Using AutoCAD 2000 : International Edition,9780789722683

Using AutoCAD 2000 : International Edition

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Pub. Date: 2000-03-01
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Summary

Special Edition Using AutoCAD 2000 allows you to quickly become acquainted with the AutoCAD software, even if you have no previous AutoCAD experience. The extensive use of case studies throughout the book familiarizes you with the numerous commands, as well as where they are accessed and how they work. There is a strong emphasis on the "heads-up" design of the interface carried through the book, making you less reliant on the keyboard and more efficient using the software. New features and changes to the software are clearly marked from cover to cover, highlighting exactly what is new in the software.

Author Biography

Ron House is an AutoDesk Certified Instructor who has worked with AutoCAD for over 12 years, including consulting, application development, training, and help-desk support. He is currently the GIS/CAD Supervisor in the Real Estate Technology Group at Sprint, where he is considered the resident expert on autoCAD.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(2)
Who Can Use This Book
2(1)
How This Book Is Organized
2(1)
Getting Started
2(1)
Object Construction
2(1)
Editing Your Drawing
3(1)
AutoCAD Mechanics
3(1)
Becoming a Master of AutoCAD
3(1)
Beyond AutoCAD
3(1)
Appendixes
3(1)
Conventions Used in This Book
4(3)
I Getting Started
Working with the Interface
7(24)
The AutoCAD 2000 Interface
8(18)
Toolbars
8(2)
Pull-Down Menus
10(1)
Using the Command Line
11(3)
The Screen Menu
14(1)
The Status Bar
14(1)
Icon Menus
15(1)
Model and Layout Tabs
16(1)
UCS Icon
16(1)
Right-Click or Context Menus
16(2)
The Various Ways to Open a Drawing
18(4)
Multiple Design Environment
22(3)
Partial Open and Load
25(1)
Saving a Drawing in Another Format
26(3)
The DWG File Options with the SaveAs Command
27(1)
Options for Converting a Drawing File to DXF Format
28(1)
Summary
29(2)
Drawing Setup
31(24)
Using Templates
32(4)
Creating Your Own Template
33(3)
Walking Through the Drawing Setup Process
36(3)
The Units Command
36(1)
The Limits Command
37(2)
Drafting Settings
39(7)
Snap and Grid
40(1)
Ortho
41(1)
Object Snaps
41(2)
Autotrack
43(1)
Polar Tracking
44(2)
Working with the Line Command
46(5)
Placing Lines by Coordinates
48(1)
Direct Distance Input
48(3)
Navigating the Drawing
51(2)
The Dynamic Viewing Commands
51(2)
Summary
53(2)
Working with Layers and Linetypes
55(16)
Layers
56(10)
Layer Properties Manager
56(2)
Layer Property Types
58(2)
Loading Linetypes
60(2)
Plot Styles
62(1)
Layer Display States
62(1)
Changing Layer Display Properties
63(1)
Named Layer Filters
64(2)
The Properties Window
66(2)
Modifying the Properties of the Overall Drawing
66(1)
Modifying Object Properties by Selection Set
67(1)
Summary
68(3)
II Object Construction
The Basic Drawing Objects
71(12)
Working with Construction Lines
72(4)
Xlines
72(2)
Rays
74(2)
The Basic Drawing Commands
76(1)
The Circle Command
76(2)
Additional Options Available with the Circle Command
77(1)
Creating a Tangent, Tangent, Radius Circle
77(1)
Creating Arcs
78(4)
Creating Arcs via a Known Center Point and Angle
79(1)
Creating Arcs via a Known Center Point and Chord Length
80(1)
Creating Arcs via a Known Center Point and Angle
80(1)
Drawing Arcs with a Known Starting Point, Endpoint and Either Angle, Direction, or Radius
81(1)
Summary
82(1)
More Drawing Objects
83(14)
