N.Poleshchuk, V.Savelyeva. "AutoCAD 2007 - Self-Teacher" (published in 2006, Russian)

AutoCAD 2007 - Self-Teacher (published in 2006, Russian)

BHV-Petersburg issued in June 2006:

17. N.Poleshchuk, V.Savelyeva. "AutoCAD 2007 - Self-Teacher" ("Self-Teacher" series). BHV-Petersburg, 2006, 624 pp. ISBN 5-94157-650-1

The book will help to those readers who starts working in AutoCAD 2007 or migrates from the previous version. New facilities are examined: smooth surfaces, editable 3D solids, cameras, lights, as well as additions to existing menus and commands. Much attention is paid to visualization and animation, material control, rendering. Reader will know modeling tools, steps of design documentation creation and presentation, using DWF format.

Each chapter has exercises for better learning.

Leading Autodesk specialists have this book:


Jim Quanci, Director, Autodesk Developer Network Worldwide	Kean Walmsley, Senior Manager, Autodesk Developer Technical Services

Contents:

Forword

Chapter 1. General
1.1. System Usage
1.2. Computer Demands
1.3. User Interface

1.3.1. Dashboard
1.4. Commands
1.5. Files Handling
1.6. Text Window
1.7. User Workspace
1.8. Exercises to Chapter 1

Chapter 2. Entities
2.1. Enitity Types
2.2. Lines
2.2.1. Using Shortcut Menu
2.2.2. Entity Continuation
2.2.3. Access to Options with Keyboard
2.3. Points Input
2.3.1. Digital Input
2.3.2. Dynamic Input
2.3.3. Object Snap
2.3.4. Calculator
2.4. Modes
2.4.1. Drafting Modes
2.4.2. Status Line and Tray Setting
2.4.3. Viewing Drawing
2.5. Points
2.5.1. Point Styles
2.5.2. Removing Entities
2.5.3. Divide and Measure
2.6. Rays
2.7. Xlines
2.8. Circles
2.9. Arcs
2.10. Polylines
2.10.1. Joining into Polyline
2.10.2. Special Polylines
2.11. Multilines
2.12. Texts
2.12.1. Single Line Text
2.12.2. Multiline Text
2.13. Using Fields
2.14. Tables
2.15. Dimensions
2.15.1. Linear and Parallel Dimensions
2.15.2. Arc Length Dimension
2.15.3. Ordinate Dimension
2.15.4. Radius Dimension
2.15.5. Diameter Dimension
2.15.6. Angular Dimension
2.15.7. Quick Dimension
2.15.8. Base Dimension
2.15.9. Continuous Dimension
2.15.10. Leader
2.15.11. Tolerance
2.15.12. Center Mark
2.16. Hatches and Fills
2.16.1. Hatches
2.16.2. One Color Fills
2.16.3. Gradient Fills
2.16.4. Using Tool Palettes
2.17. Ellipses
2.18. Splines
2.19. Regions
2.20. Other Entities
2.21. Inquiries
2.22. Exercises to Chapter 2

Chapter 3. Entity Editing
3.1. Grips and Object Selection
3.1.1. Editing with Grips
3.1.2. Editing Shortcut Menu
3.1.3. Selection Tools
3.1.4. Groups
3.2. Common Editing Commands
3.3. Polyline Editing
3.4. Multiline Editing
3.5. Text Editing
3.6. Table Editing
3.7. Dimension Editing
3.8. Hatch and Fill Editing
3.9. Spline Editing
3.10. Region Editing
3.11. Exercises to Chapter 3

Chapter 4. Properties
4.1. Color
4.2. Linetype and Scale
4.3. Layer
4.4. Lineweight
4.5. Other Properties
4.6. Properties Editing
4.7. Exercises to Chapter 4

Chapter 5. Drafting Styles and Standards
5.1. Text Styles
5.2. Dimension Styles
5.3. Multiline Styles
5.4. Table Styles
5.5. DesignCenter
5.6. Standards
5.7. Exercises to Chapter 5

Chapter 6. Plotting and Publishing
6.1. Adding a Plotter
6.2. Plot Setting
6.2.1. Plot Stamp
6.2.2. List of Standard Scales
6.3. Plot Styles
6.4. Publishing
6.4.1. Publishing Commands
6.4.2. Autodesk DWF Viewer
6.4.3. DWF Underlay
6.5. PDF Format
6.6. Exercises to Chapter 6

