<div usercontent"="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 4px; : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; : x-small; line-height: 1.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> PART ONE: BASIC TWO-DIMENSIONAL ENTITIES<br>Chapter 1 Lines and Essential Tools 1 <br>Introduction 1 <br>Creating a New Drawing 2 <br>Exploring the Drawing Window 5 <br>Interacting with the Drawing Window 7 <br>Exploring Command Entry Methods 13 <br>Drawing, Undoing, and Erasing Lines 19 <br>Saving and Opening Your Drawings 30 <br>Getting Started 32 <br>Chapter Summary 36 <br>Chapter Test Questions 36 <br>Chapter Drawing Projects 38 <br> Chapter 2 Circles and Drawing Aids 51 <br>Introduction 51 <br>Changing the Grid Setting 52 <br>Changing the Snap Setting 53 <br>Changing Units 55 <br>Drawing Circles by Specifying a Center Point and a Radius 58 <br>Drawing Circles by Specifying a Center Point and a Diameter 60 <br>Accessing AutoCAD Online Help Features 63 <br>Using the ERASE Command 65 <br>Using Single-Point Object Snap 72 <br>Using the RECTANG Command 74 <br>Customizing Your Workspace 76 <br>Plotting or Printing a Drawing 78 <br>Chapter Summary 82 <br>Chapter Test Questions 82 <br>Chapter Drawing Projects 84 <br> Chapter 3 Layers, Colors, and Linetypes 97 <br>Introduction 97 <br>Creating New Layers 98 <br>Assigning Colors to Layers 100 <br>Assigning Linetypes 102 <br>Assigning Lineweights 103 <br>Changing the Current Layer 105 <br>Changing Linetype Scale 107 <br>Editing Corners Using FILLET 108 <br>Editing Corners Using CHAMFER 110 <br>Zooming and Panning with the Scroll Wheel 111 <br>Using the ZOOM Command 113 <br>Entering Single-Line Text 115 <br>Chapter Summary 117 <br>Chapter Test Questions 117 <br>Chapter Drawing Projects 120 <br> Chapter 4 Templates, Copies, and Arrays 133 <br>Introduction 133 <br>Setting Limits 134 <br>Creating a Template 137 <br>Saving a Template Drawing 138 <br>Using the MOVE Command 140 <br>Using the COPY Command 144 <br>Using the ARRAY Command–Rectangular Arrays 147 <br>Creating Center Marks 153 <br>Changing Plot Settings 154 <br>Chapter Summary 158 <br>Chapter Test Questions 158 <br>Chapter Drawing Projects 162 <br> Chapter 5 Arcs and Polar Arrays 177 <br>Introduction 177 <br>Creating Polar Arrays 177 <br>Drawing Arcs 181 <br>Using the ROTATE Command 185 <br>Using Polar Tracking at Any Angle 188 <br>Creating Mirror Images of Objects on the Screen 189 <br>Creating Page Setups 192 <br>Chapter Summary 197 <br>Chapter Test Questions 197 <br>Chapter Drawing Projects 200 <br> Chapter 6 Object Snap 213 <br>Introduction 213 <br>Selecting Points with Object Snap (Single-Point Override) 214 <br>Selecting Points with Running Object Snap 215 <br>Object Snap Tracking 219 <br>Using the OFFSET Command (Creating Parallel Objects with OFFSET) 223 <br>Shortening Objects with the TRIM Command 224 <br>Extending Objects with the EXTEND Command 226 <br>Using STRETCH to Alter Objects Connected to Other Objects 228 <br>Creating Plot Layouts 232 <br>Chapter Summary 242 <br>Chapter Test Questions 242 <br>Chapter Drawing Projects 244 <br> <br> PART TWO: TEXT, DIMENSIONS, AND OTHER COMPLEX ENTITIES<br>Chapter 7 Text 259 <br>Introduction 259 <br>Entering Single-Line Text with Justification Options 259 <br>Entering Text on an Angle and Text <br>Using Character Codes 264 <br>Entering Multiline Text Using MTEXT 265 <br>Editing Text in Place with TEXTEDIT 268 <br>Modifying Text with the Quick Properties Palette 270 <br>Using the SPELL Command 273 <br>Changing Fonts and Styles 274 <br>Changing Properties with MATCHPROP 278 <br>Scaling Previously Drawn Entities 280 <br>Creating Tables and Fields 283 <br>Using AutoCAD Templates, Borders, and Title Blocks 289 <br>Chapter Summary 292 <br>Chapter Test Questions 292 <br>Chapter