Drawing Objects
84(1)
Building Multisided Polygons
84(2)
Creating Whole and partial Ellipses
86(6)
Drawing Elliptical Arcs
88(4)
Using Setting Variables to Define the Size and Shape of Drawing Objects
92(3)
Donuts and the Fillmode Setting
92(2)
Marking the Drawing with Points
94(1)
Summary
95(2)
Complex Drawing Objects
97
Drawing Objects
98(1)
Drawing Polylines
98(4)
Modifying Polylines with Pedit
102(7)
Editing the Vertices of the Polyline
107(1)
Turning Off the Fill for Polylines
108(1)
Working with Rectangles
109(2)
Using Polylines in Three-Dimensional Space
111(1)
Converting Older AutoCAD Drawing Files Containing Polylines
111(1)
Splines
112(3)
Creating Splines from a Polyline
115(3)
Editing Splines with the Splinedit Command
116(2)
Multilines
118(9)
Placing Multilines in the Drawing
119(1)
Multiline Styles
120(1)
Multiline Element Properties
121(1)
Multiline Properties
122(2)
Multiline Editing
124(3)
Summary
127
III: Editing Your Drawing 3(754)
Editing Commands
131(18)
Erasing Objects
132(1)
Removing Objects from the Drawing
132(4)
Undoing What Was Done
133(2)
The Appropriately Named Oops Command
135(1)
Moving Objects Around in the Drawing
136(2)
Grips: Another Way of Editing
138(5)
Types of Grips
140(1)
Modifying the Grip Options via the Preferences Dialog Box
141(2)
Copying Objects Within the Drawing
143(4)
Summary
147(2)
More Editing Commands
149(20)
Advanced Editing Commands
150(1)
Rotating Objects
150(7)
Modifying the Rotate Command with Setting Variables
150(1)
Rotating with Grips
151(2)
Rotation via a Reference Angle
153(1)
Changing the Size of Objects with the Scale Command
154(2)
Using a Reference Length to Scale an Object
156(1)
Mirroring Objects in the Drawing
157(2)
Mirror Text or Mirrtext
159(1)
Creating Arrays
159(3)
Creating an Array at a Rotated Angle
161(1)
Offsetting Objects at a Specified Distance
162(3)
Offsetting Variables
163(2)
Align: Move and Rotate in One Command
165(3)
Working with Source and Destination Points
165(3)
Summary
168(1)
Not All Objects Can Be Edited This Way
169(26)
More Editing Commands
170(1)
The Stretch Commands
170(4)
Stretching with Grips
171(1)
Stretching More Than One Grip
171(1)
Stretching with the Move Command
172(1)
Stretching Dimensions
173(1)
The Lengthen Command
174(3)
The Trim Command
177(2)
Trimming to Implied Intersections
178(1)
Extending Objects to a Boundary
179(3)
Extending to Implied Intersections
181(1)
The Break Command
182(3)
Breaking a Portion of a Circle or an Arc
183(2)
Smoothing and Rounding Corners
185(3)
Filleting Two Parallel Lines to Create a Slot
187(1)
Using the Fillet Command to Round 3D Edges
188(1)
Chamfering Edges
188(5)
Applying a Chamfer to All Vertices of a Polyline
190(1)
Chamfering Solid Models
190(3)
Summary
193(2)
Selecting Objects
195(20)
Selection Set Filters
196(2)
Object Cycling
198(1)
Creating Quick Selection Sets
198(10)
Using Wildcard Characters to Search Specific Text Strings in a Drawing
202(2)
Object Selection Filter
204(2)
More Advanced Filter Queries
206(1)
Applying Multiple Edits to Objects with Grips
207(1)
Creating Groups
208(2)
Modifying Object Properties
210(1)
Summary
211(4)
IV: AutoCAD Mechanics
Viewing the Drawing
215(18)
Viewing Drawings
216(1)
The Zoom Commands
216(5)
Panning Around in the Drawing
221(1)
Aerial Viewer
222(2)
Views
224(2)
Viewports
226(5)
Applying Viewports to a Drawing
227(2)
Deleting and Renaming Viewport Configurations
229(1)
Checking a Viewport Configuration
230(1)
Joining Viewports to Form One
231(1)
Restoring the Screen to a Single Viewport
