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New LT book - Suitable for LT 2006, 2007 & 2008!

Inside AutoCAD LT 2006 (Volume 2) is a 158 page e-book containing all you’ll need to get started managing and customizing AutoCAD LT.

Manage & Customize LT

Inside AutoCAD LT 2006 (Volume 2) is a new AutoCAD e-book by Ralph Grabowski. Featuring 12 clearly written chapters about AutoCAD LT Management & Customization.

This is the second in a two-volume set on Autodesk’s cheapest CAD package. This is the PDF reprint of the original paperback book from Wordware Publishing, AutoCAD LT 2006: The Definitive Guide.

  •Managing AutoCAD LT
  •Backing up and restoring CAD data
  •Customizing menus and toolbars
  •Networking & Internert with LT
  •Writing scripts & Diesel routines
  •Dozens of tips!

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Table Of Contents: Inside AutoCAD LT 2006

Part I — Managing AutoCAD LT

Chapter 1: Implementing CAD Management

Solving CAD Problems, Ongoing Budgeting, Continuing Education, Organizational Changes, Standardizing File Formats, Dealing with Finite Resources, Creating CAD Standards, Layer Names, Block Names, Text Styles, Dimension Styles, Creating Template Drawings, Archival Longevity, Media Obsolescence, File Format Changes, Using Drawings Beyond Projects

Chapter 2: Practicing Safe Computing

Backing Up Is Easy to Do, Backup Media, Tape, CD and DVD, DVDs, CD and DVD Rot, Removable Drives, External Hard Drives, Advanced Hard Drive Usage, USB Keys, Comparing Backup Media Costs, Implementing Backup Strategies, Malware Protection, AutoCAD LT Is Safe, So Far, Malware and Firewalls, Firewalls

Chapter 3: Introduction to Networking

Benefits of Networking, File Sharing, Revision Control, Peripheral Sharing, Installation Ease, Floating Software Licenses, Workgroup Capability, Standards Enforcement, Disadvantages of Networking, Network-aware Software Costs More, History of Networking, Early Networking with PCs, Network Standards Today, Ethernet, 10BaseT Cables and Connectors, Other Cables and Connectors, Network Topology, Star Topology, Daisy Chain Topology, Assigning Internet Addresses, Types of IP Addresses, Private Network Addresses, Planning IP Addresses, Assigning IP Addresses, Wireless Networking, How Wireless Networking Works, Wireless Security

Chapter 4: Working with Networked AutoCAD LT

*Setting Up Windows for the Network, Giving Computers Network Names, *Turning On Drive and Printer Sharing, Sharing Computer Drives and Printers, Adding Networked Drives and Printers, Mapping Network Drives, Adding Network Printers, Making Local Printers Shareable, Installing Network Printers, Accessing AutoCAD LT Files on Networks, Opening Drawings on Networks, The AutoCAD DesignCenter, Saving Drawings on Networks, Finding Files on Networks, Running LT Over a Network

Chapter 5: Connecting AutoCAD LT to the Internet

Opening Drawings from the Internet , Understanding Hyperlinks, Starting Web Browsers, Sending Drawings via the Internet, Sending Drawings through Email, Packaging Drawings and Support Files, Saving Drawings to the Internet, Working with DWF Files, Exporting Drawings in DWF Format, Drawings in Web Pages, Online Project Management, Buzzsaw and ProjectPoint, A Look at XML for CAD, What XML Means to CAD Users

Chapter 6: Translating AutoCAD LT Drawings

Exchanging Autodesk Drawings, How DWG Files Differ, Shading Modes, Proxies Represent Custom Objects, Older Versions of DWG, Saving to Older Versions, Autodesk’s Incompatible Formats, Drawings from Other CAD Programs, May Require Object Enablers, Drawing Translation, IGES, PDES/STEP, DXF, IAI and MAI

Part II — Customizing AutoCAD LT

Chapter 7: Introduction to Customizing AutoCAD LT

Customizing LT’s Startup, Adding Command-Line Switches, Programming AutoCAD LT, How LT Cannot Be Programmed

Chapter 8: Customizing Commands

Command Aliases, Writing Aliases, Using System Variables, Accessing System Variables, Read-Only Variables, Toggle Variables, User Variables, Environment Variables, Other Environment Variables, Writing Script Files, About Script Files, Drawbacks to Scripts, Methods for Scripts to Call Commands, Script Commands, Special Characters in Scripts, Examples of Script Files, Opening Multiple Drawings, Creating Layers, Drawing Boundaries, Saving and Plotting, Starting AutoCAD LT with Scripts

Chapter 9: Customizing Menus and Shortcut Keystrokes

The History of Menus , The Menu Moves from the Side to the Top, Customizing Menus, Menu Groups, Loading Menu Files, Guided Tour of the CUI, Understanding Menu Macros, Menu Macro Metacharacters, Creating Menus, Writing Macros, Shortcut Keystrokes, Customizing Shortcut Keystrokes, Customizing Keystroke Shortcuts, Creating Keystroke Shortcuts

Chapter 10: Customizing Toolbars and Workspaces

Changing Toolbar Properties, Further Changes to Toolbar Properties, Customizing Toolbars, Adding Buttons to Toolbars, Adding Separator Lines between Buttons, Adding Flyouts to Toolbars, Creating and Editing Icons for Buttons, Removing Buttons from Toolbars, Writing Toolbar Macros, Toolbar Macro Syntax, Macro Options, Workspaces, Saving the State of the User Interface, Configuring Workspaces

Chapter 11: Customizing Buttons

Shortcut Menus, and Tablets, Customizing Mouse Buttons, Understanding the Button2 Macro, Second Button Macro, Other Button Macros, Shortcut Menus, Tablet Menus and Buttons, Tablet Menus, Tablet Menu 1, Tablet Buttons, Image Tile Menus

Chapter 12: Advanced Programming Issues

DIESEL, The History of DIESEL, DIESEL Programming, DIESEL Code Basics, Writing Simple DIESEL Macros, Using DIESEL in Menus, DIESEL Error Messages, Tracing Bugs in Diesel, Other Programming Interfaces, AutoLISP, Visual LISP, DCL, Making AutoLISP and DCL Work in LT , VBA, ARX, The DWG and DXF Formats, The OpenDWG Alliance, Documenting DWG, DXF Documentation

No appendices.

About the author:

Ralph Grabowski has authored and coauthored 80+ books on CAD management, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Generic CADD, IntelliCAD, MicroStation, TurboCAD, VDraft, Visio, HTML, and VRML. He is the editor of two e-newsletters, upFront.eZine and IMAGINiT.eZine, and maintains a Weblog.

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