Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Harnessing Autocad 2000

by: Stellman,Thomas A

Harnessing Autocad 2000

by: Stellman,Thomas A

ISBN 13:
9780766812321
ISBN 10:
0766812324
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/16/1999
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Newer Edition

Rent

Sorry, this item is currently unavailable.

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Extend or Purchase Your Rental at Any Time

Need to keep your rental past your due date? At any time before your due date you can extend or purchase your rental through your account.

Summary

Whether you are a beginning CADD user who needs to get up and running fast or an experienced operator exploring the latest in customization tools, you'll find that this new edition of Harnessing AutoCAD is the essential resource for AutoCAD 2000! Its comprehensive coverage of AutoCAD fundamentals is fully updated to all the new tools introduced in AutoCAD 2000. Utilizing a skill-based command progression - Harnessing AutoCAD 2000 covers fundamental commands and concepts in-depth through numerous step by step project exercises, preparing users to master the more advanced design powers of AutoCAD 2000. If you only need one AutoCAD resource - this is the one!

Introduction

xxiii

Harnessing the Power of Autocad 2000

xxiii

Highlights and Features of this New Edition

xxiii

How to Use this Book

xxiv

Overview

xxiv

Fundamentals

xxiv

Intermediate

xxiv

Advanced

xxiv

Appendices

xxv

Style Conventions

xxv

How to Invoke Commands

xxv

Exercise Icons

xxv

Online Companion™

xxvi

E-Resource

xxvi

We Want to Hear From You!

xxvii

About the Authors

xxvii

Acknowledgments

xxviii

Getting Started

(50)

Autocad Commands

(1)

Starting Autocad

(7)

Starting a New Drawing With the Wizards

(4)

Starting a New Drawing With a Template

(1)

Starting a New Drawing from Scratch

(1)

Opening an Existing Drawing from the Startup Dialog Box

(1)

Autocad Screen

(9)

Graphics Window

(1)

Status Bar

(1)

Title Bar

(1)

Toolbars

(4)

Menu Bars

(1)

Model Tab/Layout Tabs

(1)

Command Window

(2)

Input Methods

(7)

Keyboard

(1)

Toolbars

(1)

Menu Bar

(1)

Side Screen Menu

(2)

Dialog Boxes (the Rule in AutoCAD 2000 Instead of the Exception)

(1)

Cursor Menu

(1)

Shortcut Menu

(3)

Digitizing Tablet

(1)

Using Dialog Boxes

(3)

text Box

(1)

Buttons

(1)

Check Boxes

(1)

List Boxes and Scroll Bars

(1)

Getting Help

(4)

Beginning a New Drawing With the New Command

(1)

Opening an Existing Drawing With the Open Command

(4)

Working With Multiple Drawings

(1)

Changing Units

(4)

Changing the Area

(3)

Saving a Drawing

(3)

Exiting Autocad

(1)

Review Questions

(2)

Fundamentals I

(84)

Constructing Geometric Figures

(8)

Drawing Lines

(5)

Drawing Rectangles

(1)

Drawing Wide Lines

(1)

Coordinate Systems

(7)

Absolute Rectangular Coordinates

(3)

Relative Rectangular Coordinates

(1)

Relative Polar Coordinates

(1)

Coordinate Display

(1)

Exercises 2--1 Through 2--4

(26)

Drawing Circles

(5)

Drawing Arcs

(13)

Object Selection

(2)

Window Option

(2)

Modify Objects

(3)

Erasing Objects

(2)

Getting it Back

(1)

Project Exercise

(14)

Exercises 2--5 Through 2--8

111

(10)

Exercises 2--9 Through 2--24

121

(9)

Review Questions

130

(5)

Fundamentals II

135

(114)

Drafting Settings

135

(47)

SNAP Command

136

(6)

GRID Command

142

(5)

ORTHO Command

147

(1)

Object Snap

148

(21)

Tracking Option

169

(3)

Direct Distance Option

172

(2)

POLAR TRACKING and OBJECT SNAP TRACKING

174

(8)

Display Control

182

(15)

ZOOM Command

182

(11)

PAN Command

193

(2)

Aerial View

195

(1)

Controlling Display with IntelliMouse

196

(1)

