AutoCAD 2015 and AutoCAD LT 2015 Essentials

Step-by-step instructions for the AutoCAD fundamentals

AutoCAD 2015 Essentials contains 400 pages of full-color, comprehensive instruction on the world’s top drafting and architecture software. This 2015 edition features architectural, manufacturing, and landscape architecture examples. And like previous editions, the detailed guide introduces core concepts using interactive tutorials and open-ended projects, which can be completed in any order, thanks to downloadable data sets (an especially useful feature for students and professionals studying for Autodesk AutoCAD certification).

Unlike many other guides, which are organized around conceptual themes or task categories, AutoCAD 2015 Essentials takes a start-to-finish approach that mirrors how you will work with the program in the real world. Starting with basic 2D drawing and progressing through organizing objects with groups and blocks, creating and editing text, and 3D modeling, the process you’ll learn in this book is ready to take to work. Inside, each chapter follows an intuitive structure:

• Quick discussions of concepts and learning goals
• Hands-on drafting tutorials for active learning and confidence building
• Open-ended projects to reinforce new drafting skills
• Downloadable end files, so you can check your work

AutoCAD 2015 Essentials is great for professionals and students who need to quickly and effectively learn the most common features of 2D and 3D design. With over 12 years of experience teaching and writing about this formidable design program, Scott Onstott provides you with everything you’ll need to leverage the full capabilities of AutoCAD.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Basic Drawing Skills
Chapter 3: Using Drawing Aids
Chapter 4: Editing Entities
Chapter 5: Shaping Curves
Chapter 6: Controlling Object Visibility and Appearance
Chapter 7: Organizing Objects
Chapter 8: Hatching and Gradients
Chapter 9: Working with Blocks and Xrefs
Chapter 10: Creating and Editing Text
Chapter 11: Dimensioning
Chapter 12: Keeping In Control with Constraints
Chapter 13: Working with Layouts and Annotative Objects
Chapter 14: Printing and Plotting
Chapter 15: Working with Data
Chapter 16: Navigating 3D Models
Chapter 17: Modeling in 3D
Chapter 18: Presenting and Documenting 3D Design
Appendix: Autodesk® AutoCAD 2015 Certification