AutoCAD 2002 Bible (With CD-ROM)

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From the Back Cover
If AutoCAD 2002 can do it, you can do it too … Packed with practical, real-world examples and authoritative advice, the AutoCAD 2002 Bible is your complete guide to the best AutoCAD yet. Expert author Ellen Finkelstein shows you how to master every aspect of this powerful design software, from 2D drawing and plotting fundamentals to database interactions, VBA and AutoLISP programming, Internet collaboration, and more. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of AutoCAD 2002

• Discover the latest techniques for creating high-quality drawings
• Master precision tools for creating 2D and 3D drawings and renderings
• Learn to use new features for manipulating blocks (symbols) and their attributes (properties)
• Explore updated methods for getting your drawings on the Web and collaborating via the Internet
• Control your drawings with new CAD Standards features
• Harness the advanced database access and data-sharing features of AutoCAD
• Customize AutoCAD to fit the way you work for maximum productivity

Loaded CD-ROM includes

• AutoCAD 2002 15-day trial version
• 160+ sample drawings and support files
• Extensive parts and symbols libraries
• 40+ shareware/freeware software programs

Product Description
The AutoCAD 2002 Bible will show you how to master the complexities of the world's most popular technical drawing program. This book covers everything you will ever need to know about AutoCAD, from fundamental commands to AutoLISP programming. You will also learn new techniques for creating high-quality 2D drawings, discover enhanced capabilities for 3D rendering, modeling, and shading. And you can customize AutoCAD to fit the way they work.

The AutoCAD 2002 Bible covers product enhancements first introduced with the AutoCAD 2000i interim software, including internet-driven design capabilities. Find out how you can now publish to the Web and collaborate with designers and customers on line. Also included is a loaded CD-ROM with more than 160 source and final drawings used in the examples and tutorials used throughout the book. In addition, you get more than 40 shareware and freeware programs, extensive parts and symbols libraries, and a complete third-party software reference guide.

From Book News, Inc.
In this text, consultant and teacher Finkelstein provides a practical guide to mastering AutoCAD 2002. Topics include the latest techniques for creating high-quality drawings, master precision tools for creating 2D and 3D drawings and renderings, new features for manipulating blocks and their attributes, updated methods for getting drawings on the Web and collaborating via the Internet, controlling drawings with new CAD standards features, using the advanced database access and data-sharing features, and customizing the program for maximum productivity. The included CD-ROM contains a 15-day trial version of AutoCAD 2002, 160-plus sample drawings and support files, parts and symbols libraries, and about 40 shareware/freeware software programs. The book shows Hungry Minds as the publisher, but that company is now part of Wiley.

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