Bring your design vision to life with this full-color guide to AutoCAD 2013! Used by everyone from engineers and architects to interior designers and draftspeople, AutoCAD 2013 is the world s leading 2D and 3D technical drawing program. But, with so many options and features available, finding your way around AutoCAD can be a challenge, even for experienced CAD professionals. AutoCAD 2013 For Dummies is here to help. You ll learn to build a solid foundation for all your projects, use standard CAD techniques, get familiar with new tools and features, and start sharing your models and designs in no time with this easy-to-follow guide. Covers the latest AutoCAD features and techniques, including creating a basic layout, navigating the AutoCAD Ribbon, drawing and editing, working with dimensions, adding text, creating 3D models, and more Walks readers through setting up a drawing environment, applying visual styles, managing data across several drawings, and showcasing your designs to potential clients and customers Features full-color illustrations that mirror what you ll see on your AutoCAD 2013 screens plus a companion website with downloadable drawing files so you can put your CAD skills to the test Whether you re an AutoCAD amateur or a modeling master, AutoCAD 2013 For Dummies has something for you.

Bring your design vision to life with this full-color guideto AutoCAD 2013!Used by everyone from engineers and architects to interiordesigners and draftspeople, AutoCAD 2013 is the world'sleading 2D and 3D technical drawing program. But, with so manyoptions and features available, finding your way around AutoCAD canbe a challenge, even for experienced CAD professionals. AutoCAD2013 For Dummies is here to help. You'll learn to build asolid foundation for all your projects, use standard CADtechniques, get familiar with new tools and features, and startsharing your models and designs in no time with this easy-to-followguide.* Covers the latest AutoCAD features and techniques, includingcreating a basic layout, navigating the AutoCAD Ribbon, drawing andediting, working with dimensions, adding text, creating 3D modelsand more* Walks readers through setting up a drawing environmentapplying visual styles, managing data across several drawings, andshowcasing your designs to potential clients and customers* Features full-color illustrations that mirror what you'llsee on your AutoCAD 2013 screens plus a companion website withdownloadable drawing files so you can put your CAD skills to thetestWhether you're an AutoCAD amateur or a modeling masterAutoCAD 2013 For Dummies has something for you.

Introduction 1Part I: AutoCAD 101 11Chapter 1: Introducing AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 13Chapter 2: Le Tour de AutoCAD 2013 23Chapter 3: A Lap around the CAD Track 55Chapter 4: Setup for Success 85Chapter 5: Planning for Paper 109Part II: Let There Be Lines 123Chapter 6: Manage Your Properties 125Chapter 7: Preciseliness Is Next to CADliness 147Chapter 8: Along the Straight and Narrow 163Chapter 9: Dangerous Curves Ahead 177Chapter 10: Get a Grip on Object Selection 193Chapter 11: Edit for Credit 215Chapter 12: A Zoom with a View 243Part III: If Drawings Could Talk 261Chapter 13: Text with Character 263Chapter 14: Entering New Dimensions 297Chapter 15: Down the Hatch! 323Chapter 16: The Plot Thickens 337Part IV: Advancing with AutoCAD 367Chapter 17: The ABCs of Blocks 369Chapter 18: Everything from Arrays to Xrefs 387Chapter 19: Call the Parametrics! 421Chapter 20: Drawing on the Internet 449Part V: On a 3D Spree 469Chapter 21: It's a 3D World After All 471Chapter 22: From Drawings to Models 491Chapter 23: On a Render Bender 515Part VI: The Part of Tens 537Chapter 24: Ten Great AutoCAD Resources 539Chapter 25: Ten (Or So) Differences between AutoCAD and AutoCADLT 543Chapter 26: Ten System Variables to Make Your Life Easier547Index 553