Instant AutoCAD�: Essentials Using AutoCAD LT� 2000 - Softcover

Ethier, Stephen J.; Ethier, Christine A.

9780130315694: Instant AutoCAD�: Essentials Using AutoCAD LT� 2000

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ISBN 10: 0130315699 ISBN 13: 9780130315694

Publisher: Peachpit Press, 2000

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For courses and self-study in AutoCad LT.

This integrated text and CD-ROM package takes the beginner in AutoCAD to basic proficiency in 2-dimensional drawing in record time and with as much fun as possible. The combination of text, hands-on sessions, questions, tests, drawing exercises, and drawing resources (templates, symbols, etc.) gives students intensive skills practice and provides extensive support to help them create their own drawings and projects.

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This is a new book in the Instant AutoCAD� series of books designed to take the beginner in AutoCAD LT� to basic proficiency in record time and with as much fun as possible. With frequent Hands-On sessions to illustrate basic concepts and lots of questions, tests, and exercises, the learner is bound to understand AutoCAD LT�'s concepts more easily than ever before. And, with a conversational tone and many friendly illustrations, even the most reticent will become involved immediately.

The text contains a number of features that make the basic ideas more concrete and clear. These include:

a list of Key Concepts at the start of each chapter
an In a Nutshell conclusion for each chapter
brief Hands-On labs throughout each chapter to reinforce newly learned concepts, making use of an integrated learner-friendly dialog box especially designed for this textbook
a Testing… testing… 1, 2, 3 section of fill-in-the-blank, true-false, multiple choice, and matching questions at the end of each chapter
a What? question section at the end of each chapter
a Let's Get Busy! list of related assignments at each chapter end
a number of Tip boxes to introduce important ideas
font enlargement of key ideas
hundreds of drawings, menus, and icons to add clarity
an appendix section with a listing of all the aliases and commands for Release 2000
an accompanying CD-ROM filled with: Exercises, Template files, and Symbol files in such areas as: Architecture, Machine Design, Electrical, Electronics, Landscape, Piping, and Welding.