AutoCAD 2004 Bible

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From the Back Cover
"To get maximum value and performance from AutoCAD, you should have the AutoCAD 2004 Bible right at your fingertips."
–from the foreword by Wayne Hodgins, Strategic Futurist,
Director of Worldwide Learning Strategies, Autodesk, Inc.

If AutoCAD 2004 can do it, you can do it too...

The leading CAD software has the features you need to design and redesign the world. With AutoCAD 2004’s new interface, 80-plus Express Tools for added productivity, text and quality-output enhancements, and new ways to manage drawings, even veteran users need a refresher course. AutoCAD authority Ellen Finkelstein covers every feature, creating a comprehensive guidebook with the clear organization of a reference manual and the practical usability of a tutorial. It’s the only resource that begins with AutoCAD basics and takes you all the way to advanced programming techniques.

Inside, you’ll find complete coverage of AutoCAD 2004

• Learn to make maximum use of the new palette interface
• Discover the easiest ways to create precision drawings
• Explore AutoCAD’s many commands for creating 2D and 3D drawings and renderings
• Master editing and dimensioning techniques
• Control and manipulate your drawing data using blocks, attributes, and external databases
• Share and manage drawing information with the DesignCenter, Web publishing, Tool Palettes, Reference Manager, and cross-application tools
• Customize AutoCAD with command shortcuts, unique toolbars, scripts, linetypes, and hatch patterns
• Use AutoLISP® and VBA to program AutoCAD

Bonus CD-ROM

• Exercise drawings from start to finish
• Trial version of AutoCAD 2004
• Multiple freeware and shareware programs, including AccuRender, 3D-Cab, and GeomCurve
• Author-recommended Web links
• Searchable e-version of the book

About the Author
Ellen Finkelstein learned AutoCAD in Israel, where she always got to pore over the manual because it was in English. After returning to the United States, she started consulting and teaching AutoCAD as well as other computer programs, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Ellen has written books on Word, Power-Point, and Flash (such as Flash MX For Dummies, published by Wiley). Her first book was AutoCAD For Dummies Quick Reference. You’re holding the fourth edition of this book, which previously appeared for AutoCAD releases 14, 2000, and 2002.

Customer Reviews
AutoCAD 2004 Bible, September 10, 2005
Reviewer: Marsha L. Bradley (Bluff City, TN USA)
I bought this to get refreshed in Autocad for a new job and would recommend it to anyone. I can't do without it.

Excellent & Worthwhile, September 28, 2004
Reviewer: Solaiman Taher "irqcan" (canada)
A marvellous and first class, well written and referenced, extremely clear and as if having an AutoCAD instructer sitting next to you. I was a new user to this product and I feel today very comfortable to do my tasks on AutoCAD and feel that this book will be a good guide even for advanced users. Thanks to Ellen Finklestien and I laud your efforts and higly recomment the book to all.

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