Instant AutoCAD: Essentials
Instant AutoCAD: Essentials using AutoCAD 2002 is part of a series of books designed to take the beginner in AutoCAD® to basic proficiency in record time and with as much fun as possible. With frequent Hands-On sessions to illustrate basic concepts and lots of questions, tests, and exercises, the learner is bound to understand AutoCAD®’s concepts more easily than ever before. And, with a conversational tone and many friendly illustrations, even the most reticent will become involved immediately. 

This book provides users with an introduction to 2-dimensional drawing using AutoCAD®. The light-hearted tone of the book makes it enjoyable and easy to use as a self-paced learning tool. The integrated CD-ROM provides exercises, templates, and symbol libraries to help users in practicing the skills presented in the book and in completing useful drawings. A user-friendly, instructional framework includes lists of key ideas found in the coming chapter; stylized print to emphasize key concepts; hundreds of visual aids to clarify discussions; tip boxes that offer useful insights into the program; and clear, concise command sequences. Chapter topics cover modifying, viewing, text, dimensions, hatching, plotting, advanced creation and editing, and symbol creation and application. For anyone who wants to learn AutoCAD.

The text contains a number of features that make the basic ideas more concrete and clear. These include:

• a list of Key Concepts at the start of each chapter
 
• an In a Nutshell conclusion for each chapter
 
• brief Hands-On labs throughout each chapter to reinforce newly learned concepts, making use of an integrated learner-friendly dialog box especially designed for this textbook
 
• a Testing…testing…1, 2, 3 section of fill-in-the-blank, true-false, multiple choice, and matching questions at the end of each chapter
 
• a What? Question section at the end of each chapter
 
• a Let’s Get Busy! List of related assignments at each chapter end
 
• a number of Tip boxes to introduce important ideas
 
• font enlargement of key ideas
 
• hundreds of drawings, menus, and icons to add clarity
 
• an appendix section with a listing of all the aliases and commands for AutoCAD® 2002
 
• an Instructor’s Manual with Testing…testing…1, 2, 3 answers and extended classroom activities
 
• an Instructor’s CD-Rom containing Power Point ® presentations for each chapter and appendices. It is also available here on-line. 

An Integrated CD-ROM Learning Assistant is included with this text:

• hands-on practice for concepts presented in the text
 
• filled with Exercises, Template files, and Symbol files in such areas as Architecture, Machine Design, Electrical, Electronics, Landscape, Piping and Welding