AutoCAD 2005 For Dummies

the long version

Shows how to use the leading technical drawing software-AutoCAD-and its less-expensive sister product, AutoCAD LT, in the friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies styleShows first-time AutoCAD users how to create precise and efficient 2-D technical drawings and get started with 3-D technical drawingsTopics covered include creating a basic layout; drawing and editing; writing text in drawings; plotting, creating, and editing external reference files; CAD standards; and drawing on the InternetExplores new features in the latest version of AutoCAD, including text improvements, streamlined Plot and Page Setup dialogue boxes, increased emphasis on tool palettes, better tools for transmitting sets of electronic files, and much moreIncludes a new chapter on sheet sets and a new collection of features for creating, managing, and publishing all of the drawings that make up a project