ch. 1 Getting Started -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Starting AutoCAD -- AutoCAD Application Window -- AutoCAD Commands and Input Methods -- Getting Help -- Beginning a New Drawing -- Opening an Existing Drawing -- Setting up the Drawing Environment -- Working with Multiple Drawings -- Saving a Drawing -- Exiting AutoCAD -- Review Questions -- ch. 2 Fundamentals I -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Constructing Geometric Figures -- Object Selection -- Modifying Objects -- Review Questions -- ch. 3 Fundamentals II -- Introduction -- Obectives -- Drafting Settings -- Display Control -- Setting Multiple Viewports -- Creating and Modifying Layers -- Wildcards and Named Objects -- U, Undo, and Redo Commands -- Review Questions -- ch. 4 Fundamentals III -- Objectives -- Drawing Construction Lines -- Drawing Polygons -- Drawing Ellipses -- Drawing Polylines -- Drawing Text -- Editing Text -- Creating and Modifying Text Styles.

Contents note continued: Creating and Modifying Tables -- Creating Objects from Existing Objects -- Modifying Objects -- Review Questions -- ch. 5 Fundamentals Iv -- Objectives -- Constructing Geometric Figures -- Object Selection -- Object Selection Modes -- Select Similar Tool -- Object Creation from an Existing Object -- Modifying Objects -- Review Questions -- ch. 6 Fundamentals V -- Objectives -- Multilines -- Spline Curves -- Wipeout -- Revision Cloud -- Editing with Grips -- Selecting Objects by Quick Select -- Selection Set by Filter Tool -- Changing Properties of Selected Objects -- Grouping Objects -- Information about Objects -- System Variables -- Review Questions -- ch. 7 Dimensioning -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Dimension Terminology -- Associative, Nonassociative, and Exploded Dimensions -- Dimensioning Commands -- Editing Dimensions and Dimension Text -- Dimension Styles -- Overriding the Dimension Feature -- Updating Dimensions -- Inspecting Dimensions.

Contents note continued: Review Questions -- ch. 8 Plotting And Layouts -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Planning the Plotted Sheet -- Working in Model Space and Paper Space -- Plotting from Model Space -- Plotting from Layouts -- Reconfiguring the Layout with Page Setup -- Creating a Layout by Layout Wizard -- Annotative Scaling -- Making Things Look Right for Plotting -- Creating a Plotstyle Table -- Configuring Plotters -- Review Questions -- ch. 9 Hatching, Gradients, And Boundaries -- Objectives -- What Is Hatching? -- What Is Gradient Fill? -- Hatch and Gradient Fill with the Hatch Command -- Hatch Patterns Using Tool Palettes -- Editing Hatches and Gradients -- Controlling the Visibility of Hatch Patterns -- Review Questions -- ch. 10 Parametric Drawing Using Constraints -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Constraints -- Review Questions -- ch. 11 Block References And Attributes -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Creating Blocks -- Inserting Block References -- Nested Blocks.

Contents note continued: EXPLODE Command -- BASE Command -- Attributes -- Dividing Objects -- Measuring Objects -- Dynamic Blocks -- Review Questions -- ch. 12 External References And Images -- Introduction -- Objectives -- External References -- External References and Dependent Symbols -- Attaching and Manipulating Xrefs with the External References Palette -- Adding Dependent Symbols to the Current Drawing -- Controlling the Display of External References -- Editing Reference Files/Xref Edit Control -- Managing External References -- Managing Images -- Review Questions -- ch. 13 Autocad Designcenter And Content Explorer -- Introduction -- Objectives -- The DesignCenter Window -- Opening the DesignCenter Window -- Positioning the DesignCenter Window -- Viewing Content -- Working with DesignCenter -- Adding Content to Drawings -- Content Explorer, Content Service and Seek -- Review Questions -- ch. 14 Utility Commands -- Objectives -- Tool Palettes -- Partial Load.

Contents note continued: Drawing Properties -- QuickCalc -- Managing Named Objects -- Deleting Unused Named Objects -- Command Modifier-Multiple -- Utility Display Commands -- Changing the Display Order of Objects -- Changing the Direction of Objects -- Object Properties -- Coordinate Filters-Object Snap Enhancement -- Shell Command -- Setting Up a Drawing -- Layer Translator -- Time Command -- Audit Command -- Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) -- Security, Passwords, and Encryption -- Custom Settings with the Options Dialog Box -- Saving Objects in Other File Formats (Exporting) -- Importing Various File Formats -- Standards -- Action Recorder -- Slides and Scripts -- Workspaces -- Review Questions -- ch. 15 Internet Utilities And Drawing Sets -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Launching the Default Web Browser -- InfoCenter and Autodesk Exchange -- Opening and Saving Drawings from the Internet -- Working with Hyperlinks -- Design Web Format.

Contents note continued: Publishing AutoCAD Drawings to the Web -- Publishing AutoCAD Drawings to DWF Format -- eTransmit Utility -- Drawing Sets -- Review Questions -- ch. 16 Autocad 3D -- Introduction -- Objectives -- What Is 3D and Why Use It? -- Going from 2D to 3D -- Specifying 3D Points -- Special Objects in 3D -- 3D Workspaces and Templates -- Displaying 3D Objects -- Coordinate Systems -- Viewing in 3D with the ViewCube Tool -- 3D Modeling -- Editing In 3D -- Mass Properties of a Solid -- Hiding Objects -- Placing Multiviews in Paper Space -- Generating Views in Viewports -- Generating Profiles -- Review Questions -- ch. 17 Rendering -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Visual Styles -- Rendering a Model -- Setting up Lighting -- Sun & Location -- Attaching Materials -- Creating a Walkthrough -- Review Questions -- ch. 18 Customizing Autocad -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Customizing the User Interface -- External Commands and Aliases -- Customizing Menus with Macros.

Contents note continued: Customizing Hatch Patterns -- Customizing Shapes and Text Fonts -- Custom Linetypes -- Express Tools -- Customizing and Programming Language -- Review Questions -- Note: Chapter 19 and the appendices are not printed in the text. They are located on the CAD Connect Website. See page xii of the Introduction for instructions on how to access the website -- ch. 19 Visual Lisp -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Background -- A Test Drive of Visual ISP -- VLISP Fundamentals -- Making an Application -- Project Definition -- View Toolbar -- Autolisp Basics -- Lists -- Exercise -- Pausing for User Input -- Elementary Functions -- List Handling Functions -- Type-Changing Functions -- Input Functions -- Conditional and Logic Functions -- Custom Commands and Functions -- What is the Database? -- Debug Your Program -- AutoCAD Development System (ADS) -- Review Questions.