Easy AutoCAD Release 13 for Windows : With Reference to DOS

Name: Easy AutoCAD Release 13 for Windows : With Reference to DOS
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ISBN: 9780070297906

ISBN-10: 0070297908

ISBN-13: 9780070297906

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Authors: John D. Hood

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If you want to maximize your AutoCAD potential, this surefire guide will give you the information and skills required to make a smooth transition from DOS to Windows. With concepts illustrated by real-world architectural and engineering applications, the book will show you step by step how to apply AutoCAD (Release 13) to construct and plot production-quality drawings.

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List price: $34.95
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Binding: Paperback
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Acknowledgments	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xix
First Steps	p. 1
Handling Floppy Disks	p. 1
Windows Operations	p. 1
File Manager	p. 2
Preparing a Data Disk	p. 3
Displaying a Disk Directory	p. 5
Making a Subdirectory	p. 6
Starting AutoCAD	p. 8
Beginning a New Drawing	p. 8
Entering Commands	p. 10
Displaying Toolbars	p. 13
Canceling a Command	p. 14
Exiting AutoCAD	p. 14
Copying a File in Windows	p. 14
Renaming a File in Windows	p. 14
Drawing Construction	p. 17
Load AutoCAD	p. 17
Beginning a New Drawing	p. 17
Screen Limits	p. 18
Set Units and Precision	p. 18
Lines and the Cartesian Coordinate System	p. 21
Undo, Redo, and Cancel Commands	p. 23
Circle Command	p. 24
Point Command	p. 25
Arc Command	p. 25
Erase and Oops Commands	p. 27
Redraw	p. 31
Zoom	p. 31
Break	p. 33
Exiting a Drawing	p. 35
Relocating Objects	p. 37
Set Units and Precision	p. 37
Drawing Screen Limits	p. 37
V-Box Drawing	p. 38
Moving Objects	p. 39
Move Command	p. 40
Grips	p. 40
Offset	p. 41
Copy	p. 41
Stretch and Copy with Grips	p. 42
Drawing Circles Using TTR	p. 42
Drawing Center Marks and Lines	p. 43
Dimensioning	p. 47
Set Drawing Limits and Units	p. 47
Drawing Lines and Arcs	p. 47
Last Point	p. 47
Set Text Scale	p. 49
Method 1: A Drawing Not Plotted to Scale	p. 49
Method 2: A Drawing Plotted to Scale	p. 49
Dimension Scale	p. 49
Setting Dimension Variables	p. 50
Radial and Diameter Variables	p. 51
Diameter and Radius Dimensions	p. 52
Linear Dimensioning	p. 53
Continuous Dimensions	p. 56
Undo	p. 56
Baseline Dimensions	p. 56
Angular Dimension	p. 57
Drawing with Precision	p. 59
Drawing Construction	p. 59
Object Snaps	p. 61
Trim Command	p. 63
Mirror Command and Temporary Object Snap	p. 64
Calculate Text Height and Dimscale	p. 65
Set Dimension Variables	p. 65
Aerial View Window	p. 66
Zoom Using the Aerial View	p. 66
Pan Using the Aerial View	p. 67
Panning and Zooming Using Aerial View's Locator Tool	p. 68
Changing the Size of the Aerial View Image	p. 68
Dynamic Zoom	p. 69
Horizontal Dimensions	p. 69
Dimension Style Setting	p. 70
Overriding Dimension Settings	p. 71
Single-Line Text	p. 72
Leader and Mtext	p. 73
Front View	p. 74
X/Y/Z point filters	p. 75
Fillet Command	p. 77
Dimension the Front View	p. 77
Dtext Command	p. 78
Text Styles	p. 79
Editing an Existing Drawing	p. 81
Metric Measurement System	p. 83
AutoCAD's Measurement System	p. 83
Beginning a New Drawing	p. 85
Using Layers	p. 85
Line types	p. 86
Colors	p. 86
Layer Names	p. 87
Setting Layer Specifications	p. 88
Creating New Layers	p. 89
Setting the Line Type for Each Layer	p. 89
Setting the Color for Each Layer	p. 92
Other Layer Options	p. 93
Snap Command	p. 93
Drawing the Road and Driveway	p. 93
Changing a Layer	p. 95
Hatching	p. 96
Hatch Scale Factor	p. 96
Hatching the House	p. 97
Drawing Property Lines	p. 98
Setting the Line Type Scale	p. 98
Surveyor's Units	p. 99
Drawing the Road Allowance	p. 100
Text Height	p. 101
Dimensioning	p. 102
Setting Dimension Variables	p. 102
Associative Dimensioning	p. 105
Linear Dimensions	p. 105
Editing Associative Dimensions	p. 107
Text	p. 107
