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Practical Autodesk AutoCAD 2021 and AutoCAD LT 2021

You're reading from   Practical Autodesk AutoCAD 2021 and AutoCAD LT 2021 A no-nonsense, beginner's guide to drafting and 3D modeling with Autodesk AutoCAD

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789809152
Length 826 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Yasser Shoukry Yasser Shoukry
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Yasser Shoukry
Jaiprakash Pandey Jaiprakash Pandey
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. An Introduction to AutoCAD 2. Basic Drawing Tools FREE CHAPTER 3. Learning about Modify Commands 4. Working with Arrays and Reusable Objects 5. Managing Drawings with Layers and Properties 6. Working with Hatches, Text, and Dimensions 7. Tables, Isometric, and Parametric Drawings 8. Customization Tools 9. External References and Dynamic Blocks 10. Introduction to 3D Modeling 11. Creating Primitive 3D Shapes 12. Conversion between 2D and 3D 13. Modifying 3D Objects 14. Surfaces and Mesh Modeling 15. Paper Space Layouts and Printing 16. Rendering and Presentation

Technical requirements

To start creating 3D models in AutoCAD, there are hardware and software requirements that we must meet.

The general hardware requirements are the same as those discussed in Chapter 1, An Introduction to AutoCAD. They may vary to according to the version used and the model size, and the recommended requirements for AutoCAD 2021 can be found at https: //autode.sk/2CTGy2d.

In terms of software requirements, access to the 3D modeling functionality requires the full version of AutoCAD, as most of the 3D modeling commands and tools are not present in the LT version. In AutoCAD LT, you can only open 3D model files built using the full version and do some small modifications, but it is not possible to create a full model.

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