Nikolay Poleshchuk & Vilga Savelieva

AutoCAD 2006. Self-Teacher

BHV-Petersburg 2005, 704 pp.

Contents:

Forword
Chapter 1. Common
1.1. System Usage
1.2. Computer Demands
1.3. User Interface
1.4. Commands
1.5. Files Handling
1.6. Text Window
1.7. User Workspace
1.8. Exercises
Chapter 2. Entities
2.1. Enitity Types
2.2. Lines
2.3. Points Input
2.3.1. Digital Input
2.3.2. Dynamic Input
2.3.3. Object Snap
2.3.4. Calculator
2.4. Modes
2.4.1. Drafting Setting
2.4.2. Status Line and Tray Setting
2.4.3. Drawing Zooming
2.5. Points
2.6. Rays
2.7. Xlines
2.8. Circles
2.9. Arcs
2.10. Polylines
2.11. Special Polylines
2.12. Multilines
2.13. Texts
2.13.1. Single Line Text
2.13.2. Multiline Text
2.14. Using Fields
2.15. Tables
2.16. Dimensions
2.16.1. Linear and Parallel Dimensions
2.16.2. Arc Length Dimension
2.16.3. Ordinate Dimension
2.16.4. Radius Dimension
2.16.5. Diameter Dimension
2.16.6. Angular Dimension
2.16.7. Quick Dimension
2.16.8. Base Dimension
2.16.9. Continuous Dimension
2.16.10. Leader
2.16.11. Tolerance
2.16.12. Center Mark
2.17. Hatches and Fills
2.17.1. Hatches
2.17.2. One Color Fills
2.17.3. Gradient Fills
2.17.4. Using Tool Palettes
2.18. Ellipses
2.19. Splines
2.20. Other Entities
2.21. Inquiries
2.22. Command Tools
2.23. Exercises
Chapter 3. Geometry Editing
3.1. Grips and Object Selection
3.2. Common Editing Commands
3.3. Polyline Editing
3.4. Multiline Editing
3.5. Text Editing
3.6. Table Editing
3.7. Dimension Editing
3.8. Hatch and Fill Editing
3.9. Spline Editing
3.10. Exercises
Chapter 4. Properties
4.1. Color
4.2. Linetype and Scale
4.3. Layer
4.4. Lineweight
4.5. Hyperlink
4.6. Properties Editing
4.7. Exercises
Chapter 5. Styles and Standards
5.1. Text Styles
5.2. Dimension Styles
5.3. Multilines Styles
5.4. Table Styles
5.5. Design Center
5.6. Standards
5.7. Exercises
Chapter 6. Plotting
6.1. Adding a Plotter
6.2. Plot Setting
6.3. Plot Styles
6.4. Exercises
Chapter 7. Blocks and External References
7.1. Blocks
7.1.1. Block Definition
7.1.2. Block Insertion
7.1.3. Block Reference
7.1.4. Drawing and Its Parts Exporting
7.1.5. Attributes
7.1.6. Using Clipboard
7.1.7. Using Blocks in Table Cells
7.1.8. Dynamic Properties
7.1.9. Using Dynamic Blocks
7.1.10. Tool Palettes
7.2. External References
7.2.1. Xref Manager
7.2.2. Xref Operations
7.3. Reference Editing
7.3.1. Editing Block Attributes
7.3.2. Clipping Block References and Xrefs
7.3.3. In-Place Editing Block References and Xrefs
7.4. Exercises
Chapter 8. Other Format Files Using
8.1. Inserting and Editing Raster Images
8.2. WIPEOUT Entity
8.3. Import from other formats
8.4. Export into other formats
8.5. Exercises
Chapter 9. 3D Drafting
9.1. Construction Planes and Coordinate Systems
9.1.1. UCS Icon Handling
9.1.2. Coordinates in 3D Space
9.1.3. Elevation and Thickness
9.1.4. User Coordinate Systems
9.2. Views and Viewports
9.2.1. Areal View
9.2.2. Viewports Configurations
9.2.3. Views
9.2.4. View Setting
9.3. 3D Polylines
9.4. Rendering
9.4.1. Rendering Types
9.4.2. Lights
9.4.3. Scenes
9.4.4. Materials
9.4.5. Background and Fog
9.4.6. Lanscape Elements
9.4.7. Preferences and Statistics
9.5. Faces and Meshes
9.6. Regions
9.7. Solids
9.7.1. Solid Creation
9.7.2. Slices and Sections
9.7.3. Solid Editing
9.8. Exercises
Chapter 10. Paper Space
10.1. Switching Between Model and Paper Spaces
10.2. Creation of Viewports in Layout
10.3. Handling Viewports
10.4. Scale Managing
10.5. Editing Viewport Shape
10.6. Creation of a New Drawing Using Template
10.7. Special Paper Space Tools
10.8. Adding a Layout
10.9. Exercises
Chapter 11. Sheet Sets
11.1. Sheet Set Manager
11.2. Sheet Set Creation
11.3. Sheet Set Functionality
11.4. Publishing
11.5. Exercises
Chapter 12. Work Efficiency
12.1. System Variables
12.2. AutoCAD Options
12.2.1. Setting Support Files Path
12.2.2. Setting Display Parameters
12.2.3. Setting Opening and Save Parameters
12.2.4. Setting Plot Parameters
12.2.5. Setting System Parameters
12.2.6. Setting User Parameters
12.2.7. Setting Snap and Tracking
12.2.8. Setting Selection Modes
12.2.9. Setting Profiles
12.2.10. Customizing User Interface
12.3. Programming Customization Tools
12.4. Tool Palettes
12.5. Collective Work
12.5.1. Markup Set Manager
12.5.2. Etransmitting
12.5.3. Reference Manager
12.5.4. Security Options
12.6. Internet Operations
12.6.1. Publishing to Web
12.6.2. Notifications Setting
12.7. Exercises
Appendix 1. AutoCAD Commands List
Appendix 2. System Variables List
Appendix 3. Express Tools
Literature
Index