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The book came in a timely manner and matched the description the seller gave.

I couldn't have asked for a better deal.

Yolanda

The features of this text are designed to help you gain the greatest possible benefit from your study time and help you to get productive fast using the AutoCAD LT 97 drafting software. Clear illustrations, including hundreds of relevant screen captures, supplement rich text descriptions that are well written and easy to read text. The "Learning Checkpoints" feature provides effective review of the most important aspects of each discussion. Exercises, end-of-chapter tests and practical drafting projects provide practical experience using learned concepts and techniques to produce industry standard drawings in a variety of drafting disciplines.

I have used this text to teach several AutoCAD LT courses, both basic and advanced, and it has proven itself to be an effective and easy to use tool for both learning and teaching the AutoCAD LT 97 drafting software.

It has been said that some of the best text books written will out of print in within a few years--I certianly would be very disappointed if that happened to this book!! I found this book to be the most helpful I have seen on this subject. The book walks you thru the miriad of commands and explains them very will. I like the hands on approach and this book certainly accomplishes that. Although the author covers alternate commands to accomplish the same ends ("Varations on a Theme")--and explains them well, but at times a little "wordy".
I recommend this book to anyone starting out learning Autocad LT (like me).

I AM AN ENGINEERING MANAGER, NOT A FULL TIME AUTOCAD USER. I FIND THAT I CAN STILL MAKE PROFITABLE USE OF AUTOCAD LT BECAUSE USING THIS REFERENCE BOOK I CAN READILY AND EFFICIENTLY GET "UNSTUCK" WHEN I RUN INTO A PROBLEM.

the autocad professional Api Toolkit by Kurt Hampe

how to draw in tho dimension

General information for Rel 13. Good for beginners.

The information covers many advanced topics concerning the latest improvements to AutoCAD Release 14. This multi-media tutorial explains it all by show & tell! The search engines are powerful and allow one to use this CD in the background of a work session for quick reference.

I was really impressed with this how-to program book. I highly recommend it to anyone learning Autodesk 3Ds Max. It is thick, but it shows you pictures as well as text, so for those visual learners, it is a nice reference.

I've been in printing for a while -- let's just say I know how to strip color negs by hand, and leave it at that. I now, of course, prepare all my files for print electronically. The thing that bugs me about most electronic publishing documentation is that the writer always assumes that the reader knows stuff that he doesn't! The reader comes away with incomplete advice and information that he can't possibly apply successfully to his daily work. Taz Tally explains EVERYTHING, but I don't think you'll find many readers saying, "Ya, ya, ya..." Even an electronically-experienced reader can benefit. Sometimes Tally's explanations are just a bit differnt from those of other writers, or he includes just a bit more information...and suddenly you notice the light is dawning and things are falling together!