AutoCAD

The 4th updated edition of the best-selling Czech book on AutoCAD, written by experienced Czech authors, presents both a complete resource for effective design and an overview of practical use of new features and tools. The 2010 and 2011 versions of the guide include a complete overview of the program's controls, demonstrations of how to use it for everyday work, and plenty of exercises to try creating real-world tasks. You will gradually learn everything you really need for drawing documentation. The book is aimed at both novice users who are just getting to know AutoCAD and those who are already familiar with previous versions and need to quickly get to grips with new features and tools.
The authors address, among other topics: - Overview of new features in AutoCAD 2010 and 2011- Creating drawings, entering coordinates and using drawing tools- Creating and managing levels, orientation in the drawing space - Drawing objects - segments, lines, circles, ellipses, curves, etc. - Methods of grasping and modifying objects, parametric drawing - Work with text, tables, annotations, hatching and notes - Dynamic blocks, external references and data sharing- Introduction to spatial modelling, application of lights and materials - Rendering, cutting, publishing to electronic formats
****
About the Authors Michal Spielmann has been an Autodesk Approved Instructor of Autodesk CAD products and other CAD and office applications for over 17 years. He has written numerous articles and translated the official AutoCAD training publication. Jiří Špaček has been a certified trainer of office and CAD products, especially from Microsoft and Autodesk, for over 12 years. He is the author of hundreds of articles in professional journals and web portals. He graduated from three faculties of the Brno University of Technology, where he also completed his doctoral studies in Structural and Process Engineering.
Book Details:
Author: Jiří Špaček, Michal Spielmann
Year of publication: 2013
ISBN: 978-80-251-3120-6
Number of pages: 432