Harnessing autocad/ Thomas A. Stellman.

Includes index.

Computer history. Computer graphics. CAD principles. Operating system. Files. Overview. Main menu. Drawing editor. Input methods. Prototype drawings. Co-ordinate systems. Drawing environments. Tools. Layer structure. Display and viewing commands. Dimensioning. Plotting. Fundamentals I. Drawing setup. Draw command. Utility command. Tools. Layers. Demodes. Display commands. Object selection. Edit commands. Text commands. Fundamentals II. Trim. Inquiry commands. Wild card characters. Running Osnap. Fundamentals III. Undo and redo commands. Layers. Blocks and attributes. Unit block. Wblock. Base command. Attributes. Reference files. Xref command. Xbind command. Drawing environments. Model and paper space. Tilemode variable. Vports. Redrawall and Regenall. Mview. Zoom. Vplayer. Utility commands. Display controls. Drawing aids. Shell and Sh command. Special features. Mslide. Vslide. Script. Delay and Resume. Rscript. Isometric drawing. Snap. Isoplane. Drawing in 3D. The user co-ordinate system. Line and 3D Poly commands. Elev command. Pedit. 3D Face command. 3D Polygon Meshes. AME. Plotting. Customizing AutoCAD. Macros. Custom menus. Customizing hatch patterns. Customizing linetypes. Shapes and fonts. Digitizing and tablet configuration and translation. AutoLISP and ADS. Introduction to AutoCAD Windows.