Introduction

xvii

I

SETTING UP DRAWINGS

1

1

Quick Tour of Autocad 2009

3

2

Understanding Cad Concepts

37

3

Setting Up Drawings

91

4

Working with Multiple Drawings

135

II

DRAFTING ESSENTIALS

179

5

Drawing with Basic Objects

181

6

Drawing with Precision

231

7

Drawing with Efficiency

291

III

EDITING DRAWINGS

381

8

Changing Object Properties

383

9

Correcting Mistakes

435

10

Direct Editing of Objects

455

11

Constructing Objects

485

12

Additional Editing Options

527

IV

TEXT AND DIMENSIONS

571

13

Placing and Editing Text

574

14

Placing Dimensions

653

15

Editing Dimensions

703

16

Geometric Dimensions and Tolerances

765

17

Tables and Fields

789

18

Reporting on Drawings

831

VI

PLOTTING DRAWINGS

855

19

Working with Layouts

857

20

Plotting Drawings

901