AutoCAD Backstage

CADvise for Theater Technicians and Designers,
by Wm W Wells.



Index

  1. PART I: CAD and AutoCAD

    1. Chapter One: Introducing the Blueprint

      1. The Approuch
      2. Communicating the Design
      3. Drawings to Explain Drawings
      4. The Heat is On

    2. Chapter Two: Drafting on Steroids

      1. Pen and Pencil to CAD
      2. CAD speaks well
      3. Computer Aided Design
      4. Efficiency
      5. The Down$ide
      6. Would I, Should I, Could I Take the Plunge?

    3. Chapter Three: The Software

      1. What is AutoCAD
      2. Operating Systems
      3. AutoCAD 'Releases'
      4. Training

    4. Chapter Four: The Drafting Station

      1. The Computer
      2. The Video Display
      3. The Graphics Card
      4. Storage
      5. Of Mice and Madness
      6. Printing and Plotting
      7. Other Hardware and Peripherals
      8. The Final Co$t
      9. Setting up the Office
      10. Ergonomics

    5. Chapter Five: Stuff to Know First

      1. Set up AutoCAD
      2. Drawing Templates
      3. File Structure
      4. Drawing Conversion

    6. Chapter Six: Getting Your Bearings

      1. How to Proceed
      2. What's on the Screen
      3. The Active Status Bar
      4. The Pull-Down Menu Bar
      5. So Many Toolbars

    7. Chapter Seven: Inside the View Window

      1. The Drawing View Window
      2. Zooming In
      3. Drawing Units
      4. Pick a Point
      5. From Whense Comes My Help?

    8. Chapter Eight: 2d Primitives

      1. From A to B
      2. Going Around
      3. Complex Lines
      4. Down in Writing

    9. Chapter Nine: Object Properties

      1. Some Basic Editing Commands
      2. Special Editing Commands

    10. Chapter Ten: Editing Drawing Objects

      1. Basic Editing Commands
      2. More Editing Commands
      3. Special Editing
      4. New Selection Possibilities

    11. Chapter Eleven: Create a Sample Drawing

      1. The Stage House
      2. Adding On

    12. Chapter Twelve: Dimensioning the Drawing

      1. Basic Dimensions
      2. Dimension Properties
      3. Editing Dimensions

    13. Chapter Thirteen: Complex Drawing Objects

      1. Groups
      2. A Drawing in a Drawing
      3. Raster Images

    14. Chapter Fourteen: Cleaning Up and Archiving

      1. Binge and Purge
      2. All the Little Boxes

    15. Chapter Fiveteen: Printing and Plotting

      1. Layouts

  2. PART II: Drafting Conventions

    1. Chapter One: Drawing Layout

      1. Standards
      2. Templates
      3. Layers Upon Layers
      4. Title Block
      5. Page Size
      6. Getting Consistency
      7. Names ARE the Drawer
      8. Layers Upon Layers

    2. Chapter Two: The Look on Paper

      1. Line Weight and Line Type
      2. Using Color

    3. Chapter Three: Drawing Viewpoint

      1. Two Dimensional Views
      2. Combined Views
      3. Three-Dimensional Views

    4. Chapter Four: Special Viewpoints

      1. Section
      2. Breakaway

    5. Chapter Five: Details and Information Schedules

    6. Chapter Six: Dissecting Dimensions

      1. A Few Good Dimensions
      2. Dimension Styles
      3. Linear Dimensions
      4. Non-Linear Dimensions

    7. Chapter Seven:

  3. PART III: Drawing for Theater

    1. Chapter One: Design Drawings

      1. Tell the Story
      2. Design Sketch
      3. Presentation Drawings
      4. Layout Drawings
      5. Shop Drawings
      6. Lighting and Sound Design Drawings

    2. Chapter Two: Construction Drawings

      1. Unit Drawings
      2. Building Phases
      3. Drawing Details and Notes
      4. Drawing Symbols
      5. Painters Elevations
      6. Specifications
      7. Construction Lists

    3. Chapter Three: Managing the Stage

      1. Staging
      2. Travel Papers

    4. Chapter Four: Lighting and Sound

      1. Lighting
      2. Sound

  4. PART IV: Advanced AutoCAD

    1. Chapter One: Reusability

    2. Chapter Two: Block Libraries

    3. Chapter Three: Calculations

    4. Chapter Four: Bill of Materials

    5. Chapter Five: Metric/Imperial

    6. Chapter Six: Programming for AutoCAD

      1. AutoCAD menu files
      2. LISP and VisualLISP
      3. Deisal
      4. Visual Basic

    7. Chapter Seven: Adding to AutoCAD

  5. Appendix:

    1. Appendix A: Resources on the Net

    2. Appendix B: Digitizers

    3. Appendix C: ISO Special Characters

    4. Appendix D: Plotter Pen Settings

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