Autocad 2005 Mac OS X Platform

Autocad 2005 Mac OS X Platform

It takes full advantage of the Mac OS X platform, with an intuitive, graphical user interface that makes it easy to bring your ideas to life.

And because its AutoCAD, youre working natively in DWG format, so you can easily share files with clients, suppliers, and partners around the world, regardless of platform.

This feature enables them to insert one block that can change shape, size, or configuration instead of inserting several static blocks.

This feature is especially helpful when managing large amounts of information about things like materials or fixtures.

The Quick Select tool also includes a preview option so that users can see what theyre about to select before they commit to the selection.

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Bob McFarlanes hands-on approach is uniquely suited to independent learning and use on courses.

The focus on 2D drawing in one book, ensures the reader gets a thorough grounding in the subject, with a greater depth of coverage than tends to be available from general introductions to AutoCAD.

As a result, this book provides a true, step-by-step, detailed exploration of the AutoCAD functions required at each stage of producing a 2D drawing an approach often not found in the many software reference guides available.

The emphasis on learning through doing makes this book ideal for anyone involved in engineering, construction or architecture where the focus is on productivity and practical skills.

The author has also matched the coverage to the requirements of City and Guilds, Edexcel (BTEC) and SQA syllabuses.

New features in AutoCAD 2005 are covered in this book including: Drafting Tools; Drawing Management; Drawing Output; Plot and Publish Tools; Productivity Tools; Sheet Set Manager, and Tool Palette Enhancements.

The result is a useful refresher course for anyone using AutoCAD at this level, and those upgrading to the new software release.

The course is also designed to be fully relevant to anyone using other recent releases, including AutoCAD 2004.

Bob McFarlane is Curriculum Manager for CAD and New Media at Motherwell College, Scotland, and an Autodesk Educational Developer.

Circle creation 9.

Object snap 10. Arc, donut and ellipse creation 11.

User exercise 2 16.

Text 17. Dimensioning 18.

Dimension styles 1 19.

Multilines, complex lines and groups 38.

Blocks 39. Wblocks 40.

Attributes 41. External references 42.

Templates 45. CAD standards 46.

The AutoCAD Design Center 47.

Well written, user friendly and authoritative CAD User magazine.

Autocad 2005 For Mac