AutoCAD 2023 und AutoCAD LT 2023 für Architekten und Ingenieure

Introduction to the most important operating elements
Construction examples from architecture, crafts, and technology
Numerous practical examples and exercises

This basic and instructional book shows you the possibilities of AutoCAD 2023 and AutoCAD LT 2023 with the help of concrete practical examples from architecture, crafts, and engineering. It offers AutoCAD newcomers a thorough and practical introduction to CAD. With the book and the 30-day trial version from the Autodesk website, you can start immediately and create your first drawings. Right from the start, you will work with typical design tasks from your studies and practice. You will find exercises, test questions, and solutions for each chapter.

Numerous commands are explained in detail, such as:

• Drawing with line, circle, arc, polyline, hatch, and others.
• Editing (shift, strike, draw, scale, and others), arrangements rectangular, polar, or along paths, handles, property manager.
• Complex objects: block, palette, editor, attributes, external references.
• Introduction to 3D solids, meshes, and NURBS surfaces (freeform modelling).
• Comparison function for drawings and external references.
• Customise user interface, macro recording.
• German description of the English express tools.

From the contents:

• General operation with multi-function bars, tabs, and palettes.
• Quick introduction to drawing with grid snapping.
• Exact drawing with coordinates, object snap, and trace lines.
• Drawing organisation with layers, templates, and standards.
• Texts, title blocks, and tables, connection to Excel.
• Dimensioning commands and dimensioning styles, special cases.
• Parametric variant constructions, dynamic blocks.
• Collaboration via web and mobile app, tracing with BAND function.
• Scaled plotting, also with different units (mm, cm, m).
• New functions for web and mobile.
• Numerous exercise questions with answers.

For download:

• All examples
• Additional exercises.