CAD Reference Books

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Welcome to our line of reference books on learning and customizing computer-aided design software. Choose from over 50 titles as PDF ebooks:

    AutoCAD
           For 2010 -- 2009 -- 2008 -- 2007 -- 2006 -- 2005 and older
           Also: mini-eBooks* on specific topics, such as     rendering and animation customizing.
     

    AutoCAD LT
           For 2006 -- 2005

    Bricscad
           For V9 -- V8 -- Version 5 -- Version 6

    General CADD Pro
           For Version 1

    Generic CADD
           For Version 6

    IntelliCAD (suitable for progeCAD, CADopia, and others)
            For 2009 (v6.5) -- Version 6 -- Version 5 and older

    TurboCAD
           For Release 12

    Visio
           For 2002

    About PDF eBooks

    All of our ebooks are in PDF format, and can be read easily on-screen with the free Acrobat Reader -- or printed on standard 8.5x"11 paper. We deliver the PDF files by email, usually the same day. You may also order them on CD for an extra $5.00. You may pay by cheque, money order, or by PayPal. Bulk purchase pricing available.

    Our ebooks are excellent for classrooms. The cost is lower and the quality is higher than most other textbooks.

    Remember, it's not cool to steal  You can make a backup copy of the PDF file, and print out one copy on paper. After that, you need to pay us for the extra copies; we provide a generous 40% discount. Paying for extra copies is worthwhile to you (after all, you made the extra copies!) and compensates the author's time for researching and writing these ebooks.
            - editor @ upfrontezine.com

    Bonus: Receive a no-cost subscription to the upFront.eZine e-newsletter with your ebook purchase.

    * About Mini-eBooks

    Fewer pages = lower price. Our PDF mini-ebooks allow you to get up-to-date with the primary new customization features in AutoCAD at a lower price than purchasing our full-size ebooks.  Mini-ebooks describe how to use specific features of AutoCAD 2006 through 2010, and are identified by the tag, "A mini-ebook."

    Some mini-ebooks are based verbatim on chapters from Tailoring AutoCAD 2006 through 2010. If you have one of these ebooks, you don't need to purchase any of the mini ones. These are identified noted by the helpful warning, "Do not purchase this ebook if you have Tailoring AutoCAD."

     

  Our Newest Reference Books

Released April 2009

Inside IntelliCAD 2009 is the ideal for new users of IntelliCAD to learn how to draft. Based on the progeCAD 2009 dialect of IntelliCAD v6.5. ($19.60)

Tailoring IntelliCAD 2009 gives you step-by-step instructions for customizing and programming IntelliCAD v6.5 (based on progeCAD 2009). ($27.20)


Released March 2009

What's Inside? AutoCAD 2010 is the most comprehensive book on what's new and what's changed in AutoCAD 2010. ($19.50)

 

"Overall I've found the texts very useful and much clearer than the explanations in the Autodesk documentation."
       - T.P.

"I received your email along with the attached PDF file, printed and punched it out, and put it in a three-ring binder. Again, you did a great job and I am very pleased with the book." 
       - Watson Kilbourne,USA

AutoCAD 2010 Reference Books

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  • Tailoring Visual Styles
    74 pages. $11.10. A mini-ebook. Order #TVS. ISBN 978-0-9739101-8-6
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2007 through 2010.     

  • Animations with AutoCAD
    58 pages. $8.70. A mini-ebook Order #AWA. ISBN 978-0-9739101-9-3
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2007 through 2010. 

AutoCAD 2009 Reference Books

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  • Tailoring AutoCAD CUI 2009
    130 pages. $19.25. Order #CUI9.
    (Note: do not purchase this ebook if you have "Tailoring AutoCAD 2009.")
     
  • Tailoring QuickCalc
    36 pages. $5.40 . A mini-ebook. Order #TQC. ISBN 0-9739101-0-0
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2006 through 2010.
    (Do not purchase this ebook if you have "Tailoring AutoCAD 2009.")
     
