List of Sidebars


Chapter 1: Getting Familiar with AutoCAD

AUTOCAD 2008 VERSUS AUTOCAD 2008 LT
CHANGING 3D VIEWS TO 2D VIEWS AND BACK
CONTROLLING THE STATUS BAR DISPLAY
"CHATTING" WITH AUTOCAD
UNDERSTANDING THE COMMAND, TOOL, AND OPTION RELATIONSHIP
WHEN YOU NEED TO UNDO
TURNING ON THE TABS
ACCURATE PANNING

Chapter 2: Understanding the Drafting Tools

INTERPRETING THE CURSOR MODES AND UNDERSTANDING PROMPTS
USING OSNAP TRACKING AND POLAR TRACKING TOGETHER

Chapter 3: Drawing 2D Objects

WHAT ARE MULTILINES?
ANNOTATIVE HATCH PATTERNS
HOW TO QUICKLY MATCH A HATCH PATTERN AND OTHER PROPERTIES
TIPS FOR USING THE BOUNDARY HATCH
MARKING OFF INTERVALS USING DRAWING ASSEMBLIES INSTEAD OF POINT OBJECTS
OTHER DRAWING METHODS

Chapter 5: Editing with the 2D Draw Control Panel Tools

PROVIDING BASE POINTS
REDUCING BLOCKS AND POLYLINES TO SIMPLE LINES AND ARCS WITH EXPLODE

Chapter 6: Creating 3D Drawings

USING OBJECT SNAPS IN 3D SPACE
WORKING WITH USER COORDINATE SYSTEMS
CONVERTING 3D OBJECTS FROM EARLIER VERSIONS TO 3D SURFACES

Chapter 7: Getting Organized with Layers

CONTROLLING COLORS AND LINETYPES OF BLOCKED OBJECTS
USING TRUE OR PANTONE COLORS
SCALE FACTORS IN LEGACY DRAWINGS
UNDERSTANDING THE BYBLOCK SETTING

Chapter 8: Using Blocks, Groups, Xrefs, and DesignCenter

EDITING A BLOCK
NESTING XREFS AND USING OVERLAYS
AUTOMATICALLY SCALING DRAWINGS AND BLOCKS AT INSERTION

Chapter 10: Using Dimensions

DIMENSIONING STANDARDS
CONTROLLING THE SIZE OF DIMENSION FEATURES
USING OSNAPS WHILE DIMENSIONING
WHY DO MY ANGULAR DIMENSIONS SHOW ONLY WHOLE DEGREES?
SETTING UP DIMENSIONS FOR ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS

Chapter 12: Laying Out and Printing Your Drawing

HOW DO I GET MY COLORS TO PRINT IN BLACK AND WHITE?




Introducing AutoCAD 2008
Introducing AutoCAD 2008
ISBN: 0470121505
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2007
Pages: 147
Authors: George Omura

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