AutoCAD 2016 and AutoCAD LT 2016 No Experience Required: Autodesk Official Press

Chapter 4 Developing Drawing Strategies: Part 1

A common misconception about drawing in the Autodesk^® AutoCAD^® program is that the more commands you learn, the more efficient you’ll become with the software. Assuming you have worked your way through the first three chapters, you’ve probably found that most commands are not difficult to learn on their own. Instead, the difficult part about learning AutoCAD is learning how to combine multiple commands to achieve a specific task.

In this chapter, you’ll focus on gaining a feel for the strategy of drawing in AutoCAD and on solving drawing problems that arise while laying out a floor plan. As you work your way through this chapter, you’ll make the walls, cut doorway openings, and draw the doors. ...