Introduction to AutoCAD 2004

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-08-03
Publisher(s): Prentice Hall
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Summary

Will help any small business or financial professional master QuickBooks Pro 2004 quickly and use it effectively. This hands-on, applications-rich text gives readers a solid real-world understanding of QuickBooks' innovative approach to accounting. Long-time QuickBooks and accounting instructor Janet Horne begins by reviewing the basics of computers, accounting, and QuickBooks Pro. Next, using realistic practice examples, she walks through using QuickBooks' features for sales, receivables, payables, purchases, general accounting, end-of-period” procedures, payroll, and more. Throughout, Horne shows how to use QuickBooks both in the context of conventional product-oriented businesses and in today's increasingly dominantservices businesses. Along the way, she introduces basic accounting concepts and explains how they are used (or adjusted) by QuickBooks. For everyone who wants to learn QuickBooks 2004, including millions of small and home office business owners, accountants, bookkeepers, and students. Will also be valuable to QuickBooks users upgrading to the newest release. With over 2.5 million users, QuickBooks is the world's #1 small business accounting package.

Table of Contents

1 LINES 1(31)
1.1 Beginning a New Drawing
2(1)
1.2 Exploring the Drawing Window
3(2)
1.2.1 The Screen
3(1)
1.2.2 Switching Screens
4(1)
1.3 Interacting with the Drawing Window
5(6)
1.3.1 The Mouse
5(1)
1.3.2 Cross Hairs and Pickbox
5(1)
1.3.3 The Coordinate Display
5(2)
1.3.4 The Grid
7(1)
1.3.5 Scroll Bars
8(1)
1.3.6 Snap
9(1)
1.3.7 Other Buttons on the Status Bar
10(1)
1.3.8 The User Coordinate System Icon
10(1)
1.4 Exploring Command Entry Methods
11(3)
1.4.1 The Keyboard and the Command Line
11(1)
1.4.2 Pull-Down Menus
12(1)
1.4.3 Toolbars
13(1)
1.5 Drawing and Undoing Lines
14(8)
1.5.1 Rubber Band
15(1)
1.5.2 Absolute (xyz) and Polar Coordinates
15(2)
1.5.3 Space Bar and Enter Key
17(1)
1.5.4 Right Mouse Button and Shortcut Menus
17(1)
1.5.5 Direct Distance Entry
18(1)
1.5.6 Undoing Commands with U
19(1)
1.5.7 Erasing Lines
19(1)
1.5.8 Ortho
20(1)
1.5.9 Polar Tracking
21(1)
1.5.10 The Esc key
22(1)
1.6 Saving and Opening Drawings
22 (2)
1.6.1 The SAVE Command
22(1)
1.6.2 The SAVEAS Command
23 (1)
1.6.3 OPENing Saved Drawings
23 (1)
1.6.4 Exiting the Drawing Window
24(1)
1.7 Review Material
24(1)
1.7.1 Questions
24(1)
1.8 Drawing Problems
25(7)
2 CIRCLES AND DRAWING AIDS 32(30)
2.1 Changing the GRID Setting
33(1)
2.2 Changing the SNAP Setting
33(4)
2.2.1 Using the Drafting Settings Dialog Box
34 (1)
2.2.2 Tabs
34(1)
2.2.3 Check Boxes
35(1)
2.2.4 Panels
35(1)
2.2.5 Edit Boxes
35(2)
2.3 Changing UNITS
37(2)
2.3.1 Drop-Down Lists and the Drawing Units Dialog Box
37(2)
2.4 Drawing Circles Giving Center Point and Radius
39(2)
2.5 Drawing Circles Giving Center Point and Diameter
41(1)
2.6 Accessing AutoCAD HELP Features
42(2)
2.7 Using the ERASE Command
44(6)
2.7.1 Verb/Noun Editing
45(1)
2.7.2 Noun/Verb Editing
46(1)
2.7.3 OOPS!
46(1)
2.7.4 Other Object Selection Methods
47 (1)
2.7.5 Selection by Window
48(1)
2.7.6 Selection by Crossing Window
49 (1)
2.7.7 Selecting the "Last" Entity
49(1)
2.8 Using the RECTANGLE Command
50(1)
2.9 Plotting or Printing a Drawing
51(3)
2.9.1 Dialog Box Radio Buttons
52(2)
2.10 Review Material
54(1)
2.11 Drawing Problems
54(8)
3 LAYERS, COLORS, AND LINETYPES 62(28)
3.1 Creating New Layers
63(2)
3.1.1 The Layer Properties Manager Dialog Box
63(2)
3.2 Assigning Colors to Layers
65(1)
3.3 Assigning Linetypes
66(2)
3.4 Assigning Lineweight
68(2)
3.5 Changing the Current Layer
70(1)
3.5.1 Making an Object's Layer Current
71(1)
3.6 Editing Corners Using FILLET
71(2)
3.7 Editing Corners Using CHAMFER
73(1)
3.8 ZOOMing Window, Previous, and All
74(3)
3.8.1 Zoom Previous
76(1)
3.8.2 Zoom All
77(1)
3.9 Using Realtime ZOOM and PAN