  • Tailoring AutoLISP - DCL - Diesel
    180 pages. $27.00. Order #TADD. ISBN 978-0-9783811-1-0
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2007 through 2010. 
     
  • Tailoring AutoCAD Rendering 2008
    202 pages. $30.30. A mini-ebook. Order #TAR8.
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2008 through 2010.

  • Tailoring Visual Styles
    74 pages. $11.10. A mini-ebook. Order #TVS. ISBN 978-0-9739101-8-6
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2007 through 2010.     

  • Animations with AutoCAD
    58 pages. $8.70. A mini-ebook Order #AWA. ISBN 978-0-9739101-9-3
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2007 through 2010. 

AutoCAD 2008  Reference Books

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  •   Tailoring AutoCAD CUI 2008
    88 pages. $13.20. Order #TCA8. ISBN 978-0-9739101-7-9
    (Note: do not purchase this ebook if you have "Tailoring AutoCAD 2008.")
  • Tailoring QuickCalc
    36 pages. $5.40 . A mini-ebook. Order #TQC. ISBN 0-9739101-0-0
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2006 through 2010.
    (Do not purchase this ebook if you have "Tailoring AutoCAD 2008.")
     
  • TailoringAutoLISP - DCL - Diesel
    180 pages. $27.00. Order #TADD. ISBN 978-0-9783811-1-0
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2007 through 2010. 

"I just bought your [Tailoring Dynamic Blocks] ebook and I must say that I really love it: well-written, simple, easy to understand. I search and read a lot about this subject on the Internet and I never found a tutorial that is really easy to understand. Keep on the good work."
     - Joel Foucault

" It is refreshing to find a book as well structured and user-friendly as Tailoring AutoCAD CUI 2008," particularly since the mini-book covers tne subject  comprehensively."
       - Syd Derbyshire
 

AutoCAD 2007 Reference Books

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  •   Tailoring AutoCAD 2007
    302 pages. $30.20. Order #TA7. ISBN 0-9739101-3-5

  • Tailoring AutoCAD CUI
    64 pages. $9.60 . Order #TCA. A mini-ebook. ISBN 0-9737376-9-7
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2006 and 2007.
    (Do not purchase this ebook if you have "Tailoring AutoCAD 2007.")

  • Tailoring QuickCalc
    36 pages. $5.40 . A mini-ebook. Order #TQC. ISBN 0-9739101-0-0
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2006 through 2010.
    (Do not purchase this ebook if you have "Tailoring AutoCAD 2007.")
     
  • Tailoring AutoLISP - DCL - Diesel
    180 pages. $27.00. Order #TADD. ISBN 978-0-9783811-1-0
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2007 through 2010. 
  • Tailoring AutoCAD Render
    140 pages. $21.00. Order #TAR.   ISBN 978-0-9739101-6-2
     Designed for AutoCAD 2007.
     
  • Tailoring Visual Styles
    74 pages. $11.10. A mini-ebook. Order #TVS. ISBN 978-0-9739101-8-6
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2007 through 2010.     

  • Animations with AutoCAD
    58 pages. $8.70. A mini-ebook Order #AWA. ISBN 978-0-9739101-9-3
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2007 through 2010. 
     
  • Tailoring Dynamic Blocks (2nd ed.)
    66 pages. $9.90. Order #TDB. ISBN 0-9737376-8-9
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2006 - 2008.
     

"After receiving your [What's Inside? AutoCAD 2007] eBook, I spent an hour or so reading it. (It was midnight in Portugal.) Nice work. I posted it in my blog cad.blogs.com/cadptbr/2006/03/o_que_h_de_novo.html "
         - Joćo Brogueira ("Professor AutoCAD")

"I have nothing but positive feedback. What's Inside? AutoCAD 2008 is very comprehensive, well-written, well organized, etc.  I will definitely purchase these ebooks in the future for each new release. In fact , I am going to go to go back and buy the 2006 and 2007 ebooks. Keep up the good work."
      - Trent Barrow

AutoCAD 2006 Refererence Books

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  •   Tailoring AutoCAD 2006
    372 pages.  $37.20. Order #TA6. ISBN 0-9737376-6-2
     
  • Tailoring AutoCAD CUI
    64 pages. $9.60 . Order #TCA. A mini-ebook. ISBN 0-9737376-9-7
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2006 and 2007.
    (Do not purchase this ebook if you have "Tailoring AutoCAD 2006.")
     