REDRAW Command

196

(1)

REGEN Command

197

(1)

Setting Multiple Viewports

197

(7)

Creating Tiled VIEWPORTS

199

(5)

Creating and Modifying Layer System

204

(15)

Creating and Managing Layers with the Layer Properties Manager Dialog Box

207

(7)

Changing Layer Properties from the Object Properties Toolbox

214

(1)

Making an Object's Layer Current

215

(1)

Setting Up and Controlling Layers by means of the Command Version of the LAYER Command

215

(4)

Setting the Linetype Scale Factor

219

(1)

Wild Cards and Named Objects

220

(1)

U, Undo, and Redo Commands

221

(4)

U Command

221

(1)

UNDO Command

222

(2)

REDO Command

224

(1)

Project Exercise

225

(10)

Exercises 3--1 Through 3--6

235

(9)

Review Questions

244

(5)

Fundamentals III

249

(92)

Drawing Construction Lines

249

(3)

XLINE Command

250

(1)

RAY Command

251

(1)

Drawing Polygons

252

(4)

Drawing Ellipses

256

(4)

Drawing Polylines

260

(7)

Drawing Text

267

(11)

Creating a Single Line of Text

267

(5)

Creating Multiline Text

272

(5)

Special Text Character and Symbol Options

277

(1)

Editing Text

278

(3)

Spell-Checking

279

(2)

Controlling the Display of Text

281

(1)

Creating and Modifying Text Styles

281

(4)

Creating Objects From Existing Objects

285

(17)

Copying Objects

285

(2)

Creating a Pattern of Copies

287

(4)

Creating Parallel Lines, Parallel Curves, and Concentric Circles

291

(3)

Creating a Mirror Copy of Objects

294

(2)

Creating a Fillet Between Two Objects

296

(3)

Creating a Chamfer between Two Objects

299

(3)

Modifying Objects

302

(7)

Moving Objects

302

(2)

Trimming Objects

304

(1)

Erasing Parts of Objects

305

(2)

Extending Objects to Meet Another Object

307

(2)

Project Exercise

309

(16)

Exercises 4--1 Through 4--7

325

(11)

Review Questions

336

(5)

Fundamentals IV

341

(50)

Constructing Geometric Figures

341

(8)

Drawing Solid-Filled Circles

341

(2)

Drawing Solid-Filled Polygons

343

(2)

Drawing Point Objects

345

(1)

Drawing Sketch Line Segments

346

(3)

Object Selection

349

(3)

WPolygon (WP) Option

349

(1)

CPolygon (CP) Option

349

(1)

Fence (F) Option

350

(1)

All Option

350

(1)

Multiple Option

350

(1)

Box Option

350

(1)

Auto Option

351

(1)

Undo Option

351

(1)

Add Option

351

(1)

Remove Option

351

(1)

Single Option

351

(1)

Object Selection Modes

352

(2)

Noun/Verb Selection

352

(1)

Use Shift to Add

353

(1)

Press and Drag

353

(1)

Implied Windowing

353

(1)

Object Grouping

354

(1)

Associative Hatch

354

(1)

Adjusting Pickbox

354

(1)

Modifying Objects

354

(16)

Lengthening Objects

354

(2)

Stretching Objects

356

(1)

Rotating Objects

357

(3)

Scaling Objects

360

(2)

Modifying Polylines

362

(6)

Matching Properties

368

(2)

Project Exercise

370

(9)

Exercises 5--1 Through 5--5

379

(7)

Review Questions

386

(5)

Fundamentals V

391

(90)

Multilines

391

(22)

Drawing Multiple Parallel Lines

391

(3)

Editing Multiple Parallel Lines

394

(13)

Creating and Modifying Multiline Styles

407

(2)

Element Properties

409

(4)

Spline Curves

413

(6)

Drawing Spline Curves

413

(2)

Editing Spline Curves

415

(4)

Editing With Grips

419

(7)

Using Grips

421

(5)

Selecting Objects by Quick Select

426

(2)

Selection Set by Filter Tool

428

(1)

Changing Properties of Selected Objects

429

(3)

Grouping Objects

432

(5)

Group Name List Box

434

(1)

Group Identification

434

(1)

Create Group

435

(1)

