Comprehensive and arranged alphabetically, this reference covers nearly every command and variable in AutoCAD 2000 and details hundreds of new features and time-saving tips for intermediate and advanced users. This book will save valuable time and increase productivity with hundreds of tips culled from the author's years of experience as an AutoCAD user and instructor.

For courses in AutoCAD and Computer-Aided Drawing. A Tutorial Guide to AutoCAD 2000 provides a step-by-step introduction to AutoCAD, with commands taught "in context." Lockhart begins this book providing step-by-step instructions using commands and techniques. Later, individual steps are no longer provided, and readers are asked to apply what they have learned by completing sequences on their own. Carefully developed pedagogy reinforces the cumulative learning approach and supports readers in becoming skilled AutoCAD users.

With AutoCAD 2000 For Dummies, you'll quickly discover just how easy it is to create professional-quality designs and drawings. Authors Mark Middlebrook and Bud Smith show you how to set up a design, draw and edit lines, add text and dimensions, even incorporate AutoCAD documents into your Web pages-all while avoiding those common gotchas." Whether you're a new AutoCAD user or you've just upgraded to AutoCAD 2000, this easy-to-use reference delivers all the answers you need to get up to speed. Inside, find helpful advice on how to: * Discover the new AutoCAD 2000 features-and put them to work * Take full advantage of color and lineweight with the new AutoCAD 2000 approach * Use both menu and toolbar access to commands * Set up a drawing so that it prints without problems * Speed up your work by using the command line as an accelerator * Enhance your Web pages with the new AutoCAD 2000 Web access features * Increase accessibility of your AutoCAD drawings by using AutoCAD DesignCenter

For courses in AutoCAD in Technology Education and Industrial Technology programs. A beginner's guide for learning AutoCAD 2000 software to create 2D and 3D computer-aided drawings, this text enables students to learn to use the software in the easiest possible manner. Information is based on a generic systems approach, and the terms most commonly used in creating, editing, displaying, plotting, and printing drawings are carefully defined and explained. Students can thus understand the basics for using the software and then apply these to their own areas of expertise.