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autocad 2007

a most comprehensive overview of new features and  changes found in Autodesk’s AutoCAD 2007 software
                               by Ralph Grabowsk i
 

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What's Inside? AutoCAD 2007 (US$15.90) gives you the inside scoop about AutoCAD 2007. What's new? What's changed? The PDF book is designed for you to evaluate the lastest release of Autodesk's flagship software:

  • Executive Overview
  • Autodesk Roadmap
  • New, Undocumented, and "Hidden" Commands
  • Details of Updated Commands
  • New System Variables
  • Changes and Additions to the User Interface
  • Alphabetical Listing of New Commands and System Variables
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table of contents
What's Inside? AutoCAD 2007

executive overview

Strangely Familiar.
New AutoCAD 2007 Features. #1 — Dashboard, #2 — 3D Construction and Editing, #3 — Rendering and Animation.
Most Intriguing Unannounced Features, #1 — DGN Import and Export, #2 — Vault, #3 — Removed Commands and  Tough Specs.
Most Useful Changed Commands, #1 — CUI Corrections, #2 — PDF Export, #3 — DWF Underlays.
Related Software, DWF Viewer, AutoCAD LT 2007
The Shipping Manifest, Product Leverage, Road Map of Future Releases, AUGI Wishlist

1: new commands and related system variables

Dashboard , Dashboard, DashboardClose, 3D Modeling , Helix, Loft, PolySolid, Pyramid, Sweep, Thicken, Surfaces, PlaneSurf, ConvToSurface, 3D Editing, PressPull, Imprint, SectionPlane, LiveSection, JogSection, FlatShot,  BRep, ConvToSolid, XEdges, 3D Viewing, 3dFOrbit, 3dMove, 3dRotate, ChSpace, Camera, Visual Styles, VisualStyles and -VisualStyles, VsCurrent, VsSave, VisualStylesClose, Rendering, Materials, MaterialMap, MaterialAttach, ConvertOldMaterials, MaterialsClose, LightList, DistantLight, PointLight, Spotlight, CovertOldLights, LightListClose, SunProperties, SunPropertiesClose, GeographicLocation, RenderPresets, RenderEnvironment, RenderCrop, RenderWin, RPrefClose, Animation, WalkFlySettings, 3dWalk, 3dFly, AniPath, DWF Underlays, DwfAttach and -DwfAttach, DwfAdjust, DwfClip, 3dDwf, Layers, Miscellaneous , ExternalReferences, ExternalReferencesClose, ClassicImage and ClassicXref, Dimensions.

2: user interface changes

Changes to the User Interface, 3D Cursor/Colors, 3D Workspace, Layout  Tabs, Scroll Bars, Clean Screen and DUCS, Menus and Toolbars, Docked AutoHide, Grid Behavior, Firstime Help Windows, Icons on Palette Titlebars, Options, New Interactivity for 3D Objects, Triangle Grips, Dynamic Grips, Grip Tools

3: changed commands and removed commands

Background, BEditor, Box, Cone, Cylinder, Sphere, Torus, and Wedge, Camera, Change and ChProp, ChSpace, CleanScreenOn and CleanScreenOff, CUI, Dimensions, DrawingRecovery, DSettings, Snap, Grid and Grid Behavior, DsViewer, Dynamic Input, eTransmit, Explode, Extrude, Export, Field, Fog, Grid, Hide, HlSettings, Image and ClassicImage, Insert and MInsert, Interfere, Layers, Light, LsEdit, LsLib, and LsNew, MatchProp, Move and Move3D, MText, New, Options, Files tab, Display tab, Open and Save tab, Plot and Publish tab, System tab, User Preferences tab, Drafting tab, 3D Modeling tab, Selection tab, Profiles tab, OSnap, Plot, Preview, Properties, Publish, Purge and -Purge, QNew, QSelect, Rename and -Rename, Render and RendScr, Replay, Revolve, RMat and MatLib, Rotate and 3dRotate, RPref, SaveAs, SaveImg, Scene, SetUV, ShadeMode, SheetSet, Slice, Stats, TableStyle, Text, ToolPalette, UCS, View and -View, -View Command, XRef and ClassicXref, 3dAlign, 3dConfig and -3dConfig, 3dDwfPublish , 3dOrbit , 3dsOut.

4: changed system variables

5: alias, keyboard, and system changes
New Aliases, New and Changed Keyboard Shortcuts, Walk and Fly, New Terms, Minimum System Requirements, CPU, RAM, Drives, Graphics Board, Pointing Device, Other, Operating System, New File Types, New Templates, New Sample Drawings, AutoCAD 2007 Object Model, New Objects

added chapter! 6: Translating from AutoCAD 2007 to DWG 2004/5/6 Format
New Objects in AutoCAD 2007, Surfaces, Rendering, Translating to Older Releases, Drawing Environmen, Preview Images, New Properties, Entities, Solid 3D Box, Solid 3D Pyramid, Helix, Surfaces, Section Object, Cameras and Lights, Translation Issues, Convert to Another Format

appendices
A : Alphabetical Listing of New Commands
B : Alphabetical Listing of New System Variables
C : Alphabetical Listing of Commands and System Variables Undocumented by Autodesk
added appendix! D: Additional Resource and Information

about the author

Ralph Grabowski has authored and co-authored 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 iCommunique , and maintains a Weblog at worldcadaccess.com/typepad.com

Mr Grabowski received his B.A.Sc ('80) degree in civil engineering from the University of British Columbia. He currently works and lives in the beautiful Central Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada.

You can visit his Web site at www.upfrontezine.com .

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