Change Group

435

(2)

Information About Objects

437

(4)

LIST Command

437

(1)

DBLIST Command

438

(1)

AREA Command

438

(2)

ID Command

440

(1)

DIST Command

441

(1)

System Variables

441

(3)

Project Exercise

444

(23)

Exercises 6--1 Through 6--6

467

(8)

Review Questions

475

(6)

Dimensioning

481

(78)

Dimension Terminology

482

(2)

Dimension Line

483

(1)

Arrowhead

483

(1)

Extension Line

483

(1)

Dimension Text

483

(1)

Leader

484

(1)

Center Mark

484

(1)

Associative/Non-Associative Dimensions

484

(1)

Associative

484

(1)

Non-Associative

484

(1)

Dimensioning Commands

484

(31)

Linear Dimensioning

485

(4)

Linear Dimensioning by Selecting an Object

489

(2)

Aligned Dimensioning

491

(1)

Ordinate Dimensioning

492

(2)

Radius Dimensioning

494

(2)

Diameter Dimensioning

496

(1)

Angular Dimensioning

497

(3)

Baseline Dimensioning

500

(3)

Continue Dimensioning

503

(1)

Quick Dimensioning

504

(1)

Leader and Qleader

505

(3)

Tolerances

508

(6)

Drawing Cross Marks for Arcs or Circles

514

(1)

Oblique Dimensioning

515

(1)

Editing Dimension Text

515

(3)

DIMEDIT command

515

(2)

DIMTEDIT command

517

(1)

Editing Dimensions with Grips

518

(1)

Dimension Styles

518

(15)

Dimension Style Manager Dialog Box

518

(14)

Editing Dimensions Using the Shortcut Menu

532

(1)

Overriding the Dimension Feature

533

(1)

Updating Dimensions

534

(2)

Project Exercise

536

(9)

Exercises 7--1 Through 7--5

545

(10)

Review Questions

555

(4)

Plotting/Printing

559

(82)

Planning the Plotted Sheet

559

(7)

Example of Computing Plot Scale, Plot Size, and Limits

561

(3)

Setting for LTSCALE

564

(1)

Setting for DIMSCALE

564

(1)

Scaling Annotations and Symbols

564

(2)

Plotting from Model Space and Paper Space

566

(1)

Plotting from Model Space

566

(10)

Plot Device Settings

568

(2)

Plot Settings

570

(6)

Plotting from Layout (WYSIWYG)

576

(29)

Setting up a Layout

577

(5)

Creating and Modifying a Layout

582

(3)

Creating Floating Viewports

585

(5)

Creating a Layout by Layout Wizard

590

(5)

Scaling Views Relative to Paper Space

595

(1)

Clipping Viewports

596

(1)

Controlling the Visibility of Layers within Viewports

597

(3)

Setting Paper Space Linetype Scaling

600

(1)

Dimensioning in Model Space and Paper Space

601

(1)

Attaching Plot Style Tables to Viewports

601

(1)

Plotting from Layout

602

(3)

Creating and Modifying Plot Style Tables

605

(11)

Creating a Plot Style Table

606

(4)

Modifying a Plot Style Table

610

(6)

Changing Plot Style Property For an Object or Layer

616

(2)

Configuring Plotters

618

(4)

Batch Plotting

622

(1)

Project Exercise

623

(14)

Review Questions

637

(4)

Hatching and Boundaries

641

(36)

What is Hatching?

641

(1)

Defining the Hatch Boundary

642

(1)

Bhatch Versus Hatch

643

(14)

Hatch Patterns with the bhatch Command

645

(9)

Hatch Patterns with the hatch Command

654

(3)

Editing Hatches

657

(1)

Controlling the Visibility of Hatch Patterns

658

(1)

Project Exercise

659

(8)

Exercises 9--1 Through 9--6

667

(8)

Review Questions

675

(2)

Block References and Attributes

677

(78)

Creating Blocks

678

(4)

Creating a Block Definition

679

(3)

Inserting Block References

682

(4)

Nested Blocks

686

(1)

Explode Command

686

(2)

Possible Changes Caused by the explode Command

687

(1)

Exploding Block References with Nested Elements

688

(1)

Multiple Inserts of Block References

688

(1)

