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Practical Autodesk AutoCAD 2023 and AutoCAD LT 2023

You're reading from   Practical Autodesk AutoCAD 2023 and AutoCAD LT 2023 A beginner's guide to 2D drafting and 3D modeling with Autodesk AutoCAD

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801816465
Length 674 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Yasser Shoukry Yasser Shoukry
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Jaiprakash Pandey Jaiprakash Pandey
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Introduction and 2D Drafting
2. Chapter 1: An Introduction to AutoCAD FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Basic Drawing Tools and Commands 4. Chapter 3: Learning about Modify Commands 5. Chapter 4: Working with Arrays and Reusable Objects 6. Part 2: Customization, Collaboration, and Using Reusable Content
7. Chapter 5: Managing Drawings with Layers and Properties 8. Chapter 6: Working with Hatches, Text, and Dimensions 9. Chapter 7: Tables and Isometric Drawings 10. Chapter 8: Customization Tools 11. Chapter 9: External References and Dynamic Blocks 12. Part 3: 3D Modeling
13. Chapter 10: Introduction to 3D Modeling 14. Chapter 11: Creating Primitive 3D Shapes 15. Chapter 12: Conversion between 2D and 3D 16. Chapter 13: Modifying 3D Objects 17. Chapter 14: Paper Space Layouts and Printing 18. Chapter 15: Rendering and Presentation 19. Index 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this chapter, we learned how to fill an enclosed area with hatches and gradients, and we also learned how to add annotations including text, dimensions, and multileaders. These annotations are the backbone of every drawing, and they should be added as clearly as possible in a non-ambiguous way to maintain accuracy. One thing you should always note when adding dimensions and other annotations is legibility, and you should try to always keep the drawing as clean as possible with minimal to no overlapping annotations.

In this chapter, we also learned how to modify dimension styles where smaller settings related to the dimensions line, the extension line, and the text of the dimensions were listed, and we learned to modify them. Now you are fully equipped to make whatever changes you need to make your drawing look professional as per company or project standards.

In the next chapter, we will learn about making tables, along with isometric drawing, which is a method of...

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