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by Bob McFarlane MSc BSc ARCST CEng FIED RCADDes MIMechE MBCS FRSA (Author) "AutoCAD 2002 has several new and enhanced features including those listed below ..." (more)
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"Well written, user friendly and authoritative" CAD User magazine

"A well presented and structured book which allows the user to work through the exercises at their own pace. Excellent use of terminology throughout with excellent activities at the rear of the book to practice certain commands." Engineering Professor

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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.

*Introduces new features in AutoCAD 2002
*Provides a thorough grounding in 2D draughting skills
*A self-paced learning experience introducing AutoCAD from square one

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4.0 out of 5 stars Beginning AutoCAD 2002, 8 Nov 2002
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Its scope is to teach only the 2D elements:- lines circles blocks, arrays. Later on it gets into isometric drawing (pseudo 3D), and then investigates the ways that AutoCAD saves time by using standardised layouts and shares information. The author assumes that you have access to AutoCAD and that you know how to use a computer. When he asks you to Save a drawing as..... he assumes that you can do that. Although it can be used as a guide to upgrading from AutoCAD 2000, the main effort is with the beginner.

This book has an unusual look and feel to it in several respects. Its nearly A4 size, printed on slightly glossy paper. It is liberally illustrated with (slightly fuzzy) screen dumps of AutoCAD menus and actual AutoCAD drawings. It resembles something that your collage lecturer might put together. It even SMELLS like collage prints. I'm surprised it doesn't have binder holes (spiral bound would have been better). Usually this would not be important but here it is a definite plus (later). Also it is one of the few guides which is engineering, not architecture based.

AutoCAD is not a skill that can be learned by reading on the bus (I've tried). You need to sit at your PC and do it,... and practice it. Each section takes a group of related commands. The format is then a routine: a description of the command, step by step tasks, an assignment (you're on your own), followed by a summary.

It's here that the layout pays off. It is thin enough to put in front of you and reach over as you work. The pages are large enough to follow a complete exercise and the font changes between text, input, and output. So you know where you are. Even though the program is so interwoven, it stays focused on the lesson at hand. It's like a collection of collage work handouts. Occasionally the friendly lecturer says; "is this simple? " or; "should be obvious!". To one AutoCAD anomaly he admits on pg68; " I don't know why this is!" Don't knock it,- your lecturer has an interest in you actually learning the program.

It may look a little less slick than some of its competition. Don't be fooled. Either as a course of study or a "how to" reference it is extremely good value, and far more likely to get you to creating complex drawings of your own.

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