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Mastering AutoCAD 2019 and AutoCAD LT 2019

You're reading from Mastering AutoCAD 2019 and AutoCAD LT 2019 The world's favorite guide to everything AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2018

Publisher Wiley

ISBN-13 9781119495000

Length 1088 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AutoCAD

Concepts

Computer Aided Design

Authors (2):

George Omura

Brian C. Benton

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

1. Cover FREE CHAPTER

2. Acknowledgments

3. About the Authors

4. Introduction

5. Part 1: The Basics

6. Part 2: Mastering Intermediate Skills

7. Part 3: Mastering Advanced Skills

8. Part 4: 3D Modeling and Imaging

9. Part 5: Customization and Integration

10. Index

11. End User License Agreement

Appendix A: The Bottom Line

1. Appendix B: Installing and Setting Up AutoCAD

2. Appendix C: The Autodesk AutoCAD 2019 Certification

Chapter 16: Making “Smart” Drawings with Parametric Tools

Use parametric drawing tools. Parametric drawing tools enable you to create an assembly of objects that are linked to each other based on geometric or dimensional properties. With the parametric drawing tools, you can create a drawing that automatically adjusts the size of all its components when you change a single dimension.
- Master It Name two examples given in the beginning of the chapter of a mechanical assembly that can be shown using parametric drawing tools.
- Solution The examples are a crankshaft and piston and a Luxo lamp.
Connect objects with geometric constraints. You can link objects together so that they maintain a particular orientation to each other.
- Master It Name at least six of the geometric constraints available in AutoCAD.
- Solution The constraints are coincident, collinear, concentric, fix, parallel...

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Authors (2)

George Omura

George Omura

George Omura is a licensed architect and Autodesk Authorized Author, with more than twenty years of experience using AutoCAD. As a CAD specialist, he has worked on projects ranging from resort hotels to metropolitan transit systems to the San Francisco Library project. Mr. Omura is the all-time bestselling CAD author.

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Brian C. Benton

Brian C. Benton

Brian C. Benton is a Senior Engineering Design Technician, CAD Service Provider, trainer, technical writer, and blogger with more than 20 years of experience in various design fields. He has been Cadalyst Magazine's Tip Patroller and writer and an AUGI HotNews Production Manager. He is a member of the Autodesk Expert Elite Program.

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