AutoCAD SECRETS EVERY USER SHOULD KNOW

AutoCAD
SECRETS EVERY USER SHOULD KNOW

Pages: 435

Contents:

Chapter 1 ■ AutoCAD Productivity 1

Design Standards 2
AutoCAD Best Practices 5
Feature Review (All Releases) 12

Chapter 2 ■ Managing Your System 41

Managing Files 42
Managing AutoCAD 45
Directories 60
Why DOS Isn’t Dead Yet 62
External Commands and Command Aliases 68

Chapter 3 ■ Customizing the AutoCAD Interface 73

Tool Palettes (All Releases) 74
The Customizable User Interface (CUI) 83
Linetypes (All Releases) 97

Chapter 4 ■ Applying Graphics Standards 105

Dimensions 106
Dimensioning Rules 130
Text Styles 133
Linetypes and Weights 135
Applying Standards 143

Chapter 5 ■ Symbols, Tables, and Fields

Chapter 6 ■ Plotting 195

Model Space, Paper Space, and Layouts 196
What to Put Where 212
Plotting a Layout 220
AutoCAD Graphics in Other Applications 243

Chapter 7 ■ AutoCAD Scripts 247

Characteristics of Scripts 248
Writing and Running Scripts 248
Updating Thousands of Drawings 258

Chapter 8 ■ AutoLISP by Example:

Getting Started 273
Background 274
Writing AutoLISP Programs 275
AutoLISP Examples 282
Automatic Loading 306

Chapter 9 ■ AutoLISP by Example: Getting Better

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