Up and Running with AutoCAD 2010

Elliot Gindis has used and taught AutoCAD in the New York City area since 1996, logging in well over 20,000 hours of screen time as a designer and consultant in a wide variety of architecture and engineering fields. From 1999 to 2008 he was on staff at the Pratt Institute of Design and as visiting instructor at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT). He is currently president of Vertical Technologies Consulting and Design, an AutoCAD training firm, and has advised, consulted, or assisted more than 60 companies nationwide in using and optimizing AutoCAD. Elliot is part of the AutoDesk Developers Network and is a Certified Technical Trainer.

• Part One Beginner to IntermediateChapter One AutoCAD Fundamentals 1Chapter Two AutoCAD Fundamentals 2Chapter Three Layers, Colors, Linetypes and PropertiesChapter Four DText, MText, Style and EditingChapter Five BhatchChapter Six DimensionsChapter Seven Blocks and WblocksChapter Eight Polar and Rectangular Arrays, Polygon and Circle/TTRChapter Nine IsometricChapter Ten Basic Printing and OutputPart II Intermediate to AdvancedChapter Eleven Advanced LineworkChapter Twelve Advanced LayersChapter Thirteen Advanced DimensionsChapter Fourteen Options, Shortcuts, CUI, Design Center & Exp. ToolsChapter Fifteen Miscellaneous TopicsChapter Sixteen Importing and Exporting DataChapter Seventeen External ReferencesChapter Eighteen Paper SpaceChapter Nineteen AttributesChapter Twenty Advanced Output and Pen Settings