The book will be supported with instructor materials, including a syllabus, PowerPoint slides for each chapter, and test questions.

Features detailed information unavailable elsewhere on technical standards as well as features and functions that are still very much in use, including LISP programming tips, DOS functions, and scripts.

Discussions and techniques are presented in the context of how AutoCAD is used in the real world. For instance, it shows how to quickly set up drawings to meet architectural standards, explains why those standards are important, and discusses how they’re used by today’s top firms.

Author, Dan Abbott won Autodesk University’s top speaker award three times and developed this book based on his very popular “Things Every AutoCAD User Should Know”AU session and college-level Advanced AutoCAD course, which he’s been teaching for 14 years.

Logically grouped discussions, tips, and techniques reinforce AutoCAD features, functions, and best practices.