North Arrow	p. 108
Configuring AutoCAD and Plotting/Printing	p. 109
Configuring AutoCAD	p. 109
Exit to Main Menu	p. 110
Show Current Configuration	p. 110
Allow Detailed Configuration	p. 110
Configure Video Display	p. 110
Configure Digitizer	p. 111
Configure Plotter	p. 111
Configure Operating Parameters	p. 112
Plotting Drawings	p. 112
Device and Default Selection	p. 112
Windows Print Manager	p. 113
Plotting/Printing the Drawing	p. 114
Choosing a plotter/printer	p. 114
Paper Size and Orientation	p. 114
Plot Rotation and Orientation	p. 115
Plot Scale	p. 116
What to Plot	p. 116
Pen Assignments	p. 117
Plot Preview	p. 118
Readying the Plotter	p. 119
Multipen Plotting on a Single Pen Plotter	p. 120
Hatching the Drawing	p. 120
Hatching the Front View	p. 120
Plotting the Drawing	p. 121
Isometric Drawing	p. 123
Isometric Snap/Grid	p. 123
Snap	p. 125
Grid	p. 125
Ortho (Orthogonal) Mode	p. 126
Drawing the Cube	p. 126
Ellipse Command	p. 127
Trimming Lines	p. 129
Object Controls	p. 131
Defining Layers	p. 131
Setting Snap and Grid	p. 131
Setting the Linetype Scale Factor	p. 133
Octagon Plate	p. 133
Array Command	p. 134
Change Command	p. 136
Rectangular Plate	p. 138
Copying the Triangle	p. 138
Drawing Mirror Images of Triangles	p. 139
Chamfering the Rectangle	p. 139
Dimensions and Text	p. 140
Angular Dimensioning	p. 143
Diameter Dimensioning	p. 143
Linear Dimensions	p. 144
Plotting	p. 144
Blocks	p. 147
Blocks	p. 147
Block Color and Linetype	p. 148
Block Command	p. 149
Insert Command	p. 149
Electronic Schematic Drawing	p. 150
Drawing the Resistor Block	p. 151
Writing a Block to File	p. 152
Drawing the Potentiometer Block	p. 153
Drawing the Diode Block	p. 154
Block Modifications	p. 155
Circuit Drawing	p. 156
Drawing Modifications	p. 157
Custom Menu	p. 159
Menu Files	p. 159
Section Labels	p. 159
Writing a Menu	p. 160
Pull-Down (POPn) Menus	p. 161
POPn Menu Syntax	p. 162
Menu Item Labels	p. 162
Embedding Keyboard Input	p. 163
Embedding the [Enter] Key	p. 163
Menu Separator	p. 164
POPn Menu Syntax Reference	p. 164
AUXn/BUTTONSn Menu Syntax	p. 164
Adding a Buttons Menu	p. 164
Floating Cursor Menu	p. 166
Saving the Menu	p. 167
Loading a Menu	p. 167
Loading a Base Menu	p. 167
Loading a Partial Menu	p. 168
Using the Border Menu	p. 168
Cascading Menu	p. 168
Reloading a Modified Menu	p. 171
Testing the Menu	p. 172
Loading the Acad Menu	p. 172
Attributes	p. 175
Attributes	p. 175
Attdef Command	p. 175
Border/Title Block with Attributes	p. 176
Border and Title Block Construction	p. 176
Polyline Command	p. 177
Title Block Headings	p. 178
Create Attributes	p. 179
Editing Attribute Definitions	p. 181
Create the Block	p. 182
Test Am-hbdr	p. 182
Editing Attributes	p. 184
Create a Special Border Menu	p. 184
Creating the Menu	p. 186
Plot Drawing Example	p. 187
Plotting a Plot-Drawing	p. 188
Plot Proj-6 Drawing	p. 189
Linetype Scale	p. 189
Assignment	p. 189
Working Spaces and External References	p. 191
Working Space	p. 191
Adding a Border in Paper Space	p. 193
Opening a Viewport	p. 193
Scaling Linetypes in Paper Space	p. 196
Plotting Paper-Space Drawings	p. 196
External References	p. 197
The Drawing	p. 197
Xref Command	p. 197
Reporting Xref Partnerships	p. 199
External References and Named Objects	p. 200
Stretching Associative Dimensions	p. 201
Reloading the Master Drawing	p. 203
Other Xref Commands	p. 204
Assignment	p. 205
Multiscale Drawings	p. 207
Scaling Drawings	p. 207
Custom Full Size Menu	p. 209
Creating the Title.dwg Block	p. 209
Adding the Full Size Menu	p. 210
Submenu **ib	p. 213
Drawing a Full-Size Border	p. 214
Floor-Plan Drawing	p. 215
Text and Dimension Scales	p. 217
Setting Dimension Variables	p. 218
Naming Views	p. 221
Dimensioning the Drawing	p. 221
Window and Door Blocks	p. 221
Editing Multilines	p. 223
Test-Plotting a Drawing and Saving the File	p. 225
Wall Detail Drawing	p. 225
Text and Dimension Scale	p. 226
Wall	p. 227
Complex Linetypes	p. 228
Hatching	p. 229
Text and Dimensions	p. 230
Test Plotting and Saving the File	p. 230
Creating a Multiscale Drawing	p. 230
