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