Inside AutoCAD 2000

• Solutions to the problem most often faced by companies when they upgrade to the newest software release
  
• Complete hands-on coverage in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-read format
  
• The CD includes all files for the excercises used in the book

Table of contents

Introduction

Part I: Introducing AutoCAD 2000

1: What's New in AutoCAD 2000

Part II: Starting New Projects with AutoCAD 2000

2: Starting a Drawing in AutoCAD 2000

3: Controlling the AutoCAD 2000 Drawing Environment

4: Organizing a Drawing with Layers

5: Using Linetypes and Lineweights Effectively

Part III: Creating and Editing Drawings

6: Accuracy in Creating Drawings with AutoCAD 2000

7: Creating Elementary Objects

8: Creating Polylines and Splines

9: Understanding the Query Features in AutoCAD 2000

10: Basic Object Editing

11: Advanced Geometry Editing

12: Applications for the New AutoCAD DesignCenter

13: Creating and Using Blocks

14: Working with Drawings and External References Productively

Part IV: Annotating, Dimensioning, and Plotting

15: Text Annotation

16: Drawing Hatch Patterns

17: Productive Dimensioning

18: Advanced Dimensioning

19: Paper Space Layouts

20: Productive Plotting

Part V: Customizing and Advanced Concepts

21: Customizing Without Programming

22: Introduction to AutoLISP Programming

23: Effective Applications for OLE Objects in AutoCAD 2000

24: Using External Databases

Part VI: CAD on the Internet

25: Publishing on the Web

26: Project Collaboration over the Internet

Part VII: AutoCAD in 3D

27: Introduction to 3D

28: Drawing in 3D in AutoCAD

29: Surfacing in 3D

30: Solid Modeling

31: Rendering in 3D

Part VIII: Advanced Topics

32: Visual LISP

33: Advanced Customization

34: AutoCAD 2000 Migration Assistance

35: Customizing with DIESEL

36: Installing 2000 in the Business Environment

37: Advanced Plotting

Part IX: Reference Materials

A: Before the Drawing Begins: Planning and Organizing Projects

B: The Express Tools

C: What You'll Find on the CD-ROM

Index