Wiley AutoCAD: Secrets Every User Should Know 978-0-470-10993-9 用户手册

AutoCAD Productivity

the complexity of AutoCAD, it’s not surprising that many people

who use it miss something important along the way. Many users had little training on the
software before being expected to start producing useful work, and these users in turn
have trained others based on what they figured out on their own. Even the most experi-
enced AutoCAD users have likely forgotten some useful things they once knew.

This chapter is the result of the many questions I’ve been asked by AutoCAD users over

the years while teaching, training, consulting, and responding to e-mails and phone calls.
Here I’ll offer advice on using AutoCAD, with an emphasis on features and techniques
that are often overlooked or forgotten by users. I’ll include general design advice that
applies to the use of any CAD system, providing my recommendations for universal stan-
dard practice in using AutoCAD, reviewing techniques and commands that apply to all
releases of AutoCAD.

This chapter isn’t meant to be a comprehensive review of AutoCAD—many excellent

books already provide that—nor is it a replacement for learning how to use the software.
What I’ve selected here are items that people often overlook.

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