"Previously authored by Bill Fane"--Cover.

Includes index.

Part 1. Getting started with AutoCAD

Introducing AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT

The grand tour of AutoCAD

A lap around the CAD track

Setup for success

A zoom with a view

Part 2. Let there be lines

Along the straight and narrow

Dangerous curves ahead

Preciseliness in next to CADliness

Manage your properties

Grabbing onto object selection

Edit for credit

Planning for paper

Part 3. If drawings could talk

Text with character

Entering new dimensions

Down the hatch!

The plot thickens

Part 4. Advancing with AutoCAD

The ABCs of blocks

Everything from arrays to Xrefs

Call the parametrics!

Drawing on the internet

Part 5. On a 3D spree

It's a 3D world after all

From drawings to models

It's showtime!

AutoCAD plays well with others

Part 6. The part of tens

Ten AutoCAD resources

Ten system variables to make your AutoCAD life easier

Ten AutoCAD secrets