What Is Covered in This Book
AutoCAD 2012 and AutoCAD LT 2012 Essentials is organized to provide you with the knowledge needed to master the basics of computer-aided design. The book's web page is located at www.sybex.com/go/autocad2012essentials, where you can download the sample files used in each chapter.
Chapter 1: Getting Started You'll take a tour of AutoCAD's user interface and learn to identify each of its parts by name. Chapter 1 is essential reading as you'll need to know the difference between workspaces, ribbon tabs, toolbars, panels, palettes, status toggles, and so on to understand the terminology used by your colleagues and in the rest of this book. In addition, you'll learn about how to match your industry's standard units to ...
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