Inserting Unit Block References

689

(7)

Separate Unit Blocks for One Symbol

693

(2)

Columns as Unit Blocks

695

(1)

Creating One Drawing From Another

696

(2)

Base Command

698

(1)

Attributes

698

(3)

A Definition Within a Definition

699

(1)

Visibility and Plotting

699

(1)

Tag, Value, Prompt, and Default

700

(1)

Attribute Commands

701

(25)

Creating an Attribute Definition

704

(6)

Inserting a Block Reference with Attributes

710

(1)

Controlling the Display of Attributes

711

(1)

Editing Attributes

711

(4)

Extracting Attributes

715

(10)

Redefining a Block and Attributes

725

(1)

Dividing Objects

726

(1)

Measuring Objects

727

(1)

Project Exercise

728

(14)

Exercises 10--1 Through 10--4

742

(7)

Review Questions

749

(6)

External References

755

(54)

External References

755

(2)

External References and Dependent Symbols

757

(2)

Attaching and Manipulating with the XREF Command

759

(7)

Attaching External Reference Drawings

761

(2)

Detaching External Reference Drawings

763

(1)

Reloading External Reference Drawings

764

(1)

Unloading External Reference Drawings

764

(1)

Binding External Reference Drawings

764

(1)

Changing the Path

765

(1)

Saving the Path

766

(1)

Adding Dependent Symbols to the Current Drawing

766

(1)

Controlling the Display of External References

767

(3)

Creating a New Clipping Boundary

768

(1)

Controlling the Display of the Clipped Boundary

769

(1)

Setting the Front and Back Clipping Planes

769

(1)

Deleting the Clipping Boundary

769

(1)

Generating a Polyline

769

(1)

Editing Reference Files/XREF Edit Control

770

(2)

Adding/removing objects from the working set

771

(1)

Managing External References

772

(1)

Images

773

(9)

Attaching an Image to the Current Drawing

775

(1)

Detaching an Image from the Current Drawing

776

(1)

Reloading an Image into the Current Drawing

776

(1)

Unloading an Image from the Current Drawing

776

(1)

Details of the Image File

777

(1)

Changing the Path

777

(1)

Saving the Path

777

(1)

Controlling the Display of the Image Objects

777

(2)

Adjusting the Image Settings

779

(1)

Adjusting the Display Quality of Images

780

(1)

Controlling the Transparency of an Image

780

(1)

Controlling the Frame of an Image

781

(1)

Project Exercise

782

(11)

Exercises 11--1 Through 11--5

793

(13)

Review Questions

806

(3)

AutoCAD DesignCenter

809

(36)

Content

810

(1)

Content Type

810

(1)

Container

810

(1)

Opening the Designcenter Window

811

(1)

Positioning the Designcenter Window

812

(2)

Docked Position

812

(1)

Floating (Undocked) Position

812

(2)

Redocking

814

(1)

Parts of the Designcenter Window

814

(2)

Toolbar

814

(1)

Palette

814

(1)

Tree View

815

(1)

Preview

815

(1)

Description

815

(1)

Toolbar Buttons

816

(7)

Tree View, Preview, and Description

816

(1)

Favorites

816

(1)

Load

817

(1)

Find

818

(1)

818

(1)

Views

818

(5)

Viewing Content

823

(7)

Using the Tree View

823

(3)

Using the Palette Pane

826

(2)

Viewing Images

828

(2)

Load

830

(1)

Refreshing the Palette and Tree View

830

(1)

Searching for Content

830

(4)

Adding Content to Drawings

834

(1)

Layers, Linetypes, Text Styles, and Dimension Styles

834

(1)

Blocks

834

(1)

Raster Images

835

(1)

External References

835

(1)

Name Conflicts

835

(1)

Opening Drawings

835

(1)

Exiting Autocad Designcenter

835

(1)

Drawing Exercises 12--1 Through 12--4

836

(6)

Review Questions

842

(3)

Utility Commands

845

(82)

Partial Open/Partial Load

845

(3)

Drawing Properties

848

(4)

The Geometric Calculator (CAL)

852

(9)

Notations and Format

854

(5)

Additional Geometric Functions

859

(2)

Shortcut Operations

861

(1)

