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This comprehensive guide to AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT begins with a Quick Start tutorial on the basics of creating drawings, using commands, and specifying coordinates, and builds from there to cover more complex 2D and 3D drawing techniques such as using layers, creating dimensions, 3D coordinates, solids, and rendering. Original. (Advanced).
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Now revised and updated for the latest program versions, this bestseller is a comprehensive reference and tutorial for architects, engineers, drafters, and others using the leading computer-assisted design software, AutoCAD, or its "lite" version, AutoCAD LTBegins with AutoCAD basics, including the AutoCAD interface and commands, and progresses to complex topics such as programming and customizationNo AutoCAD experience is required to use this book, and a Quick Start guide shows beginning AutoCAD users how to create a technical drawing their very first dayMore than 150 tutorials use drawings collected from AutoCAD pros, giving readers valuable, real-world experienceIncludes coverage of AutoCAD LT, the world's most popular inexpensive 2D technical drawing programThe CD-ROM contains before and after real-world drawings, bonus appendices, freeware and shareware programs, the book in searchable PDF format, and a 30-day trial version of AutoCAD softwareSystem requirements: For Windows 2000 or XP - PC with Pentium processor running at 200 MHz or faster; at least 64MB of total RAM installed; recommend at least 128MB; Ethernet network interface card (NIC) or modem with speed of at least 28,800 bps; a CD-ROM drive. CD includes real-world drawings for the exercises; bonus chapters, freeware & shareware programs, a 30-day trial version of AutoCAD software, and more.
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