AutoCAD 2022 for Architectural Design: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users

AutoCAD 2022 for Architectural Design: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users textbook is designed for instructor-led courses as well as for self-paced learning. It is intended to help architects designers and CAD operators interested in learning AutoCAD for creating 2D architectural drawings. This textbook is a great help for new AutoCAD users and a great teaching aid for classroom training. This textbook consists of 12 chapters and a total of 482 pages covering tools and commands of the Drafting & Annotation workspace of AutoCAD. The textbook teaches you to use AutoCAD software for creating editing plotting and managing real world 2D architectural drawings.This textbook not only focuses on the usage of the tools/commands of AutoCAD but also on the concept of design. Every chapter of this textbook contains tutorials that provide users with step-by-step instructions for creating architectural designs and drawings with ease. Moreover every chapter ends with hands-on test drives which allow users to experience themselves the user friendly and technical capabilities of AutoCAD.Table of Contents:Chapter 1. Introduction to AutoCADChapter 2. Creating Drawings - IChapter 3. Working with Drawing Aids and LayersChapter 4. Creating Drawings - IIChapter 5. Modifying and Editing Drawings - IChapter 6. Working with Blocks and XrefsChapter 7. Working with Dimensions and Dimensions StyleChapter 8. Editing Dimensions and Adding TextChapter 9. Modifying and Editing Drawings - IIChapter 10. Hatching and GradientsChapter 11. Working with LayoutsChapter 12. Printing and Plotting