1.1 Starting the Software
1.2 User Interface
1.3 Working with Commands
1.4 Workspace
1.5 Opening an Existing Drawing File
1.6 Viewing Your Drawing
1.7 Saving Your Work
Chapter 2: Basic Drawing and Editing Commands
2.1 Drawing Lines
2.2 Erasing Objects
2.3 Drawing Vertical and Horizontal Lines
2.4 Drawing Rectangles
2.5 Drawing Circles
2.6 Undo and Redo Actions
Chapter 3: Projects: Creating a Simple Drawing
3.1 Create a Simple Drawing
3.2 Create Simple Shapes
Chapter 4: Drawing Precision in Auto CAD
4.1 Using Running Object Snaps
4.2 Polar Tracking at Angles
4.3 Object Snap Tracking
4.4 (Optional) Drawing with Snap and Grid
Chapter 5: Making Changes in Your Drawing
5.1 Selecting Objects for Editing
5.2 Moving Objects
5.3 Copying
5.4 Rotating Objects
5.5 Scaling Objects
5.6 Mirroring Objects
Chapter 6: Projects: Making Your Drawings More Precise
6.1 Practice
Chapter 7: Organizing Your Drawing with Layers
7.1 Creating New Drawings With Templates
7.2 What are Layers?
7.3 Layer States
7.4 Changing an Object’s Layer
Chapter 8: Advanced Object Types
8.1 Drawing Arcs
8.2 Drawing Polylines
8.3 Editing Polylines
8.4 Drawing Polygons
8.5 Drawing Ellipses
Chapter 9: Analyzing Model and Object Properties
9.1 Working with Object Properties
9.2 Measuring Objects
Chapter 10: Projects: Drawing Organization and Information
10.1 Practice
Chapter 11: Advanced Editing Commands
11.1 Trimming and Extending Objects
11.2 Stretching Objects
11.3 Creating Fillets and Chamfers
11.4 Offsetting Objects
11.5 Creating Arrays of Objects
Chapter 12: Inserting Blocks
12.1 What are Blocks?
12.2 Working with Dynamic Blocks
12.3 Inserting Blocks
12.4 Inserting Blocks using the Tool Palettes
12.5 Inserting Blocks using the Design Center
Chapter 13: Setting Up a Layout
13.1 Working in Layouts
13.2 Creating Layouts
13.3 Creating Layout Viewports
13.4 Guidelines for Layouts
Chapter 14: Printing Your Drawing
14.1 Printing Concepts
14.2 Printing Layouts
14.3 Print and Plot Settings
Chapter 15: Projects: Preparing to Print
15.1 Practice
Chapter 16: Text
16.1 Working with Annotations
16.2 Adding Text in a Drawing
16.3 Modifying Multiline Text
16.4 Formatting Multiline Text
16.5 Adding Notes with Leaders to Your Drawing
16.6 Creating Tables
16.7 Modifying Tables
Chapter 17: Hatching
17.1 Hatching
17.2 Editing Hatches
Chapter 18: Adding Dimensions
18.1 Dimensioning Concepts
18.2 Adding Linear Dimensions
18.3 Adding Radial and Angular Dimensions
18.4 Editing Dimensions
Chapter 19: Projects: Annotating Your Drawing
19.1 Practice