AutoCAD 2014 Essentials (PDF)

Learn crucial AutoCAD tools and techniques with this Autodesk
Official Press Book

Quickly become productive using AutoCAD 2014 and AutoCAD LT 2014
with this full color Autodesk Official Press guide. This unique
learning resource features concise, straightforward explanations
and real-world, hands-on exercises and tutorials. Following a quick
discussion of concepts and goals, each chapter moves on to an
approachable hands-on exercise designed to reinforce real-world
tactics and techniques. Compelling, full-color screenshots
illustrate tutorial steps, and chapters conclude with related and
more open-ended projects to further reinforce the chapter's
lessons.

Starting and ending files for the exercises are also available
for download, so you can compare your results with those of
professionals. You'll follow a workflow-based approach that mirrors
the development of projects in the real world, learning 2D drawing
skills, editing entities, working with splines and polylines, using
layers and objects, creating and editing text, dimensioning,
modeling in 3D, and much more.

* Hands-on exercises and their downloadable tutorial files are
based on the real-world task of drawing a house

* Covers crucial features and techniques, including 2D drawing
working with layers, organizing objects with groups and blocks,
using hatch patterns and gradients, using constraints and layouts,
importing data, 3D modeling, and

* Includes content to help prepare you for Autodesk's AutoCAD
certification program

AutoCAD 2014 and AutoCAD LT 2014 Essentials is the
Autodesk Official Press guide that helps you quickly and
confidently learn the newest version of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT.