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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

Customization Tools

This chapter is all about customizing the AutoCAD user interface and custom objects. In this chapter, we will learn how to make our linetypes and Hatches patterns, and we will also learn how to transfer these custom objects from one drawing to another. Then, we will learn how to customize the AutoCAD user interface to make it look more personalized, before talking about using some internal and external resources for blocks, such as Design Center and tool palettes. We will conclude this chapter by learning about complex polylines and splines, and we will also learn how to modify existing polylines and splines.

By the end of this chapter, you will have a pretty good idea of how AutoCAD can be customized to make it work best for your specific workflow. You will also learn how to make and use several custom objects.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Making custom linetypes
  • Making custom Hatches patterns
  • Customizing the user interface...
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