MasteringTM AutoCAD® 2000 - Hardcover

Omura, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0782124992 ISBN 13: 9780782124996

Publisher: Sybex, 1999

Synopsis

Mastering AutoCAD 2000 Premium Edition, the fully revised and expanded edition of Omura′s all–time best–seller, is your one–stop authority on the latest release of AutoCAD. If you′re new to this powerful design tool, this book gets you started right away using AutoCAD through a tutorial approach providing step–by–step instructions on how to accomplish everyday tasks. If you′re an experienced user, this book offers in–depth explanations of AutoCAD′s most advanced features, including multi–drawing interactivity, database access and using VBA to increase efficiency. No matter what your experience level, this is an indispensable resource that you′ll keep on your desk and refer to again and again.

Become a Master
∗ Find your way around the AutoCAD interface
∗ Create and develop AutoCAD drawings
∗ Manage your drawing projects
∗ Ensure that your drawings print properly
∗ Improve your efficiency with AutoCAD
∗ Align points with existing elements
∗ Preview your drawings using WYSIWYG plotting
∗ Capitalize on hidden or hard–to–find features
∗ Work with multiple documents
∗ Master the 3D modeling and rendering process
∗ Use VBA and other techniques to customize AutoCAD
∗ Collaborate with others on large–scale AutoCAD projects
∗ Take advantage of AutoCAD′s Internet features
∗ Combine tools to accomplish complex tasks

About this title

Synopsis

This upgrade to the Windows 95/NT version of AutoCAD has internet connections, VBA automations and connections to Microsoft products. It provides step-by-step instructions on how to accomplish everyday tasks and, for the experienced user, this book offers in-depth explanations of AutoCAD's most advanced features, including multi-drawing interactivity, database access and using VBA to increase efficiency. Among the items covered in this text are: the AutoCAD interface; how to create and develop AutoCAD drawings, manage drawing projects and ensure that drawings print properly; how to improve efficiency with AutoCAD align points with existing elements, preview drawings using WYSIWYG plotting, capitalize on hidden or hard-to-find features, work with multiple documents, master the 3-d modelling and rendering process, use VBA and other techniques to customize AutoCAD, and collaborate with others on large-scale AutoCAD projects. It also shows how to take advantage of AutoCAD's internet features and combine tools to accomplish complex tasks.

About the Author

George Omura is an architect, illustrator, and animator who has worked on design projects ranging from resort hotels to metropolitan transit systems to the prestigious San Francisco Library project. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, he is the all–time best–selling AutoCAD author. George′s other AutoCAD books, all from Sybex, include Mastering AutoCAD 2000, Mastering AutoCAD 3D, Mastering AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD 2000 Instant Reference, and Mastering AutoCAD 2000 for Mechanical Engineers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0782124992
• ISBN 13: 9780782124996
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1664