Show how to use the leading technical drawing software AutoCAD and its less-expensive sister product, AutoCAD LT, in the friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style. Show first-time AutoCAD users how to create precise and efficient 2-D technical drawings and get started with 3-D technical drawings. Topics covered include creating a basic layout; drawing and editing; writing text in drawings; plotting; creating; and editing external reference files; CAD standards; and drawing on the Internet

Contents at a Glance
Introduction
Part I : AutoCAD 101
Part II : Let There Be Lines
Part III : If Drawings Could Talk
Part IV : Share and Share Alike
Part V : The Part of Tens
Index

Mark Middlebrook
He used to be an engineer but gave it up when he discovered that he couldn't handle a real job. He also teachers literature and philosophy classes at St.Mary's Collage of California.