AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010 Bible

by Ellen Finkelstein

Book Review

10th anniversary edition of the bestselling AutoCAD Bible.
Even AutoCAD developers turn to this book for answers!
Find out what fans of all the previous bestselling editions of this book already know: this is the top all-in-one guide to everything you need to master AutoCAD. Whether you're a novice looking to start with the basics and progress to programming, or an AutoCAD veteran exploring what's new or seeking a quick refresher, every feature is covered. Start drawing today in AutoCAD 2010 with the one book you need to succeed.

Start drawing right away with a Quick Start project
Draw, view, and edit in 2D, then add text and dimensions
Reference other drawings and link data to objects
Build, view, and present complex 3D drawings
Customize commands, create shortcuts, and use scripts and macros
Program AutoCAD using AutoLISP and VBA

What's on the DVD?

Trial versions of both AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010
Over 300 before-and-after drawings from working AutoCAD professionals
A selection of helpful add-on programs
The entire book in searchable PDF
Videos on the two big new features of AutoCAD 2010 — Parametric Constraints and Mesh Solids

System Requirements: Please see the DVD appendix for details and system requirements.
Control your drawings with the new parametric constraints
Draw and display sophisticated 2D and 3D models
Create organic, molded solids with 3D meshes.

Book Details

Title: AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010 Bible

Autor/s: Ellen Finkelstein

Publisher: Wiley

Publish date: June 2009

ISBN: 0470436409

Edition: Paperback

Customer Rating:

based on 2 reviews.

List Price: $49.99

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Most Popular Reviews

Good for being complete

I have read some AutoCAD books from our library in the past, but this is only the second book I really bought. I needed a good updated one since my AutoCAD 12 book is getting really old.

The book is a full reference of all the functionality in AutoCAD, which is its main value. I bought it as a teacher of AutoCAD for students of Architecture.

It is not a tutorial to learn AutoCAD easily and efficiently. It is too complete. E.g. in the 3D modeling chapter almost every single option to set a 3D viewpoint is discussed. This is good for the sake of completeness, but it overkill for an end user.

Moreover, most of the examples, while related to architecture, are too simple and use feet and inches, without adding SI units in parentheses. A pity.

5 star book, but Kindle version's table of contents not linked.

I bought the kindle version of this book. I haven't gotten very far into the book because two things have proven unworkable. First, the pictures, screen shots, etc. just don't resolve well on the my Gen 1 kindle. They might look good on the DX, though this book isn't listed as "optimized for DX". Secondly, and maybe more importantly, the table of contents isn't linked. Well, it is linked, to a copy of the table of contents a few pages later. But the chapter on organizing your drawings isn't linked to the first page of the chapter on organizing your drawings. For a reference book, this is pretty much a deal killer. On my kindle, with size 3 font, I have almost 40,000 locations. Could you imagine hunting around for chapter 4? I tried this book on kindle for the PC, and while the screen shots were slightly better, only slightly, the table of contents was similarly broken.
Having said all of this I liked the book so much I am going to order a dead-tree version.

UPDATE: 12-10

I have had some time with the print version of the book and felt I had to change my original rating from 1 to 4 stars as I didn't want a bad kindle book conversion to lower the score of this otherwise good book.