 |  AutoCAD 2004 Instructor: A Student Guide to Complete Coverage of AutoCAD's Commands and Features James A. Leach,
University of Louisville
What's NewList of new and important features in AutoCAD 2004 Instructor
• About 800 new screen captures are included to illustrate the new look of AutoCAD 2004 and the Microsoft XP operating system.
• A “2004” bar in the margins make it simple to locate all the new features in the book.
Discussion of:
• Tool Palettes to drag and drop blocks and hatch patterns into your drawings
• How to customize your own Tool Palettes
• Password Protect and attach Digital Signatures to your AutoCAD drawings
• The new Shadeplot option to print drawings in any Shademode, such as Shaded, Rendered, or as displayed on the screen
• Express Tools [in its own online chapter]
• The new format for DesignCenter and how to gain access to DesignCenter Online to drag and drop blocks from Internet sources
• The new Qnew command to quickly begin a drawing using your specific template
• Xopen to open any current Xref drawing in a separate window
• The new Multiline Text Editor with hints on text formatting, tabs, indents, and shortcuts
• Multiple Undo and Multiple Redo to select from a list of commands that you want to reverse
• The new, simpler features for editing with Grips
• The new Revcloud and Wipeout commands
• Communication Center to automatically receive software updates and information from Autodesk
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2004 McGraw-Hill Higher Education