Accurate Drawings in AutoCAD for Beginners and Intermediates

This is the most comprehensive book about AutoCAD 2025 – 2D drafting on the market. It is divided into three major parts:

• Essentials: from Chapte r 1 to Chapter 10. It assumes that the reader has no previous experience in AutoCAD; hence it starts from scratch. Chapter 10 contains three projects – one architectural, and two mechanical using both Imperial and metric units.

• Intermediate: from Chapter 11 to Chapter 18. It contains a deeper discussion on a subject we touched on in the Essentials part, or a new advance feature.

• Advanced: from Chapter 19 to Chapter 26. It discusses the most advanced features of AutoCAD 2025.

If you don’t have any prior experience in AutoCAD this book is a perfect start, and you can stop at the end of any part. But if you want to be a real power user of AutoCAD, you should go through all 26 chapters, solving all projects and practices.

This book is also a good source to prepare for the AutoCAD Certified Professional exam.

The chapters are divided as follows:

• Chapter (1) covers AutoCAD basics along with the interface

• Chapter (2) covers AutoCAD techniques to draw with accuracy

• Chapters (3 & 4) cover all modifying commands

• Chapter (5) covers the AutoCAD method of organizing the drawing using layers and inquiry commands

• Chapter (6) covers the methods of creating and editing blocks, and inserting and editing hatches

• Chapter (7) covers AutoCAD methods of writing text

• Chapter (8) covers how to create and edit dimensions in AutoCAD

• Chapter (9) covers how to plot your drawing

• Chapter (10) includes three projects, one architectural and two mechanical, covering both metric and imperial units

• Chapter (11) covers the creation of more 2D objects

• Chapters (12 & 13) cover advanced practices and techniques

• Chapter (14) covers Block tools and Block Editing

• Chapter (15) covers the creation of Text Style and Table Styles along with Formulas in tables

• Chapter (16) covers the creation of Dimension Style & Multileader style plus adding multileaders

• Chapter (17) covers the creation of Plot styles, the meaning of Annotative, and DWF creation

• Chapter (18) covers how to create a template file and customize AutoCAD interface

• Chapter (19) covers Parametric Constraints

• Chapter (20) covers Dynamic Blocks

• Chapter (21) covers Block Attributes

• Chapter (22) covers External Reference

• Chapter (23) covers Sheets Sets

• Chapter (24) covers CAD Standards and Advanced Layer Commands

• Chapter (25) covers Importing PDF files, Design Views, AutoCAD Web, Mobile Apps

• Chapter (26) covers the Drawing Compare Function