Managing Named Objects

861

(1)

Deleting Unused Named Objects

862

(1)

Command Modifier---Multiple

863

(1)

Utility Display Commands

863

(5)

Saving Views

863

(3)

Controlling the Regeneration

866

(1)

Controlling the Drawing of Objects

866

(1)

Controlling the Display of Marker Blips

867

(1)

Changing the Display Order of Objects

868

(1)

Object Properties

869

(7)

COLOR Command

869

(1)

LINETYPE Command

870

(4)

LINEWEIGHT Command

874

(2)

X, Y, and Z Filters---An Enhancement to Object Snap

876

(3)

Filters with @

877

(1)

Filters with Object Snap

878

(1)

Shell Command

879

(1)

Setting Up a Drawing

880

(4)

Time Command

884

(1)

Audit Command

885

(1)

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)

886

(9)

Custom Settings with the Options Dialog Box

895

(15)

Files

896

(1)

Display

896

(2)

Open And Save

898

(2)

Plotting

900

(3)

System

903

(2)

User Preferences

905

(3)

Drafting

908

(1)

Selection

908

(1)

Profiles

908

(2)

Saving Objects in Other File Formats (Exporting)

910

(1)

Importing Various File Formats

911

(1)

Slides and Scripts

912

(10)

Making a Slide

913

(1)

Slide Libraries

914

(1)

Viewing a Slide

914

(1)

Scripts

915

(5)

Utility Commands for a Script

920

(2)

Review Questions

922

(5)

Internet Utilities

927

(32)

Launching the Default Web Browser

927

(2)

Uniform Resource Locator

929

(2)

Opening and Saving Drawings From the Internet

931

(3)

Working with Hyperlinks

934

(7)

Creating a Hyperlink

935

(3)

Editing A Hyperlink

938

(1)

Removing the Hyperlink

939

(1)

Hyperlinks in Blocks

940

(1)

Converting Release 14 Attached URLs to Hyperlinks

941

(1)

Drawing Web Format

941

(11)

Using ePlot to create DWF files

941

(4)

Viewing DWF Files

945

(3)

DWF Plug-in Commands

948

(2)

Drag-and-Drop

950

(1)

Embedding a DWF File

950

(2)

Project Exercise

952

(4)

Review Questions

956

(3)

AutoCAD 3D

959

(128)

What is 3D?

959

(2)

Coordinate Systems

961

(15)

Right-hand Rule

961

(1)

Setting the Display of the UCS Icon

962

(2)

Defining a New UCS

964

(9)

Selecting a Predefined Orthographic UCS

973

(2)

Viewing a Drawing from Plan View

975

(1)

Viewing in 3D

976

(13)

Viewing a Model by Means of the vpoint Command

976

(3)

Viewing a Model by Means of the dview Command

979

(7)

Using 3dorbit

986

(3)

Working with Multiple Viewports in 3D

989

(1)

Creating 3D Objects

989

(7)

2D Draw commands in 3D Space

990

(1)

Setting Elevation and Thickness

990

(2)

Creating a Region Object

992

(1)

Drawing 3D Polylines

992

(1)

Creating 3D Faces

993

(3)

Creating Meshes

996

(10)

Creating a Free-form Polygon Mesh

996

(2)

Creating a 3D Polyface Mesh

998

(2)

Creating a Ruled Surface Between Two Objects

1000

(2)

Creating a Tabulated Surface

1002

(1)

Creating a Revolved Surface

1003

(2)

Creating an Edge Surface with Four Adjoining Sides

1005

(1)

Editing Polymesh Surfaces

1006

(1)

Editing in 3D

1006

(6)

Aligning Objects

1006

(1)

Rotating Objects About a 3D Object

1007

(2)

Mirroring About a Plane

1009

(1)

Creating a 3D Array

1010

(1)

Extending and Trimming in 3D

1011

(1)

Creating Solid Shapes

1012

(11)

Creating a Solid Box

1012

(2)

Creating a Solid Cone

1014

(2)

Creating a Solid Cylinder

1016

(1)

Creating a Solid Sphere

1017

(1)

Creating a Solid Torus

1018

(1)

Creating a Solid Wedge

1019

(1)

Creating Solids from Existing 2D Objects

1020

(2)

