Gindis - Up and running with AutoCAD 2016: 2D and 3D drawing and modeling

1. About the Author
2. Preface
3. Level 1: Chapters 110
   1. Chapter 1. AutoCAD FundamentalsPart I
   2. Chapter 2. AutoCAD FundamentalsPart II
   3. Chapter 3. Layers, Colors, Linetypes, and Properties
   4. Chapter 4. Text, Mtext, Editing, and Style
   5. Chapter 5. Hatch Patterns
   6. Chapter 6. Dimensions
   7. Chapter 7. Blocks, Wblocks, Dynamic Blocks, Groups, and Purge
   8. Chapter 8. Polar, Rectangular, and Path Arrays
   9. Chapter 9. Basic Printing and Output
   10. Chapter 10. Advanced OutputPaper Space
   11. Level 1: Answers to Review Questions
       1. Level 1. Answers to Review Questions
4. Level 2: Chapters 1120
   1. Chapter 11. Advanced Linework
   2. Chapter 12. Advanced Layers
   3. Chapter 13. Advanced Dimensions
   4. Chapter 14. Options, Shortcuts, CUI, Design Center, and Express Tools
   5. Chapter 15. Advanced Design and File Management Tools
   6. Chapter 16. Importing and Exporting Data
   7. Chapter 17. External References (Xrefs)
   8. Chapter 18. Attributes
   9. Chapter 19. Advanced Output and Pen Settings
   10. Chapter 20. Isometric Drawing
   11. Level 2: Answers to Review Questions
       1. Level 2. Answers to Review Questions
5. Level 3: Chapters 2130
   1. Chapter 21. 3D Basics
   2. Chapter 22. Object Manipulation
   3. Chapter 23. Boolean Operations and Primitives
   4. Chapter 24. Solid Modeling
   5. Chapter 25. Advanced Solids, Faces, and Edges
   6. Chapter 26. Surfaces and Meshes
   7. Chapter 27. Slicing, Sectioning, Layouts, and Vports
   8. Chapter 28. Advanced UCS, Views, Text, and Dimensions in 3D
   9. Chapter 29. Dview, Camera, Walk and Fly, Path Animation
   10. Chapter 30. Lighting and Rendering
   11. Level 3: Answers to Review Questions
       1. Level 3. Answers to Review Questions
6. Appendix A. Additional Information on AutoCAD
7. Appendix B. Other CAD Software, Design and Analysis Tools, and Concepts
8. Appendix C. File Extensions
9. Appendix D. Custom Linetypes and Hatch Patterns
10. Appendix E. Principles of CAD Management
11. Appendix F. AutoLISP Basics and Advanced Customization Tools
12. Appendix G. PC Hardware, Printers/Plotters, Networks, and the Cloud
13. Appendix J. 3D Printing
14. Appendix M. AutoCAD Humor, Oddities, Quirks, and Easter Eggs
15. Appendix N. The Future of AutoCAD

Elliot Gindis

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gindis, Elliot.

Up and running with AutoCAD 2016. 2D and 3D drawing and modeling / Elliot Gindis.

p. cm.

Includes index.

Summary: Throughout the book, the following methods are used to present material:Explain the new concept or command and why it is important.Cover the command step by step (if needed), with your input and AutoCAD responses shown so you can follow and learn them.Give you a chance to apply just-learned knowledge to a real-life exercise, drawing, or model.Test yourself with end-of-chapter quizzes and drawing exercises that ask questions about the essential knowledgeProvided by publisher.

ISBN: 978-0-12-803572-6 (pbk.)

Computer graphics. 2. AutoCAD. 3. Computer-aided design. 4. Three-dimensional display systems. I. Title.

II. Title: 2D and 3D drawing and modeling.

T385.G5424 2011 620.00420285536dc23

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Elliot Gindis

A textbook of this magnitude is rarely a product of only one persons effort. I thank all the early and ongoing reviewers of this text and Chris Ramirez of Vertical Technologies Consulting for research and ideas when most needed as well as using the text in his classroom. A big thank you also to Karen Miletsky at the Pratt Institute of Design, Russell and Titu Sarder at Netcom Information Technology, and everyone at the New York Institute of Technology, RoboTECH CAD solutions, Future Media Concepts, and other premier training centers, colleges, and universities for their past and present support.

Extensive gratitude also goes to Joseph P. Hayton, Stephen R. Merken, Peter Jardim, Jeff Freeland, Kathleen Chaney, Gnomi Schrift Gouldin, and the rest of the team at Elsevier for believing in the project and for their invaluable support in getting the book out to market. Thank you also to Denis Cadu of Autodesk for all the support at the Autodesk Developers Network.

Finally, I thank my friends and family, especially my parents, Boris and Tatyana Gindis, and my wonderful wife, Marina, for their patience and encouragement as I undertake the lengthy annual effort of bringing this textbook to life.

This book is dedicated to the hundreds of students who have passed through my classrooms and made teaching the enjoyable adventure it has become.

April 2015