No Experience Required

AutoCAD: NER teaches AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT essentials to new users with concise explanations, focused examples, step-by-step instructions, and a hands-on tutorial project that runs throughout the book. The opening chapters of this fully revised book introduce readers to the AutoCAD interface, basic commands, and creating drawings. The middle chapters build upon the basics and introduce more advanced features and skills, such as grouping, elevations, hatches, and using text in drawings. The final chapters round out a beginner’s skill set by introducing dimensioning, external references, layouts and printing, and using 3D. The book also features a glossary and a supporting web site with the project files, a bonus chapter on using the internet with AutoCAD, an appendix on attributes, and another appendix on dynamic blocks.