AutoCAD 2014 Essentials by Onstott, Scott -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction Chapter 1: Getting Started

Exploring the AutoCAD 2014 for Windows User Interface Setting Drawing Units

Chapter 2: Basic Drawing Skills

Navigating 2D Drawings Drawing Lines and Rectangles Canceling, Erasing, and Undoing Using Coordinate Systems Drawing Circles, Arcs, and Polygons Filleting and Chamfering Lines

Chapter 3: Using Drawing Aids

Grid and Snap Ortho and Polar Tracking PolarSnap Running Object Snaps From Snap Object Snap Tracking

Chapter 4: Editing Entities

Creating Selection Sets Move and Copy Rotate and Scale Working with Arrays Trim and Extend Lengthen and Stretch Offset and Mirror Grip Editing

Chapter 5: Shaping Curves

Drawing and Editing Curved Polylines Drawing Ellipses Drawing and Editing Splines Blending Between Objects with Splines

Chapter 6: Controlling Object Visibility and Appearance

Changing Object Properties Setting the Current Layer Altering the Layer Assignments of Objects Controlling Layer Visibility Applying Linetype Assigning Properties by Object or by Layer Managing Layer Properties

Chapter 7: Organizing Objects

Defining Blocks Inserting Blocks Editing Blocks Redefining Blocks Working with Groups

Chapter 8: Hatching and Gradients

Specifying Hatch Areas Associating Hatches with Boundaries Hatching with Patterns Hatching with Gradients

Chapter 9: Working with Blocks and Xrefs

Working with Global Blocks Accessing Content Globally Storing Content on Tool Palettes Referencing External Drawings and Images

Chapter 10: Creating and Editing Text

Creating Text Styles Writing Lines of Text Writing and Formatting Paragraphs of Text Using MTEXT Editing Text

Chapter 11: Dimensioning

Styling Dimensions Adding Dimensions Editing Dimensions

Chapter 12: Keeping In Control with Constraints

Chapter 13: Working with Layouts and Annotative Objects

Creating Annotative Styles and Objects Creating Layouts Adjusting Floating Viewports Overriding Layer Properties in Layout Viewports Drawing on Layouts

Chapter 14: Printing and Plotting

Configuring Output Devices Creating Plot Style Tables Using Plot Style Tables Plotting in Modelspace Plotting Layouts in Paperspace Exporting to an Electronic Format

Chapter 15: Working with Data

Geolocating Projects Importing SketchUp Models Defining Attributes and Blocks Inserting Attributed Blocks Editing Table Styles and Creating Tables Using Fields in Table Cells Editing Table Data

Chapter 16: Navigating 3D Models

Using Visual Styles Working with Tiled Viewports Navigating with the ViewCube Orbiting in 3D Using Cameras Navigating with SteeringWheels Saving Views

Chapter 17: Modeling in 3D

Creating Surface Models Editing Surface Models Creating Solid Models Editing Solid Models Smoothing Meshes

Chapter 18: Presenting and Documenting 3D Design

Assigning Materials Placing and Adjusting Lights Creating Renderings Documenting Models with Drawings

Appendix: Autodesk AutoCAD 2014 Certification