Creating Solids by Means of Revolution

1022

(1)

Creating Composite Solids

1023

(6)

Union Operation

1024

(1)

Subtraction Operation

1025

(2)

Intersection Operation

1027

(2)

Editing 3D Solids

1029

(21)

Chamfering Solids

1029

(1)

Filleting Solids

1030

(2)

Sectioning Solids

1032

(1)

Slicing Solids

1033

(2)

Solid Interference

1035

(1)

Editing Faces of 3D Solids

1036

(8)

Editing Edges of 3D Solids

1044

(2)

Imprinting Solids

1046

(1)

Separating Solids

1047

(1)

Shelling Solids

1048

(1)

Cleaning Solids

1049

(1)

Checking Solids

1050

(1)

Mass Properties of a Solid

1050

(2)

Hiding Objects

1052

(1)

Placing Multiviews in Paper Space

1052

(3)

Generating Views in Viewports

1055

(1)

Generating Profiles

1056

(2)

Project Exercise

1058

(18)

Exercises 15--1 Through 15--5

1076

(5)

Review Questions

1081

(6)

Rendering

1087

(26)

Shading a Model

1087

(2)

Rendering a Model

1089

(5)

Setting Up Lights

1094

(5)

Creating a New light

1096

(3)

Ambient Light

1099

(1)

Modifying a Light

1099

(1)

Deleting a Light

1099

(1)

Selecting a Light

1099

(1)

Setting Up a Scene

1099

(3)

Creating a New Scene

1100

(1)

Modifying an Existing Scene

1101

(1)

Deleting a Scene

1102

(1)

Materials

1102

(2)

Setting Preferences for Rendering

1104

(2)

Saving an Image

1106

(1)

Viewing an Image

1106

(2)

Statistics

1108

(1)

Review Questions

1109

(4)

The Tablet and Digitizing

1113

(14)

Tablet Operation

1114

(2)

Tablet Configuration

1115

(1)

Custom Menus

1116

(1)

Tablet Command

1116

(7)

Tablet Configuration

1116

(3)

ON/OFF Option

1119

(1)

Calibration

1119

(2)

Transformation Options

1121

(1)

The Calibration Table

1121

(1)

Outcome of Fit

1122

(1)

Tablet Mode and Sketching

1123

(1)

Editing Sketches

1123

(1)

Sketching in Polylines

1123

(1)

Linetypes in Sketching

1123

(1)

Review Questions

1124

(3)

Customizing AutoCAD

1127

(62)

External Commands and Aliases

1127

(4)

Customizing Menus

1131

(27)

Menu File Types

1132

(1)

Menu File Structure

1133

(2)

Menu Macro Syntax

1135

(1)

Example of Creating a Menu File

1136

(5)

Menugroups and Partial Menu Loading

1141

(4)

Helpstrings

1145

(2)

Creating and Modifying Toolbars

1147

(10)

Accelerator Keys

1157

(1)

Diesel

1157

(1)

Customizing Tablet Menus

1158

(2)

Dialog Control Language

1160

(4)

Exercises

1164

(1)

Customizing Hatch Patterns

1165

(9)

Custom Hatch Patterns and Trigonometry

1168

(2)

Repeating Closed Polygons

1170

(4)

Customizing Shapes and Text Fonts

1174

(9)

Pen Movement Distances and Directions

1175

(2)

Special Codes

1177

(4)

Text Fonts

1181

(2)

Custom Linetypes

1183

(1)

Customizing and Programming Language

1184

(1)

Review Questions

1185

(4)

Visual LISP

1189

(72)

Background

1189

(1)

Vlisp

1189

(1)

Interfaces

1189

(1)

Integrated Development Environment

1190

(1)

A Test Drive of Visual Lisp

1190

(5)

Simple Example

1190

(1)

Launch Visual LISP

1190

(1)

Toolbars

1191

(1)

Developing and Application

1192

(1)

Text Editor

1192

(1)

Save Your Program

1193

(1)

Load Your Program

1194

(1)

Run Your Program

1194

(1)

Vlisp Fundamentals

1195

(5)

Project File

1196

(1)

Project Window

1197

(3)

Compiling VLISP Application (or, So Long Kelvinator)

