AutoCAD and Its Applications Basics 2020, 27th Edition

AutoCAD and Its Applications: Basics 2020 provides complete instruction for mastering fundamental AutoCAD commands and drawing techniques. The text provides comprehensive coverage of AutoCAD 2D drafting and design. Topics are presented in an easy-to-understand sequence, building upon prior chapter knowledge. The heavily illustrated text not only tells you how to use AutoCAD, it also shows you how to use AutoCAD and provides step-by-step use of AutoCAD commands. In addition to teaching AutoCAD, this text serves as a valuable resource as students begin a career in the drafting and design industry.

• Features complete coverage of AutoCAD drawing and editing commands and additional topics, including dimensioning, parametric drafting, hatching techniques, dynamic blocks, layouts and plotting, annotative objects, external references, and sheet sets.
• Includes ANSI and ASME standards referenced throughout the text, and examples and illustrations focus on industry practices.
• Provides end-of-chapter review questions and drawing problems that check comprehension, and end-of-chapter practice questions and problems for the AutoCAD Certified Professional Exam that help students prepare for professional-level certification.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to AutoCAD
2. Drawings and Templates
3. Introduction to Drawing and Editing
4. Basic Object Commands
5. Line Standards and Layers
6. View Tools and Basic Plotting
7. Object Snap and AutoTrack
8. Construction Tools and Multiview Drawings
9. Text Styles and Multiline Text
10. Single-Line Text and Additional Text Tools
11. Modifying Objects
12. Arranging and Patterning Objects
13. Grips, Properties, and Additional Selection Techniques
14. Polyline and Spline Editing Tools
15. Obtaining Drawing Information
16. Dimension Standards and Styles
17. Linear and Angular Dimensioning
18. Dimensioning Features and Alternate Practices
19. Dimensioning with Tolerances
20. Editing Dimensions
21. Tables
22. Parametric Drafting
23. Section Views and Graphic Patterns
24. Standard Blocks
25. Block Attributes
26. Introduction to Dynamic Blocks
27. Additional Dynamic Block Tools
28. Layout Setup
29. Plotting Layouts
30. Annotative Objects
31. External References
32. Introduction to Sheet Sets
33. Additional Sheet Set Tools

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Front Matter (g-wonlinetextbooks.com CAD / Drafting)

Chapter 1 (g-wonlinetextbooks.com CAD / Drafting)

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