Setup Command	p. 231
3-D Drawing	p. 233
Thickness and Elevation	p. 233
Converting Proj-4 Drawing to 3-D	p. 233
Adding a Third Dimension to 2-D Objects	p. 234
Drawing a Three-Dimensional Extruded Object	p. 235
Viewing the Z Plane of Three-Dimensional Objects	p. 235
Suppressing Hidden Lines	p. 238
Topographic Map Drawing	p. 239
Calculation of Even Contour Elevations	p. 239
Drawing the Contour Lines	p. 242
Using Polylines	p. 244
Editing Polylines for Curve Fitting	p. 246
Three-Dimensional View of Topographical Drawing	p. 247
Naming (Saving) Views	p. 247
Lines and Plates in Space	p. 248
Three-Dimensional Storage Bin	p. 248
Drawing Coordinate Systems	p. 251
Plates (Faces) in Space	p. 252
Suppressing Hidden Lines	p. 254
Dynamic View	p. 255
Setting the Camera and Target	p. 255
Three-Dimensional Perspective View	p. 257
Clipping Parts of an Object	p. 257
Three-Dimensional Polygon Meshes	p. 259
Three-Dimensional Goblet	p. 259
Other Polygon Mesh Commands	p. 264
Multiview Drawings	p. 265
Drawing Coordinate Systems	p. 265
Viewports in Model Space	p. 267
Industrial Building	p. 267
Coordinate System Icon Location	p. 268
Defining User Coordinate Systems	p. 269
Columns and Roof Trusses	p. 272
Columns	p. 272
Roof Trusses	p. 274
Defining the Topchord UCS	p. 278
Roof Purlins	p. 279
Selection by Cycling	p. 280
Wall Girts and Eave Strut	p. 282
Sagrods	p. 283
Viewports	p. 283
Back-wall Girts and Sagrods	p. 285
Roof Sagrods	p. 285
PGS (Purlins/Girts/Sagrods) Block	p. 286
Bracing	p. 287
Multiview Drawing Using Viewports in Paper Space	p. 289
Initial Setup	p. 289
Drawing the Border in Paper Space	p. 290
Viewports in Paper Space	p. 291
Scaling the Model	p. 291
Copying a Viewport	p. 293
Stretching a Viewport	p. 293
Aligning Models in Viewports	p. 295
Controlling Layer Visibility in Viewports	p. 298
Dimensioning in Viewports	p. 299
Creating Viewport Dimensioning Layers	p. 300
Dimensioning the Roof Plan	p. 302
Solid Three-Dimensional Modeling	p. 309
Solid Modeling	p. 309
Creating an Extruded Solid Primitive	p. 310
Creating a Cylinder	p. 312
Repositioning Solid Objects	p. 313
Creating the Composite Solid	p. 315
Rendering the Solid Model	p. 317
Printing a Rendered Image	p. 319
Modifying the Size of Objects	p. 321
Creating a Cross Section	p. 322
Slicing a Solid	p. 322
Creating Profile Views	p. 323
Creating Profile Images in Windows	p. 324
Creating Profile Images in DOS or Windows	p. 324
Completing the Profile	p. 325
Creating a 3-D Profile	p. 326
Create the Profile Drawing	p. 326
Slide Show	p. 327
Bridge Component Blocks	p. 328
Gantry	p. 328
Girder	p. 329
Pier	p. 329
Gantry Supports	p. 330
AutoCAD Slides	p. 330
Slide Dwg-1	p. 333
Designate Views	p. 333
Use Attributes to Draw Pier Column Numbers	p. 334
Adding Text	p. 334
Saving the Slide	p. 335
Slide Dwg-2	p. 335
Slide Dwg-3	p. 336
Slides Dwg-4, Dwg-5, and Dwg-6	p. 336
Slides Dwg-7, Dwg-8, and Dwg-9	p. 337
Writing the Script	p. 337
Invoking the Script	p. 339
Introduction to AutoLISP	p. 341
Introduction to AutoLISP	p. 341
User-Defined Functions	p. 342
House Function	p. 343
Input Function	p. 344
Testing the Program	p. 345
Drawing Limits Function	p. 346
House Draw Function	p. 347
Assignment	p. 348
AutoCAD in the Windows Environment	p. 349
Working in Multiple Windows	p. 349
Using Windows Clipboard	p. 349
Copying Bitmap Images to Windows Clipboard	p. 350
Copying Vectors to Windows Clipboard	p. 350
Pasting (Embedding) Objects into AutoCAD	p. 351
Editing Embedded Information	p. 352
Embedding Objects Starting in AutoCAD	p. 352
Linking an AutoCAD Drawing	p. 353
Editing Linked Views	p. 353
Pasting Text from Windows Clipboard	p. 355
Importing/Exporting Files	p. 356
Viewing, Printing, and Removing Linked and Embedded Objects	p. 356
Toolbar Menus	p. 359
Plot-Drawing Scale Factors	p. 387
AutoCAD Scale and Text Heights	p. 389
Troubleshooting Hints	p. 393
Border.mnu Menu+	p. 417
Contour.bas Program	p. 421
AutoCAD DOS Menu Tables	p. 423
Using AutoCAD with Windows 95	p. 429
Index	p. 443
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