AutoCAD(R) 2005: A Building Approach, Book 1: Learning the Basics

The purpose of this book and its series companions, AutoCAD 2005: A Building Approach, Book 2: Taking Command and AutoCAD 2005: A Building Approach, Book 3: From Concept to Application is to teach the fundamentals of AutoCAD 2005 in a step-by-step approach--taking users from opening the AutoCAD program for the very first time to being able to efficiently use the basic commands to set up, draw, and print simple, but professional engineering drawings. Instead of overwhelming users with the many commands available in AutoCAD 2005, these books focus on teaching the most efficient methods of operation, so that users quickly become productive CAD operators. Basics of the AutoCAD Program; Putting Lines on a Drawing; Modifying Objects on a Drawing; Drawing Regular-Shaped Objects; Getting in Close and Moving Around a Drawing; Drawing Curved Shapes; Putting Text on a Drawing; Using a Template and Setting a Drawing's Parameters; and Using Engineering Scales. For anyone wanting to learn AutoCAD.