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"AutoCAD 2008. New Facilities" (2007, Russian)

In 2007 Piter Publishing House issued a book:

22. N.Poleshchuk. "AutoCAD 2008. New Facilities". Piter, 2007, 224 pp., ISBN 5-91180-762-7

The book is created by N.Poleshchuk who has written more than 20 books on AutoCAD and who is the only Russian author having Autodesk authorization. The book deals with a recently appeared Russian AutoCAD 2008 version giving a big set of new interesting user tools. The main tools are as follows: annotation scale, multileaders, data links with Excel tables, multiline attributes. Annotative entities (singleline and multiline texts, dimensions, blocks, hatches, multileaders) prevent us now from the inconsistency between annotation objects size and various scales of views and viewports because each one of those entities may have multiple display presentations. From other news we shall mention new table tools including table breaks, independent behavior of table parts, static and dynamic columns, placement of several blocks in a cell. Reader can find information on layer settings in paper space viewports for individual presentations in different projections and views. Microstation DGN format import and export operations are covered too. The chapter dedicated to 3D work tells about new light types, photometric objects, "sun-sky-earth" imitation for rendering. In a word novice and keen reader will find much useful information. Appendix shows names of all the new commands.
Specialists on customization and programming can find information concerning AutoCAD object model.

Book contents:

Foreword
From the Publisher

Chapter 1. System and Interface
32 bits and 64 bits versions
Windows Vista and other OSs
Hardware Requirements
New Installation Master
Other Installation Modes
Removing and Restoring System
Migration from Previous Versions
System Startup
Dashboard
Modeless Windows and Information Center
Toolbars
Popup Menus
Status Bar
Workspaces
Tuning
Interface Customization
OPTIONS Command

Chapter 2. Annotative Objects
Interface Elements Using in Annotation Work
Managing Annotation Scale
Creating Annotative Objects
Text Entities
Dimension and Tolerance Entities
Multileaders
Hatches
Blocks
Attributes
Leaders
Editing Annotative Objects
Managing Display of Annotative Objects
SAVEFIDELITY System Variable
Managing Linetype Scale in Model Tab
Chapter 3. Drawing Tools
Multileaders
Multileader Styles
Creation of Multileaders
Multileader Annotativity
Editing Multileaders
Multiline Text
Multiline Attributes
Dimensions
Inspection Dimension
Break of Dimension Line
Jog of Dimension Line
Managing Dimension Spacing
Dimension Styles
Drawing Layout Operations
New Mode of COPY Command

Chapter 4. Tables and Links
Tables
Table Styles
Editing Tables
Links to Excel Tables
Data Extraction

Chapter 5. Layers Management
Layer Properties Manager
Locked Layers Display
Layer States Manager
Shortcut Menu in Table Area
New Layer Notifications
SETBYLAYER Command
Layer Properties in Paper Space Viewports
New System Variables for Layer Management
Dashboard Layers Panel

Chapter 6. Underlays and External References
External References
EXTERNAL REFERENCES Window
Other Changes
Inverting DWG References Clip
Managing DWF Files
Object Snap to DWF Underlay
DWF Layer management
Work with DGN Files
DGN Underlay Attachment
Clipping DGN Underlay
Export to DGN Files
Import from DGN Files

Chapter 7. 3D Modeling
Views and Background
Lighting
Default Lighting
User Lighting
Photometric Lighting
WEBLIGHT Command
FREEWEBLIGHT Command
POINTLIGHT Command
SPOTLIGHT Command
FREESPOT Command
DISTANTLIGHT Command
TARGETPOINT Command
LIGHT Command
LIGHTLIST Command
PROPERTIES Command
RENDEREXPOSURE Command
Materials
Available Materials in Drawing Tab
Material Editor Tab
Maps Tab
Advanced Light Overrides Tab
Material Scaling & Tiling Tab
Material Offset and Preview Tab
Editing Name and Description
Creating New Material
RENDERUSERLIGHTS System Variable

Chapter 8. Object Model
Objects
DgnUnderlay
MLeader
MLeaderStyle
Methods
Properties

Chapter 9. Application Development Tools
Compatibility
Visual LISP
Annotativity
VBA
ObjectARX 2008
.NET

Appendix. New and Changed Commands
Literature


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