AutoCAD 2025: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users textbook is designed for instructor-led courses as well as for self-paced learning. It is intended to help engineers, designers, and CAD operators interested in learning AutoCAD to create 2D engineering drawings as well as 3D Models. This textbook is a great help for new AutoCAD users and a great teaching aid for classroom training. The textbook consists of 13 chapters, and a total of 550 pages covering major workspaces of AutoCAD such as Drafting & Annotation and 3D Modeling, teaching you to use AutoCAD software for creating, editing, plotting, and managing real-world 2D engineering drawings and 3D Models.

This textbook not only focuses on the usage of the tools/commands of AutoCAD but also the concept of design. Every chapter of this textbook contains tutorials that provide users with step-by-step instructions on how to easily create mechanical designs and drawings. Moreover, every chapter ends with hands-on test drives allowing users to experience AutoCAD's user-friendly and powerful capabilities.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to AutoCAD

Chapter 2. Creating Drawings - I

Chapter 3. Working with Drawing Aids and Layers

Chapter 4. Creating Drawings - II

Chapter 5. Modifying and Editing Drawings - I

Chapter 6. Working with Dimensions and Dimensions Style

Chapter 7. Editing Dimensions and Adding Text

Chapter 8. Modifying and Editing Drawings - II

Chapter 9. Hatching and Gradients

Chapter 10. Working with Blocks and Xrefs

Chapter 11. Working with Layouts

Chapter 12. Printing and Plotting

Chapter 13. Introducing 3D Basics and Creating 3D Models

Main Features of the Textbook

Comprehensive coverage of tools

Step-by-step real-world tutorials with every chapter

Hands-on test drives to enhance the skills at the end of every chapter

Additional notes and tips

Customized content for faculty (PowerPoint Presentations)

Free learning resources for faculty and students

Additional student and faculty projects