatch Patterns and Fills

Adding hatches to a drawing

Hatching and DesignCenter

Advanced settings for additional control

Being annotative

Specifying the origin of a hatch object

Island detection

Working with Hatch Patterns and Solid Fills

Predefined patterns

User-defined patterns

Custom hatch patterns

Using Gradient Fills

Editing Hatch Patterns and Fills

Chapter 4 Scaling Mt. Annotation

The What, Why, and How of Annotation Scaling

Making Styles and Objects Annotative

Annotative styles and block definitions

Annotative objects

Adding and Removing Annotation Scales

Controlling the Annotation Scale for Output

Book 4 Advanced Drafting

Chapter 1 Playing with Blocks

Working with Reusable Content

Creating Blocks.

Accessing the Block Definition dialog box.

Notes:

Electronic book.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-394-37658-8

1-394-37657-X

9781394376575

OCLC:

1565283283