AutoCAD 2010 30-Day Trial Version included on the enclosed CD. This is the right book for you if you are new to AutoCAD or want to brush up on the basics, you are looking for a clear, no nonsense, easy-to-follow text, or you want to learn AutoCAD quickly and easily.
Totally updated for AutoCAD 2010 and 2010 LT including Parametric Drawing, Geometric Constraints, Dimensional Constraints, Application Menu, Initial Setup, and Realtime Search for commands; this workbook includes 30 lessons with step by step instructions followed by exercised designed for practicing the commands learned within the lesson. Providing only what you need without all of the jargon, it is ideal for classroom instruction or as a self-study tutorial.
FEATURES - 2010 software includes improved Ribbon tabs and panels, Browse for documents, Quick Access toolbar customizing, Hatch boundaries features.
- AutoCAD 2010 30-Day Trial Version included on the enclosed CD.
- Ideal for classroom instruction or as a self-study tutorial.
- Provides only what you need without all of the jargon.
- Includes 30 lessons with step by step instructions followed by exercises designed for practicing the commands learned within the lesson.
- Each lesson starts very simple and progresses to more complex.
- The approach taken is to familiarize users with the drawing commands first, and then teach users to create their own setup drawings.
- Each lesson is explained clearly and in a non-intimidating manner.
- All exercises print easily on your 8-1/2 X 11 printer.
Customer Reviews & Comments
AutoCAD is complex, and I stand in awe of anyone who would attempt to try to explain it to a beginner. However, I have to say that as a newcomer to AutoCAD I found this book a little confusing in places. Some of the basic principles are taken for granted. There is no overview or big picture at the start. I only began to understand what was going on by consulting other books on earlier versions of AutoCAD.
I noticed a number of places where the text could be edited to make it more understandable. One gets the impression that it was put together hastily: there are some typos and misspellings. (As a professional editor, that's always a turnoff for me, but others might think I'm being too demanding.)
All that said, the exercises are very creative and they apply directly to the principles being taught. I finally got some traction by doing every single exercise, some of them several times for the practice.
The author has done a good job of reproducing and explaining each of the screens.
What's missing to some extent is the "why"!