1200

(1)

Making an Application

1200

(4)

Simple Wizard

1201

(1)

Project File Selections

1202

(1)

Review Selections

1202

(1)

Expert Wizard

1203

(1)

Project Definition

1204

(2)

Project File

1204

(1)

Project Properties

1204

(2)

View Toolbar

1206

(1)

Activate AutoCAD

1206

(1)

Select Window

1206

(1)

VLISP Console

1206

(1)

Inspect

1206

(1)

Trace

1206

(1)

Apropos

1207

(1)

Watch Window

1207

(1)

Autolisp Basics

1207

(8)

Expressions and Variables

1207

(2)

Terminology and Fundamental Concepts

1209

(3)

Example

1212

(1)

Exercises from the Keyboard

1213

(2)

Lists

1215

(3)

Types of Arguments

1215

(1)

Creating a List

1216

(2)

Exercises

1218

(1)

Pausing for User Input

1218

(2)

AutoLISP Functions---The COMMAND Function

1218

(1)

Pause Symbol

1219

(1)

Symbology Used in This Chapter to Describe Functions

1220

(1)

Elementary Functions

1220

(2)

Rules of Promotion of an Integer to a Real

1220

(1)

More Elementary Functions

1220

(2)

Trigonometry Functions

1222

(1)

List Handling Functions

1222

(8)

CAR, CDR, and Combinations

1224

(4)

CAR and CADR Mainly for Graphics

1228

(1)

Review

1228

(2)

Type-Changing Functions

1230

(1)

Input Functions

1231

(4)

Conditional and Logic Functions

1235

(3)

Test Expressions

1236

(2)

Exercises

1238

(2)

Custom Commands and Functions

1240

(6)

Arguments and Local Symbols

1240

(1)

Defined Functions and Commands

1241

(1)

Writing a Defined Function

1241

(1)

Writing and Storing a Defined Function

1242

(4)

What is the Database?

1246

(10)

Entity Names, Entity Data, and Selection Sets

1246

(1)

Entity Name Functions

1246

(1)

Walking Through the Data Base

1246

(1)

Entity Data Functions

1247

(2)

The Association List

1249

(2)

Extracting Data from a list

1251

(1)

Other Entity Data Functions

1252

(1)

Selection Sets

1252

(2)

Advanced Association List and (Scanning) Functions

1254

(2)

Debug Your Program

1256

(2)

Load Project

1256

(1)

Set Break Point

1257

(1)

Debug Toolbar

1257

(1)

Step Into

1257

(1)

Step Over

1258

(1)

Step Out

1258

(1)

Continue

1258

(1)

Quit

1258

(1)

Reset

1258

(1)

Add Watch

1258

(1)

Autocad Development System (ADS)

1258

(1)

Review Questions

1259

(2)

Appendix A Hardware Requirements

1261

(4)

Recommended Configuration

1261

(1)

Windows: The Operating Environment

1262

(1)

Input Devices

1262

(1)

Keyboard

1262

(1)

Mouse

1262

(1)

Digitizer

1262

(1)

Plotters and Printers

1263

(2)

Thermal Plotters

1263

(1)

Pen Plotters

1263

(1)

Inkjet Printers

1263

(1)

Laser Printers

1264

(1)

Appendix B Listing of AutoCAD Commands and Dimensioning Variables

1265

(30)

Dimensioning Commands

1290

(1)

Dimensioning Variables

1291

(3)

Object Selection

1294

(1)

Appendix C AutoCAD Toolbars

1295

(4)

Appendix D System Variables

1299

(18)

Appendix E Hatch and Fill Patterns

1317

(8)

Hatch Patterns

1318

(5)

Postscript Fill Paterns

1323

(2)

Appendix F Fonts

1325

(4)

Using SHX and PFB Files

1325

(4)

Appendix G Linetypes and Lineweights

1329

(2)

Appendix H Command Aliases

1331

(6)

Index

1337

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Harnessing Autocad 2000

Harnessing Autocad 2000

9780766812321

0766812324

Summary

Author Biography

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials

Write a Review

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Harnessing Autocad 2000

Harnessing Autocad 2000

9780766812321

0766812324

Summary

Author Biography

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials

Write a Review

Related Products