Contents at a Glance 1
Introduction 1
Part One:Getting Started 23
1．Setting Up 29
2．Getting To Know How AutoCAD Works 45
3．Setting Up an Electronic Drawing 103
Part Two:Basic 2D AutoCAD Drafting 153
4．Drawing Accurately 159
5．Controlling the Graphics Display 203
6．Basic Drawing and Editing 269
7．Graphic Entities 315
8．Introduction to Editing 373
Part Three:Advanced 2D AutoCAD Drafting 429
9．Advanced Editing 433
10．Drawing Construction Techniques 489
11．Grouping Entities into Blocks and Xrefs 527
12．Construction Techniques with Blocks and Xrefs 561
13．Sheet Composition,Scaling,and Plotting 617
14．Drawing Enhancements and Inquiry 669
15．Dimensioning 721
Part Four:Advanced AutoCAD Features 759
16．Attributes and Data Extraction 765
17．Advanced Dimensioning 809
18．Maximizing AutoCAD for Windows 857
19．Data Exchange with Other Applications 899
Part Five:AutoCAD and 3D Drawing 937
20．Getting Started with 3D 943
21．Using 3D Entities 1015
22．Dynamic 3D Displays 1083
Appendixes 1123
A Installing,Configuring,and Troubleshooting 1123
B Windows Basics and Performance 1143
C System Variables 1159
Index 1196