AutoCAD Pocket Reference. Cheryl R. Shrock

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AutoCAD Books by Cheryl R. Shrock:

SECTION 1 - Action Commands

Array

Break

Chamfer

Copy

Divide

Erase

Explode

Extend

Fillet

Match Properties

Measure

Measuring Tools

Mirror

Move

Nudge

Offset

Rotate

Scale

Stretch

Trim

Undo/Redo

Wipeout

Zoom

SECTION 2 - Concepts

Model and Layout options

Model and Layout tabs

Why Layouts are useful

Creating scaled drawings

       Adjusting the viewport scale

       SECTION 3 - Dimensioning

       Dimensioning

       Dimension Styles

       Editing Dimensions

       Linear, Baseline, Continue

       Aligned and Angular

       Arc’s

       Diameter and Radii

       Flip Arrow

       Quick Dimensions

       Breaks and Jogs

       Multileader

       Ignoring Hatch Objects

       Ordinate Dimensioning

       SECTION 4 - Drawing Entities

       Arc

       Blocks

       Multileader and Blocks

       Centermark

       Circle

       Donut

       Ellipse

       Hatch

       Gradient

       Lines

       Point

       Polygon

       Polylines

       Rectangle

       Revision Cloud

       SECTION 5 - How to

       Add a Printer / Plotter

       Create a Page Setup

       Create a Viewport

       Use a Layout

       Create a Template

       Use a Template

       Open an existing File

       Open Multiple Files

       Save a Drawing

       Start a New Drawing

       Create an Autodesk Account

       Save a file to Autodesk 360 Cloud

       Exit AutoCAD

       Customizing a Wheel Mouse

       Selecting Objects

       SECTION 6 - Layers

       Understanding Layers

       Selecting Layers

       Controlling Layers

       Layer Color

       Lineweights

       Creating New Layers

       Load Linetypes

       Layer Match

       Layer Transparency

       SECTION 7 - Input