Publisher's Synopsis
For Introductory courses in AutoCAD in Engineering departments.
The purpose of this book and its series companions, AutoCAD 2005: A Building Approach, Book 1: Learning the Basics and AutoCAD 2005: A Building Approach, Book 3: From Concept to Application is to teach the fundamentals of AutoCAD 2005 in a step-by-step approach-taking users from opening the AutoCAD program for the very first time to being able to efficiently use the basic commands to set up, draw, and print simple, but professional engineering drawings. Instead of overwhelming users with the many commands available in AutoCAD 2005, these books focus on teaching the most efficient methods of operation, so that users quickly become productive CAD operators.