231(1)
Refreshing the Viewports
231(1)
Regenerating the View
232(1)
Regen and RegenAll
232(1)
Summary
232(1)
Annotating the Drawing
233(42)
Annotating Drawings
234(1)
Adding Line Text
234(16)
Text Style
236(1)
Justification and Alignment
237(2)
Calculating the Appropriate Text Height
239(3)
Rotating Text
242(1)
Adding Multiple Line Text Objects
243(1)
Formatting Line Text
244(1)
Editing Line Text
245(5)
Multiline Text
250(15)
Adding Multiline Text
250(3)
Adjusting the Mtext Window
253(1)
Using an External Editor for Multiline Text
253(1)
Formatting and Editing Multiline Text
254(6)
Changing Mtext Globally
260(4)
Using the AutoCAD 2000 Spelling Checker
264(1)
Creating Text Styles
265(8)
AutoCAD Standard Fonts and True Type Fonts
265(2)
Specifying Text Height
267(1)
Creating a New Text Style
268(2)
Sharing Text Styles
270(3)
Summary
273(2)
Hatching
275(24)
The Hatch Command
276(12)
Defining the Hatch Pattern Style
277(2)
Looking at the Advanced Hatch Options
279(5)
Setting Hatch Options via the Shortcut Menu
284(4)
Editing a Hatch Pattern
288(3)
Editing Hatch Boundaries
290(1)
Using the Convert Command to Optimize Your Drawing
291(1)
Creating Your Own Hatch Patterns
291(5)
Using the Super Hatch Command to Create Hatch Patterns
293(3)
Using Polylines to Create Boundaries
296(1)
Summary
297(2)
Dimensioning
299(58)
Dimensioning Basics
300(15)
Linear Dimension
302(5)
Aligned Dimension
307(1)
Ordinate Dimension
308(3)
Other Dimension Commands
311(4)
Dimensioning with Style
315(20)
Creating a New Dimension Style
315(13)
Updating Dimensions
328(1)
Dimension Style Families
329(2)
Importing and Exporting Dimension Styles
331(4)
Making Changes in Dimension Styles
335(4)
Modifying a Style
335(1)
Overriding Dimension Styles
336(3)
Dimension System Variables
339(4)
Speeding Up Dimensioning
343(4)
Continue Dimension
344(1)
Baseline Dimension
345(1)
Quick Dimension
346(1)
Leaders and Tolerances
347(4)
Setting Up a Dimension Style for Leaders
347(1)
Quick Leader
348(2)
Tolerance
350(1)
Editing Dimensions
351(3)
Editing the Text in a Dimension
351(1)
Editing Dimensions
351(2)
Grip Editing
353(1)
Changing Dimension Properties
354(1)
Dimensioning in Paper Space or Model Space?
354(2)
Summary
356(1)
Making Drawing Easier
357(58)
Using the Inquiry Tools
358(8)
Measuring a Distance
359(1)
Calculating a Specified Area
360(2)
Using the Mass Properties Command
362(1)
The List Command
363(1)
Locate Point
364(1)
Other Inquiry Tools
365(1)
Express Tools
366(47)
Installing the Express Tools
366(3)
The Express Layers Menu
369(8)
The Express Blocks Menu
377(6)
The Express Text Menu
383(10)
The Express Dimension Menu
393(3)
The Express Selection Tools Menu
396(2)
The Express Modify Menu
398(6)
The Express Draw Menu
404(5)
The Express Tools Menu
409(4)
Summary
413(2)
Creating and Using Blocks
415(26)
Introduction to Blocks
416(1)
Blocks Versus Wblocks
416(8)
Defining Blocks
416(4)
Using the Wblock Command to Create New Drawings
420(2)
Inserting Your Newly Created Blocks
422(2)
Inserting Multiple Blocks with Minsert
424(1)
Editing and Redefining Blocks Using Refedit
424(4)
Exploding a Block
426(1)
Purging Unused Blocks from the Drawing
427(1)
Using AutoCAD DesignCenter
428(4)
Starting DesignCenter
428(2)
Inserting Blocks with DesignCenter
430(1)
Exploring Other Object Definitions Using DesignCenter
431(1)
Attaching Attributes to Blocks
432(8)
Extracting Attribute Information
438(2)
Summary
440(1)
External Reference Files and Importing Images
441(40)
Understanding External References
442(33)
Attaching an External Reference in Model Space
443(5)
The XREF Manager
448(2)
Missing Reference Files
450(1)
External References and Search Paths
451(2)
Attachment Versus Overlay
453(2)
Xref Drawing Content
455(4)
Referencing a Title Block in a Layout
459(3)
Unloading and Reloading External References
462(1)
Setting Xref Clipping Boundaries
463(4)
Enabling Demand Loading
467(2)
Editing External References
469(4)
Binding an External Reference
473(2)
Importing Images in AutoCAD Drawings
475(4)
Attaching an Image
475(3)
Clipping an Image
478(1)
Manipulating Image Display
479(1)
Summary
479(2)
Plotting and Layouts
481(50)
Plotting in AutoCAD 2000
482(1)
The Basics of Plotting in AutoCAD
482(29)
Using the Add-A-Plotter Wizard
483(3)
Creating a Simple Plot with Your Plotter Configuration File
486(2)
Using the Create Layout Wizard
488(6)
Setting Up the Page
494(4)
Working with Page Layouts
498(6)
Making New Layouts
504(1)
Model Space and paper Space
504(1)
Working with Title Blocks
505(3)
Plotting
508(3)
Changes to Plotting in Release 2000
511(2)
New Plotter Drivers
511(1)
Plotting Configuration
512(1)
Using Advanced Plotting Features
513(17)
Plot Styles
513(14)
Plotting Raster Files
527(1)
Making Your Drawing Files Viewable from the Internet
528(1)
Outputting Your Drawing in Other Ways
529(1)
Summary
530(1)
Internet Publishing
531(24)
Using the Internet to Access and View Drawings
532(3)
Web-Enabled File Dialog Boxes
532(1)
Attaching an External Reference File from the Internet
533(2)
Opening Internet-Based Files Using AutoCAD DesignCenter
535(1)
Inserting Hyperlinks into Drawing Files
535(7)
Defining the Hyperlink
537(2)
Hyperlinking to a File by Area
539(1)
Accessing Multiple Hyperlinks Within a Nested Block
539(1)
Hyperlink Editing
540(2)
Removing a Hyperlink from a Drawing
542(1)
Drawing Web Format
542(3)
Setting the File Resolution and Compression of a DWF File
545(1)
Introduction to Volo View Express
546(4)
Manipulating the File Within Volo View Explorer
548(1)
Using Volo View Express to View a Drawing File in Microsoft Word
549(1)
Project Collaboration and Buzzsaw.com
550(1)
Summary
551(4)
V: Becoming a Master of AutoCAD
Customizing Made Easy
555(34)
Customizing AutoCAD to Fit the Way You Work
556(4)
Using Scripts to Automate AutoCAD
556(2)
Modifying the Keyboard Shortcuts
558(2)
Customizing the AutoCAD Interface
560(20)
Dynamically Customizing the Toolbars
560(2)
Adding Commands to Your New Toolbar
562(1)
Loading a Modified MNU File
563(1)
Customizing a Button's Appearance
564(2)
Changing a Button's Macro
566(2)
Assigning an AutoLISP Routine to a Button
568(2)
Modifying the ACAD MNU File
570(1)
Modifying the Button Menu Group
571(2)
Creating Your Own Pull-Down Menu
573(1)
Modifying the Tablet Menu Section
574(2)
Helpstrings
576(1)
Accelerator Keys
576(4)
Loading Partial Menus
580(3)
Embedding Data From Other Sources Using OLE
583(4)
Exporting an AutoCAD Drawing Using the Clipboard
585(1)
Editing an Embedded AutoCAD Drawing Object
586(1)
Summary
587(2)
A Primer for AutoLISP and VBA
589(64)
Using VBA and AutoLISP
590(1)
Once and Future LISP
590(33)
Getting Started with AutoLISP
591(7)
Using the Visual LISP Editor
598(8)
Interacting with the AutoCAD Drawing Database
606(9)
Adding a Dialog Box in AutoLISP
615(8)
Visual Basic for Applications
623(28)
An Overview of the VBA Model
624(2)
Exploring the VBA Integrated Development Environment
626(4)
Starting a New VBA Project
630(5)
Running and Debugging Your VBA Program
635(2)
Using More Objects, Methods, and Properties
