AutoCAD 2000: One Step at a Time-Advanced

This fully integrated, multimedia learning system is designed for every AutoCAD user who wants to deepen their AutoCAD skills fast. Designed for absolute clarity and rapid learning, this book contains hundreds of hands-on exercises organized into 17 chapters that cover the most critical intermediate-to-advanced-level AutoCAD skills professionals need most. The accompanying CD-ROM contains an extensive library of sample files and multimedia tutorials. Plus, a fully integrated Web site contains a complete self-assessment, bonus exercises, and even more resources for AutoCAD users who want a competitive edge. Coverage includes: "Z" basic and advanced techniques for 3D drawing; wireframes and surface modeling; predefined and complex surface models; Z-Space editing; and much more. Expert AutoCAD instructor Timothy Sykes introduces solid modeling building blocks and composite solids; demonstrates how to edit 3D solids; and presents an in-depth introduction to rendering. Readers will master externally referenced drawings; integration of external graphics files; and integrating AutoCAD with databases and the Internet.For every basic-to-intermediate AutoCAD user who wants to deepen their skills.