AutoCAD 2023 Beginning and Intermediate (PME0031)

AutoCAD 2023 Beginning and Intermediate

This is the most comprehensive book about AutoCAD 2023 – 2D drafting on the market. It is divided into three major parts:

Essentials: from Chapter one to Chapter ten. It assumes that the reader has no previous experience in AutoCAD; hence it starts from scratch. Chapter ten contains three projects – one architectural, and two mechanical using both Imperial and metric units.

Intermediate: from Chapter 11 to Chapter 18. It contains a deeper discussion on a subject we touched on in the Essentials part, or a new advance feature.

Advanced: from Chapter 19 to Chapter 26. It discusses the most advanced features of AutoCAD 2023.

If you don’t have any prior experience in AutoCAD this book is a perfect start, and you can stop at the end of any part. But if you want to be a real power user of AutoCAD, you should go through all the 26 chapters, solving all projects and practices.

Contents

Chapter 1 AutoCAD 2023 Basics

Chapter 2 Precise Drafting in AutoCAD 2023

Chapter 4 Modifying Commands Part II

Chapter 5 Layers and Inquiry Commands

Chapter 6 Blocks and Hatch

Chapter 7 Writing Text 173

Chapter 8 Dimensions 193

Chapter 9 Plotting 223

Chapter 10 Projects 247

Chapter 11 More on 2D Objects 273

Chapter 12 Advanced Practices – Part I 311

Chapter 13 Advanced Practices – Part II 343

Chapter 14 Using Block Tools and Block Editing 363

Chapter 15 Creating Text and Table Styles and Formulas in Tables 383

Chapter 16 Dimension and Multileader Styles 407

Chapter 17 Plot Style, Annotative, and Exporting 451

Chapter 18 How to Create a Template File and Interface Customization 471

Chapter 19 Parametric Constraints 487

Chapter 20 Dynamic Blocks 521

Chapter 21 Block Attributes 547

Chapter 22 External Referencing (XREF) 567

Chapter 23 Sheet Sets 597

Chapter 24 CAD Standards and Advanced Layers 625

Chapter 25 Importing PDF Files, Design Views, AutoCAD Web/Mobile App

Chapter 26 Drawing Compare