  • Tailoring QuickCalc
    36 pages. $5.40 . A mini-ebook. Order #TQC. ISBN 0-9739101-0-0
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2006 through 2010.
    (Do not purchase this ebook if you have "Tailoring AutoCAD 2006.")
     
  • Tailoring Dynamic Blocks (2nd ed.)
    66 pages. $9.90. Order #TDB. ISBN 0-9737376-8-9
    Suitable for AutoCAD 2006 - 2008.
     

"Thanks for the book Animations with AutoCAD; it sure did me a lot of good. I know how to animate now and what's more, I now know how to use Movie Maker, which is totally awesome to me."
       - Tersoo Ityavyar

" I like this book a ton."
          - Ben Jones, on 'Tailoring Dynamic Blocks'

"I read through the ebook today. It is very thorough and will be an excellent help and reference for me. You can count on me as an annual customer."
         - Joan Lipovetz, on 'What's Inside? AutocAD 2008'
 

Older AutoCAD Reference Books

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AutoCAD 2005:

 

AutoCAD 2004:

  •   Tailoring AutoCAD 2004
    204 pages    $18.60. Order #TA4    ISBN 0-9737373-6-0
     
  •   Tailoring AutoCAD 2004 - Workbook Edition
    212 pages. $21.20; bulk pricing available. Order #TA4WE     ISBN 0-9737373-5-2
     
  •   Instructor's Guide for Workbook Edition
     34 pages. $9.95; bulk pricing available. Order #TA4IG.   ISBN 0-9737376-3-8
     This guide provides answers for the Workbook Edition's end-of-chapter review questions and exercises.

 

AutoCAD 2002 and earlier:

"These are the best presented eBooks I have ever purchased. There is no need to print them to be able to make sense of them! Tailoring AutoCAD 2004 is really good. Clearly written and full of useful information. Many thanks."
      - Peter Williams, United Kingdom

AutoCAD LT Reference Books

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"In my humble opinion, I found your LT book -- me being a 'greenhorn' on that subject -- easy to read and clearly to understand your steps on 'how to' do it. It shows you know the subject inside out."
      - HSG, Canada
 

Bricscad Reference Books

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"Your books are the best. Straight and practical."
     - Bheru Vyas

 General CADD Pro 1 Reference Book

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"I've found What's Inside? AutoCAD 2006 a lot easier to digest than the Autodesk blurb. I can't wait for further Acad 2006 books from you. It's very handy to have a clear and concise reference, without the hype."
          - Dave Funnel

Generic CADD 6 Reference Book

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"A quick scan of the contents looks promising. Being ten years self-taught on Generic CADD I should find quite a few useful tips."
          - Burton Steele, Blantyre
 "Keep up the great authoring. I really enjoy your books, and use them while teaching CAD."  
         - Warren Cross, USA  

IntelliCAD Reference Books

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  • Inside IntelliCAD 2009
    242 pages. $24.40   Order #II6.
    (Updated for IntelliCAD v6.5 and based on progeCAD 2009.) 

"I have bought several of your books on AutoCAD in the past and have found them to be quite informative. Keep up the good work!"
        - Pete Shatzko

TurboCAD 12 Reference Book

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  •   TurboCAD for AutoCAD Users
    168 pages. $29.95: Order #T4A
    Published by IMSI Software in cooperation with upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd.

"I truly enjoy your concise precise, to-the-point and easy-to-understand writing style, coupled with your knowledge!"
       - Candace Hale, USA

Visio 2002 Reference Books

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