77(2)
3.9.1 Realtime ZOOM
78(1)
3.10 Using Plot Preview
79 (3)
3.10.1 Partial Preview
80 (1)
3.10.2 Full Preview
81(1)
3.10.3 Using Print Preview
82(1)
3.11 Review Material
82(1)
3.12 Drawing Problems
83(7)
4 TEMPLATE DRAWINGS 90(28)
4.1 Setting LIMITS
91(3)
4.1.1 Model Space and Paper Space
91 (1)
4.1.2 The Advanced Setup Wizard
91 (3)
4.1.3 The LIMITS Command
94(1)
4.2 Creating a Template
94(2)
4.3 Saving a Template Drawing
96(1)
4.4 Using the MOVE Command
97(4)
4.4.1 Moving with Grips
100(1)
4.5 Using the COPY Command
101(2)
4.5.1 The Multiple Copy Option
102(1)
4.5.2 Copying with Grips
102(1)
4.6 Using the ARRAY Command-Rectangular Arrays
103(2)
4.7 Changing Plot Settings
105(5)
4.7.1 The Plot Device Tab
106(1)
4.7.2 The Add a Plotter Wizard
107 (1)
4.7.3 Plot Styles
107(1)
4.7.4 What to Plot
108(1)
4.7.5 Plot to File
108(1)
4.7.6 Drawing Orientation
108(1)
4.7.7 Plot Area
109(1)
4.7.8 Plot Scale
109(1)
4.7.9 Plot Offset
109 (1)
4.7.10 Plot Options
110(1)
4.8 Review Material
110(1)
4.9 Drawing Problems
111(7)
5 ARCS AND POLAR ARRAYS 118(26)
5.1 Creating Polar Arrays
119(2)
5.2 Drawing Arcs
121(3)
5.3 Using the ROTATE Command
124(3)
5.3.1 Rotating with Grips
126(1)
5.4 Using Polar Tracking at Any Angle
127(2)
5.5 Creating Mirror Images of Objects on the Screen
129(3)
5.5.1 Mirroring with Grips
131(1)
5.6 Creating Page Setups
132(4)
5.6.1 The Page Setup Dialog Box
132(4)
5.6.2 Importing Page Setups
136(1)
5.7 Review Material
136(1)
5.8 Drawing Problems
137 (7)
6 OBJECT SNAP 144(28)
6.1 Selecting Points with Object Snap (Single-Point Override)
145(4)
6.2 Selecting Points with OSNAP (Running Mode)
149(3)
6.3 Object Snap Tracking
152(4)
6.3.1 Point Acquisition
153(3)
6.4 Using the OFFSET Command
(Creating Parallel Objects with OFFSET)
156(2)
6.5 BREAKing Previously Drawn Objects
158(2)
6.6 Shortening Objects with the TRIM Command
160(3)
6.7 Extending Objects with the EXTEND Command
163(1)
6.8 Review Material
164(1)
6.9 Drawing Problems
165 (7)
7 TEXT 172(22)
7.1 Entering Left-Justified Text Using DTEXT
173(2)
7.2 Using Other Text Justification Options
175(2)
7.2.1 Right-Justified Text
175(1)
7.2.2 Centered Text
176(1)
7.2.3 Middle, Aligned, and Fit Text
176(1)
7.2.4 Other Justification Options
177(1)
7.3 Using the SPELL Command
177(1)
7.4 Changing Fonts and Styles
178(3)
7.4.1 Switching the Current Style
181(1)
7.5 Changing Properties with MATCHPROP
181(3)
7.5.1 The CHANGE Command
183(1)
7.6 Scaling Previously Drawn Entities
184(2)
7.6.1 Scaling by Reference
186(1)
7.6.2 Scaling with Grips
186(1)
7.7 Review Material
186(1)
7.8 Drawing Problems
187(7)
8 DIMENSIONS 194(30)
8.1 Creating and Saving a Dimension Style
195(3)
8.2 Drawing Linear Dimensions
198(4)
8.3 Drawing Multiple Linear Dimensions-QDIM
202(3)
8.3.1 DIMBASELINE and DIMCONTINUE
205(1)
8.4 Drawing Angular Dimensions
205(2)
8.5 Dimensioning Arcs and Circles
207(3)
8.5.1 Radius Dimensions
209(1)
8.5.2 Dimensioning Circles and Arcs with QDIM
209(1)
8.5.3 Dimension Variables
210(1)
8.6 Using the BHATCH Command
210(6)
8.7 Review Material
216(1)
8.8 Drawing Problems
216(8)
9 WIREFRAME AND SURFACE MODELS 224(43)
9.1 Creating and Viewing a 3D Wireframe Box
225(5)
9.1.1 Changing Viewpoints
226(2)
9.1.2 Entering 3D Coordinates
228(1)
9.1.3 Using Object Snap
229(1)
9.2 Defining and Saving User Coordinate Systems
230(4)
9.3 Using Draw and Edit Commands in a UCS
234(4)
9.4 Using Multiple Tiled Viewports
238(4)
9.5 Creating Surfaces with 3DFACE
242(2)
9.6 Removing Hidden Lines with HIDE
244(1)
9.7 Using 3D Polygon Mesh Commands
245(5)
9.7.1 TABSURF
246 (1)
9.7.2 RULESURF
247 (1)
9.7.3 EDGESURF
248 (1)
9.7.4 REVSURF
249(1)
9.8 Creating Solid Boxes and Wedges
250(3)
9.9 Creating the UNION of Two Solids
253(1)
9.10 Working Above the XY Plane Using Elevation
254(1)
9.11 Creating Composite Solids with SUBTRACT
255(2)
9.12 Shading and Rendering
257(1)
9.13 Review Material
258(1)
9.14 Drawing Problems
259 (8)
INDEX 267

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