Chapter 7. Blocks and DWG References
7.1. Blocks
7.1.1. Block Definition
7.1.2. Block Insertion
7.1.3. Block Reference
7.1.4. Export of Drawing and Its Parts
7.1.5. Attributes
7.1.6. Using Clipboard
7.1.7. Using Blocks in Table Cells
7.1.8. Dynamic Properties Creation
7.1.9. Parameters and Actions
7.1.10. Visibility States
7.1.11. Lookup Tables
7.1.12. Tool Palettes
7.2. DWG References
7.2.1. DWG Reference Insertion
7.2.2. External References Manager
7.3. Reference Editing
7.3.1. Editing Block Attributes
7.3.2. Clipping Block and DWG References
7.3.3. In-Place Editing Block and DWG References
7.4. Exercises to Chapter 7

Chapter 8. Interaction with Other Format Files
8.1. Inserting and Editing Raster Images
8.2. Wipeout Entity
8.3. Import from Other formats
8.4. Export into Other formats
8.5. Exercises to Chapter 8

Chapter 9. 3D Modeling
9.1. Construction Planes and Coordinate Systems
9.1.1. Coordinates in 3D Space
9.1.2. Elevation and Thickness
9.1.3. User Coordinate Systems
9.2. 3D Modeling Tools
9.3. Helix and 3D Polyline
9.4. 3D Solids
9.4.1. Creation of Simple Solids
9.4.2. Wall Creation
9.4.3. Frame Density and Isolines
9.4.4. Dynamic Creation of Solid
9.4.5. Convertion to Solid
9.4.6. Solids Manipulation
9.4.7. Managing Solid History and Structure
9.4.8. Handling Subobjects
9.4.9. Solid Editing
9.4.10. Slices
9.4.11. Flatshots
9.5. Smooth Surfaces
9.6. Live Sections
9.7. Faces and Meshes
9.8. 3D Editing
9.9. Exercises to Chapter 9

Chapter 10. Visualization Tools
10.1. Views and Viewports
10.1.1. Areal View
10.1.2. Viewports Configurations
10.1.3. Views
10.2. View Setting
10.3. Cameras
10.4. Visual Styles
10.5. Materials
10.6. Rendering
10.6.1. Light
10.6.2. Textures
10.6.3. Fog
10.6.4. Rendering Preferences
10.7. Navigation and Animation
10.8. Exercises to Chapter 10

Chapter 11. Paper Space
11.1. Switching Between Model and Paper Spaces
11.2. Creation of Viewports in Layout
11.3. Handling Viewports
11.4. Scale Managing
11.5. Editing Viewport Shape
11.6. Creation of a New Drawing with Template
11.7. Special Paper Space Tools
11.8. Adding a Layout
11.9. Exercises to Chapter 11

Chapter 12. Design and Customization Tools
12.1. Collective Work
12.1.1. Markup Set Manager
12.1.2. Etransmitting
12.1.3. Reference Manager
12.1.4. Security Options
12.2. Sheet Sets
12.2.1. Sheet Set Creation
12.2.2. Sheet Set Functionality
12.3. Tool Palettes
12.4. Internet Operations
12.4.1. Publishing to Web
12.4.2. Notifications Setting
12.5. System Variables
12.6. AutoCAD Options
12.6.1. Setting Support Files Path
12.6.2. Setting Display Parameters
12.6.3. Setting Opening and Save Parameters
12.6.4. Setting Plot and Publish Parameters
12.6.5. Setting System Parameters
12.6.6. Setting User Parameters
12.6.7. Setting Snap and Tracking
12.6.8. Setting 3D Modeling Mode
12.6.9. Setting Selection Modes
12.6.10. Setting Profiles
12.6.11. Customizing User Interface
12.7. Programming Customization Tools
12.8. Exercises to Chapter 12

Appendix 1. AutoCAD Commands List

Appendix 2. System Variables List

Appendix 3. Express Tools
Blocks Submenu
Text Submenu
Layout tools Submenu
Dimension Submenu
Selection tools Submenu
Modify Submenu
Draw Submenu
File tools Submenu
Web tools Submenu
Tools Submenu
Other Express Submenus and Items

Literature

Index

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