Publisher's Synopsis
The purpose of this book and its companions, "AutoCAD[registered] 2002: A Building Approach", "Book 1: Learning the Basics and AutoCAD[registered] 2002: A Building Approach", "Book 3: From Concept to Application", is to teach the fundamentals of AutoCAD[registered] 2002 so you can easily make simple, professional engineering drawings.;This book uses the following features to help you build the basic foundation needed to become a successful CAD operator: provides a true step-by-step approach that guides you through the learning process in a friendly and effective way; teaches you one efficient method, instead of overwhelming you with multiple ways to do the same thing, so you can quickly become a productive CAD operator; takes you from opening the AutoCAD[registered] program for the first time to creating your own personal AutoCAD[registered] template and using it to generate professional engineering drawings; teaches you to use the basic drawing, editing, and text tools in an integrated approach that combines learning-related operations and commands together to make them easier to remember; and uses practical, real-world assignments in which you apply the concepts you learned to projects that new CAD operators could expect to see in their jobs.
