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AutoCAD 2004 Instructor: A Student Guide to Complete Coverage of AutoCAD's Commands and Features
James A. Leach, University of Louisville


Feature Summary

Features of AutoCAD 2004 Instructor include:

Visual Orientation: Over 1500 illustrations are used to support concepts, commands, and procedures.

Easy Update from AutoCAD 2000 and 2002: All new features and commands are easily identified by a unique “2002” and “2004” bar in the margin.

Abundant Screen Captures: About 800 new screen captures are included to illustrate the new look of AutoCAD 2004 and the Microsoft XP operating system.

Special “Tips”: The “TIP” icon identifies important procedures otherwise discovered only after much experience.

Instructive Command Tables: Command Tables indicate how every command can be invoked, including icon buttons, command aliases, shortcut menus, digitizing menu, and side menu.

Valuable Reference Guide: Material is simple to locate through the numerous “tabbed” pages and tables, command table index, complete system variables table, organization by command, and complete index by command, option, and concept.

Complete Coverage: There is coverage of the full range of AutoCAD commands, system variables, and features. The finely tuned page layout and simple procedural writing style delivers fundamental concepts first, then moves on to more advanced and specialized features.

Supplemental Material at www.mhhe.com/leach: Dedicated Website includes review questions, numerous additional drawing exercises for architecture, mechanical, and civil/electrical engineering applications, instructor’s solutions manual, and additional information about this and other AutoCAD titles by James Leach.