Mastering AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010
Chapter One
Exploring the AutoCAD and
AutoCAD LT Interface
Before you can start to use AutoCAD 2010's new capabilities, you'll need to become familiar with
the basics. If you're completely new to AutoCAD, you'll want to read this first chapter carefully. It
introduces you to many of AutoCAD's basic operations, such as opening and closing files, getting
a close-up look at part of a drawing, and changing a drawing. If you're familiar with earlier versions
of AutoCAD, you should review this chapter anyway to get acquainted with the features you haven't
already used.
Autodesk releases new versions of AutoCAD every year. Part of this strategy is to introduce
improvements that focus on a particular category of features. This latest version, AutoCAD 2010,
includes several new features that have been on wish lists for quite some time. Three of the
major new features are parametric drawing (Chapter 17), free-form design in 3D with mesh
modeling (Chapter 25), and enhanced PDF support including snap-to-geometry PDF backgrounds
(Chapter 14).
You'll get a chance to explore these ... read full excerpt from Mastering AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010 ebook