AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

This is actually 10 books in one. It covers a huge amount of information. Whether LT or straight Autocad, this book covers it.

If you are a student or recent graduate, take your textbook on AutoCAD and put it on your shelf and LEAVE IT THERE! This book is functional. It tells you the things you need to learn when using CAD on a regular basis like I do. I graduated in 2012 and got a job in mechanical engineering and this resides on my desk and I reach for it regularly. GET THE BOOK, GET THE BOOK, GET THE BOOK!

Only updated to 2017, I'm using 2021 but that is my fault I should have read more about it before buying. Still a good reference, can still figure out what I need. Buttons might look different or in different locations but can figure it out eventually.

Awe, come on! Did they not hear me request "for dummies"? This is a tremendous tome. I guess I will be thankful it is so through by the time I get through it but it is a bit daunting...

This books ok, but it is written a little to simplistic. It was probably intended for highschool age users.

You can stop using all your other references and use this one book.

Well done On time and just what we were looking for! This will work very well for us. Thank you for your service!

When you are first starting to use AutoCAD, you get to the point where you are looking at a basically bare screen with a whole bunch of control icons around the edges. What do you do then? Just simply getting the first line drawn is a confusing task. In this book the authors have applied the full range of the 'For Dummies' books style guidelines to produce a book that gets you working in AutoCAD just as fast as possible. It still takes them over fifty pages to get started drawing a picture, but that first fifty pages gives you a lot, an awful lot, of basic information. So often I find that computer books leave out this first fifty pages that explain just what it is that we are trying to do. Plow through it. It's material that you will need to know sooner or later, probably sooner, and it's really not that bad. As a simple summary about this book. I like the 'For Dummies' style, and if I were trying to get started in AutoCAD, it's where I would start. It's a big book, almost 800 pages, but a lot of details about Autocad are included. You'll be productive before you get down to the customizing and programming chapters.