AutoCAD 2002 for Architecture

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Summary: Consise, easy to understand...
Review: Provided good examples and exercises that are step by step that enabled me to develop many new computer and drafting skills.

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Summary: Simple book but verbose - no cdrom - for real beginners only
Review: This rather verbose book extensively covers basic commands of autocad which are also covered in many other cad books (and autocad tutorials). It could be as well used as a text book to cover engineering design, being too generic (learning polylines starting page 433, layers page 500, blocks page 761, ...) without really touching the art of drawing plans in 2D/3D (no 3D in fact - no shading, rendering, etc...). It is helpful for real beginners only.
It does not come with cdrom although it says so and the online companion is not even on the web site of the publisher as of May 15, 2002.