Drawing Projects 294 <br> Chapter 8 Dimensions 307 <br>Introduction 307 <br>Creating and Saving a Dimension Style 307 <br>Drawing Linear Dimensions 312 <br>Drawing Multiple Linear Dimensions Using QDIM 316 <br>Drawing Ordinate Dimensions 319 <br>Drawing Angular Dimensions 324 <br>Dimensioning Arcs and Circles 326 <br>Dimensioning with Multileaders 328 <br>Changing Dimension Text 335 <br>Using Associative Dimensions 337 <br>Using the HATCH Command 340 <br>Scaling Dimensions Between Paper Space and Model Space 344 <br>Chapter Summary 353 <br>Chapter Test Questions 353 <br>Chapter Drawing Projects 356 <br> Chapter 9 Polylines 373 <br>Introduction 373 <br>Drawing Polygons 374 <br>Drawing Donuts 376 <br>Using the FILL Command 377 <br>Drawing Straight Polyline Segments 378 <br>Drawing Polyline Arc Segments 381 <br>Editing Polylines with PEDIT 382 <br>Drawing Splines 384 <br>Creating Path Arrays 387 <br>Drawing Revision Clouds 388 <br>Drawing Points 390 <br>Using Constraint Parameters 392 <br>Using AutoConstrain and Inferred Constraints 398 <br>Chapter Summary 401 <br>Chapter Test Questions 401 <br>Chapter Drawing Projects 404 <br> Chapter 10 Blocks, Attributes, and External References 419 <br>Introduction 419 <br>Creating Groups 420 <br>Creating Blocks 422 <br>Inserting Blocks into the Current Drawing 425 <br>Creating Dynamic Blocks 428 <br>Adding Constraints to Dynamic Blocks 436 <br>Accessing Data in a Block Table 439 <br>Using the Windows Clipboard 443 <br>Inserting Blocks and External References into Other Drawings 445 <br>Using the AutoCAD DesignCenter 449 <br>Defining Attributes 455 <br>Working with External References 461 <br>Extracting Data from Attributes 463 <br>Creating Tool Palettes 467 <br>Exploding Blocks 468 <br>Chapter Summary 470 <br>Chapter Test Questions 470 <br>Chapter Drawing Projects 474 <br> <br> PART THREE: ISOMETRIC DRAWING AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING<br>Chapter 11 Isometric Drawing 485 <br>Introduction 485 <br>Using Isometric Snap 485 <br>Switching Isometric Planes 487 <br>Using COPY and Other Edit Commands 488 <br>Drawing Isometric Circles with ELLIPSE 490 <br>Drawing Text Aligned with Isometric Planes 492 <br>Drawing Ellipses in Orthographic Views 494 <br>Saving and Restoring Displays with VIEW 497 <br>Chapter Summary 501 <br>Chapter Test Questions 501 <br>Chapter Drawing Projects 504 <br> Chapter 12 3D Modeling 519 <br>Introduction 519 <br>Creating and Viewing a 3D Wireframe Box 520 <br>Defining User Coordinate Systems 525 <br>Exploring the 3D Basics Workspace 530 <br>Creating Solid Boxes and Wedges 532 <br>Accessing Different Visual Styles 535 <br>Creating the Union of Two Solids 536 <br>Working with DUCS 537 <br>Creating Composite Solids with SUBTRACT 539 <br>Creating Chamfers and Fillets on Solid Objects 543 <br>Practicing 3D Gizmo Editing 546 <br>Rendering Solid Models 548 <br>Changing Viewpoints with the ViewCube 562 <br>Creating Layouts with Multiple Views 564 <br>Chapter Summary 568 <br>Chapter Test Questions 568 <br>Chapter Drawing Projects 572 <br> Chapter 13 More Modeling Techniques and Commands 581 <br>Introduction 581 <br>Drawing Polysolids 581 <br>Drawing Cones 586 <br>Drawing Pyramids 588 <br>Drawing Torus 589 <br>Slicing and Sectioning Solids 590 <br>Mesh Modeling 595 <br>Adjusting Viewpoints with 3DORBIT 605 <br>Creating 3D Solids from 2D Outlines 612 <br>Walking Through a 3D Landscape 618 <br>Creating an Animated Walk-Through 621 <br>Chapter Summary 625 <br>Chapter Test Questions 625 <br>Chapter Drawing Projects 628 <br> Appendix A Drawing Projects 645<br>Appendix B Creating Customized Panels 667<br>Appendix C Menus, Macros, and the CUI Dialog Box 677<br>Index 681<br>Appendix D (Online only) Additional Tools for Collaboration<br>Glossary (Online only) <br> <br> </div>