637(4)
Creating a Form in VBA
641(4)
Event-Driven Programming
645(5)
Running VBA Programs
650(1)
Summary
651(2)
External Database Connection
653(34)
Accessing External Data with db Connect
654(1)
Connecting to a Database
654(1)
Using ODBC to Make the Connection
654(1)
Connecting to a Database Using OLE DB
655(1)
Connecting to a Database via the dbConnect Manager
655(6)
Creating a New Query
661(10)
Working with the Data View Window
667(4)
Using a Link Template to Link Objects to a Database
671(8)
Linking Drawing Objects to the Table
673(4)
Exporting Links
677(2)
Creating Labels As You Link Drawing Objects
679(4)
Attached Labels
680(1)
Creating Freestanding Labels
680(1)
Attaching a Label to a Drawing Object
681(1)
Creating Freestanding Labels
682(1)
Reloading Labels to Update Your Drawing
682(1)
Editing Individual Links in the Drawing
682(1)
Synchronizing Database Links in the Drawing
683(1)
Deleting Links from the Drawing
684(1)
Exporting Link and Query Sets
684(1)
Summary
684(3)
Visualization
687(32)
AutoCAD's 3D Capabilities
688(1)
Creating Solids from 2D Polylines
689(9)
Defining the User Coordinate System
691(1)
Creating a Complex Primitive
691(2)
Placing Objects Along the Z-Axis
693(4)
Using the Fillet Command to Smoothe Edges
697(1)
3D Orbit
698(2)
The 3D Orbit Viewing Options
699(1)
Generating 2D Working Drawings from a 3D Model
700(1)
Enhancing Your 3D Image
701(2)
Hidden Line Images
702(1)
Shaded Images
702(1)
Creating Rendered Images
703(12)
Lighting Up Your Model
705(4)
Using Materials to Provide Rendered Detail
709(2)
Mapping
711(3)
Additional Rendering Effects in AutoCAD 2000
714(1)
Using Scenes in Rendering
714(1)
Saving, Printing, and Exporting Rendered Models
715(1)
Related Applications
715(1)
Summary
716(3)
VI: Beyond AutoCAD
Introduction to Architectural Desktop
719(18)
Introduction to Part VI
720(1)
Transitioning to Architectural Desktop
720(5)
Conceptual Design
721(3)
Working with Objects
724(1)
View-Dependent Display
725(4)
Multiview Blocks
727(1)
Display Representations
727(2)
Specific Features of Architectural Desktop
729(7)
Layer Groups
729(2)
Grids
731(1)
Walls
732(1)
Doors and Windows
732(1)
Stairs
733(1)
Roofs
733(1)
Design Content Library and Annotation Symbols
734(1)
Scheduling
735(1)
Elevations
736(1)
Generate Perspectives
736(1)
Summary
736(1)
Introduction to Mechanical Desktop
737(20)
From Concept to Reality
738(3)
Constructing a 3D Solid Model
741(1)
Surface Modeling
742(1)
Assembly
743(1)
Degrees of Freedom
743(1)
The Desktop Browser
744(1)
Why You Need a Desktop Browser
744(1)
Visualization
745(1)
Stereolithography and Rapid Prototyping
746(1)
Exporting Drawings in STL Format
747(1)
Manufacturing Concurrent Engineering
747(1)
Computer Numerical Control (CNC)
748(1)
Concurrent Engineering
748(1)
Case History
748(4)
Using Mechanical Desktop to Facilitate the Project
749(1)
Reworking the Model
750(1)
The End Result
751(1)
The History of Autodesk's Solid Modeling Software
752(1)
Summary
753(4)
VII: Appendixes
A Taking Advantage of AutoCAD's Keyboard Shortcuts 757(10)
Quicker Access to Your Favorite Commands
758(9)
B AutoCAD Environment Options 767(8)
Options at a Glance
768(7)
The Files Tab
768(1)
The Display Tab
768(1)
The Open and Save Tab
769(1)
The Plotting Tab
769(1)
The System Tab
770(1)
The User Preferences Tab
770(2)
The Drafting Tab
772(1)
The Selection Tab
772(1)
The Profiles Tab
773(2)
C AutoCAD Migration Assistance 775
Converting Files with the Migration Assistant
776

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