AutoCAD 2012 For Dummies

A full-color guide to the #1 architectural draftingprogram--AutoCAD 2012!AutoCAD is the leading software used to create 2D and 3Dtechnical drawings. Used by engineers, architects, and draftingprofessionals, it can be complex and is a perfect subject for thetried-and-true For Dummies format. Full-color illustrationsmake the instructions even easier to follow, because examples inthe book appear exactly as they will on the screen.* Explains AutoCAD and gets readers quickly up to speed on thelatest version* Features full-color illustrations that look the same as theAutoCAD 2012 screens, making the interface and the all-importantModel view easier to understand* Covers all the new features, creating a basic layout, usingAutoCAD DesignCenter, drawing and editing, working with dimensions,adding text, and moreNewcomers to AutoCAD will easily master the software with helpfrom this full-color edition of AutoCAD 2012 ForDummies.

Foreword.Introduction.Part I: AutoCAD 101.Chapter 1: Introducing AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT.Chapter 2: Le Tour de AutoCAD 2012.Chapter 3: A Lap around the CAD Track.Chapter 4: Setup for Success.Chapter 5: Planning for Paper.Part II: Let There Be Lines.Chapter 6: Manage Your PropertiesChapter 7: Preciseliness Is Next to CADliness.Chapter 8: Down the Straightaway.Chapter 9: Dangerous Curves Ahead.Chapter 10: Get a Grip on Object Selection.Chapter 11: Edit for Credit.Chapter 12: A Zoom with a View.Part III: If Drawings Could Talk.Chapter 13: Text with Character.Chapter 14: Entering New Dimensions.Chapter 15: Down the Hatch.Chapter 16: The Plot Thickens.Part IV: Advancing with AutoCAD.Chapter 17: The ABCs of Blocks.Chapter 18: Going Dynamic and External.Chapter 19: Call the Parametrics!Chapter 20: Drawing on the Internet.Part V: On a 3D Spree.Chapter 21: It's a 3D World After All.Chapter 22: From Drawings . . . to Models.Chapter 23: On a Render Bender.Part VI: The Part of Tens.Chapter 24: Ten Great AutoCAD Resources.Chapter 25: Ten Differences between AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT.Chapter 26: Ten System Variables to Make Your Life Easier.Index.