This beginner's guide to AutoCAD describes the most essential features of AutoCAD release 13 and helps readers grasp the main commands.

This text follows on from 'Beginning AutoCAD R13 for Windows', taking the CAD user with some experience on to topics like attributes and customisation methods as well as increasing the proficiency and productivity of AutoCAD users. Bob McFarlane remains a popular and respected author; his fluent style and carefully crafted exercises present event the most technically challenging concepts clearly and imaginatively. The tutorial style is ideal for students working alone, although teachers will find the exercises and examples a valuable teaching aid in the classroom. The book is suitable for the more advanced City and Guilds schemes as well as the National and Higher Certificates in Draughting and Design. Professional engineers using CAD in the workplace will also find this a useful reference guide. Tutorial style filled with examples and exercises User-friendly, accessible style Ideal follow up to BEGINNING AUTOCAD R13 FOR WINDOWS

New features in AutoCAD 2002 are covered in this book, making it a useful refresher course for anyone using AutoCAD at this level, and upgrading to the new software release. The material in the book is also relevant to anyone using other recent releases, including, AutoCAD 2000.

If you want to maximize your AutoCAD potential, this surefire guide will give you the information and skills required to make a smooth transition from DOS to Windows. With concepts illustrated by real-world architectural and engineering applications, the book will show you step by step how to apply AutoCAD (Release 13) to construct and plot production-quality drawings.

Short tutorials in this guide address all components of Release 13 in a logical order, relating to specific command headings for immediate reference. Presented in a progressive learning sequence, this text provides an introduction to AutoCAD release 13.

This hands-on guide provides beginning and intermediate level AutoCAD users with a full command of Release 13. It offers easy access to specific command information and drawing problems, detailed coverage of Windows for the benefit of new AutoCAD users, a quick-start chapter to get users up and running fast, and easy-to-follow instructions for performing all essential functions. 1,000 illus.