AutoCAD 2000 - The complete reference

A celerate your technical drafting and design skills with AutoCAD 2000, the latest version of the world's most popular CAD software. AutoCAD 2000: The Complete Reference covers everything from 3-D drawing to working with external databases and shows you how to take advantage of all the powerful features, such as the new multiple drawing interface, Express Tools, built-in rendering capabilities, the new plotting interface, and a wealth of Internet file-sharing and publishing capabilities. Whether you're a student, architect, technical designer, or mechanical engineer, this onestop tutorial and reference demonstrates how both beginners and experts can get the most out of this exceptional software.
Find out how to:

• Open multiple AutoCAD drawings simultaneously and reuse components and settings from each drawing through simple drag-and-drop operations
  
• Master AutoCAD 2000 faster with the Windotrs/MS-Office-compatible interface and drawing setup wizards
  
• Take advantage of new tools like AutoTrack and Polar Tracking to accelerate precision drawing routines
  
• Leverage the Internet with the most complete coverage of AutoCAD's Internet publishing and file sharing functions
  
• Create compound documents through the use of external references, SQL database links, and OLE
  
• Use AutoCAD's new plotting interface and enhanced multiple-layout Paper Space environment to easily create many different drawings from a single AutoCAD file
  
• Produce professional, presentation-quality drawings with improved modeling and rendering tools
  
• Design and manipulate objects in 3-D as easily as .working on 2-D drawings
  
• Customize AutoCAD through the use of menus, toolbars, AutoLISP, and ActiveX, even if you've never programmed before

Table of contents

Part 1: AutoCAD Basics

Chapter 1: Getting Started with AutoCAD

Chapter 2: Drawing Basics

Chapter 3: Creating Simple 2-D Objects

Chapter 4: Creating More Complex 2-D Objects

Chapter 5: Viewing Your Drawing

Chapter 6: Working with Coordinates

Chapter 7: Modifying Objects

Part 2: Moving Beyone the Basics

Chapter 8: Orqanizing Drawing Information

Chapter 9:Getting Drawing Information

Chapter 10:Editing Complex Objects

Chapter 11: Changing Properties

Chapter 12: Adding Cross Hatching

Chapter 13: Dimensioning Your Drawing

Chapter 14: Working with Blocks, Attributes, and External

Part 3: Becoming an Expert

Chapter 15: Drawing in Three Dimensions

Chapter 16: Editing in Three Dimensions

Chapter 17: Editing Three- Dimensional Solids

Chapter 18: Creating Three-Dimensional Images

Chapter 19: Using Raster Images

Chapter 20: Working with Other Applications

Part 4: Advanced Topics

Chapter 21: Web-Enabling AutoCAD Drawings

Chapter 22: Leveraging the Internet

Chapter 23: Working with external Databases

Chapter 24: Customizing AutoCAD without Programming

Chapter 25: Some Programming Required

Appendix

Index