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AutoCAD for Windows Express

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  • © 1994

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Authors:
  1. Timothy J. McCarthy

    1. Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, UMIST, Manchester, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-7

  3. Starting Autocad

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    Pages 9-37

  4. Cursor and Display Control

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    Pages 39-69

  5. Drawing and Editing

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    Pages 71-109

  6. Constructive Editing

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    Pages 111-143

  7. Super-Entities

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    Pages 145-180

  8. Advanced Drawing and Dimensioning

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    Pages 181-212

  9. Adding Depth to your Drawings with 3D CAD

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    Pages 213-263

  10. The Hardcopy — Printing and Plotting

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    Pages 265-299

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 301-314
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What is AutoCAD? AutoCAD is the world's most popular computer-aided drafting package for the personal computer (PC). It is a fully functional 2D and 3D CAD program. Full 3D wire frame representation was incorporated in the program with the launch of Release 10 in 1988. Release 11 brought additional 3D facilities in­ cluding some solid modelling capabilities. These capabilities were enhanced with Release 12 of the program for DOS and Windows. Its popularity has made AutoCAD the de facto industry standard for PC-CAD with a host of other program developers providing application software conforming to the AutoCAD format. As a fully functional drafting program, AutoCAD can achieve anything that can be drawn on a drawing board. The main benefits of CAD come more from being able to edit and exchange drawing information rapidly rather than simply replacing the drawing board. Starting to use AutoCAD is a difficult step as it requires a certain amount of new skill development. Once you have made the commitment to learn how to use the program and implement it in your everyday work the benefits will soon accrue. You will quickly discover that there are many things that you can do with AutoCAD that you could never do with a drawing board. With AutoCAD your drawings become more than just black lines on a white sheet of paper. The AutoCAD drawing is a database of information.

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  • Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, UMIST, Manchester, UK

    Timothy J. McCarthy

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