"Omura's explanations are concise, his graphics are excellent, and his examples are practical." --CADalyst The Definitive CAD Resource Updated for 2005 Mastering AutoCAD 2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005 is a fully updated edition of Omura's enduring masterpiece. Once again, he delivers the most comprehensive and comprehensible coverage for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT users including information on the Sheet Set Manager, field command, table tool and the software's other productivity enhancers. If you've never used AutoCAD, the tutorial approach and step-by-step instruction will help you get started right away. If you're an AutoCAD veteran, in-depth explanations of AutoCAD's newest and most advanced features will help you become an AutoCAD expert. Whatever your experience, however you use AutoCAD, you'll refer to this indispensable resource again and again. Coverage includes: Finding your way around the AutoCAD interface Creating and developing an AutoCAD drawing Keeping track of your projects with the new sheet set manager Importing spreadsheets and editing tables with the new Table tool Updating text automatically with the new field command Controlling your drawings' printed output Discovering hidden features Mastering the 3D modeling and rendering process Customizing AutoCAD Linking drawings to databases and spreadsheets Managing custom symbols Securing and authenticating your files Aligning and coordinating Layout views Using Publish to share files with non-AutoCAD users Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
As a student in college we get autocad as a course. I dediced to buy this book in order to go further and deeper into the subject. This book is huge in size! George Omura offers guidance step by step, explaining most details; (i was pleased with the guidance, had little difficulties understanding even the more advanced topics) This book is ideal for those wishing to get acquainted to autocad to a fairly advanced level. It offers a very thorough overall knowledge of autocad, suitable to the novice who just started out, climbing up the ladder. The books is composed in a similar way, explaining the basics in the beginning and gradually covering the more advanced topics. Important to mention, is the well organised appearance of the book, containing indexed words, allowing the reader to quickly look up topics by key-words! For those wishing to go all the way, they probably will need to buy an extra book for advanced items such as advanced customisation and 3D but i am sure Omura can teach even some of the experts out there, as he clearly knows his thing. It might be fair to say that i was a bit dissapointed to find not more covered about the 3D aspects of Autocad, but i realised later that Omura wrote a seperate book dedicated to explaining autocad's 3D abibilites in detail, which is understandable, knowing that this book alone is over 1000 pages! I give this book 5 stars, finding the previous 3 stars given, a wrong representation of an excellent book.
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