George Omura - Mastering AutoCAD 2016 and AutoCAD LT 2016: Autodesk Official Press

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To the memory of my dear mother Shizuko Omura, who was my first and best teacher: 19132015.

Many talented and hardworking people gave their best effort to produce Mastering AutoCAD 2016 and AutoCAD LT 2016. I offer my sincerest gratitude to those individuals who helped bring this book to you.

Heartfelt thanks go out to the editorial and production teams at Sybex for their efforts. Mary Beth Wakefield managed the project and helped us all make the right connections. Stephanie McComb made sure things got off to a great start and provided support from beginning to end. Gary Schwartz skillfully managed the development process. Richard Hawley did an excellent technical editing job and offered many great suggestions. On the production side, once again, Dassi Zeidel kept the production end of things running smoothly, and Liz Welch made sure that I wasnt trying out new uses of the English language.

Thanks also go to Denis Cadu, who has always given his support to our efforts over many projects. Jim Quanci always gives his generous and thoughtful assistance to us author types. Thanks to Elinor Actipis for providing help with general Autodesk matters. Finally, thanks go to Melissa D. Schmidt and Shari Nemerovski of the AutoCAD Customer Counsel team and everyone at the Autodesk beta team for generously allowing us to have a look at the prerelease software.

And a great big thank-you to my family and friends, who have been there for me through thick and thin.

George Omura is a licensed architect, Autodesk Authorized Author, and CAD specialist with more than 28 years of experience in AutoCAD and over 35 years of experience in architecture. He has worked on design projects ranging from resort hotels to metropolitan transit systems. George has written numerous other AutoCAD books for Sybex, including Introducing AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010 and Mastering AutoCAD 2015 and AutoCAD LT 2015.

Brian C. Benton is a senior engineering technician, CAD service provider, technical writer, and blogger. He has over 20 years of experience in various design fields (mechanical, structural, civil, survey, marine, environmental) and is well versed in many design software packages (CAD, GIS, and graphics). He is Cadalyst magazines Tip Patroller, AUGI HotNews production manager, and Infinite Skills AutoCAD training video author.

Welcome to Mastering AutoCAD 2016 and AutoCAD LT 2016. As many readers have already discovered, this book is a unique blend of tutorial and reference that includes everything that you need to get started and stay ahead with Autodesk AutoCAD software. With this edition, you get coverage of the latest features of both AutoCAD 2016 and AutoCAD LT 2016 software along with detailed information on existing features.

Rather than just showing you how each command works, this book shows you AutoCAD 2016 in the context of a meaningful activity. Youll learn how to use commands while working on an actual project and progressing toward a goal. This book also provides a foundation on which you can build your own methods for using AutoCAD and become an AutoCAD expert. For this reason, we havent covered every single command or every permutation of a command response. You should think of this book as a way to get a detailed look at AutoCAD as its used on a real project. As you follow the exercises, we also encourage you to explore AutoCAD on your own, applying the techniques that you learn to your own work.