The What's Inside? AutoCAD for Macintosh eBook is part of the upFront.eZine series of popular eBooks for CAD users, and provides the only in-depth review of AutoCAD 2011 for Mac. Its 138 pages of content is more comprehensive than Autodesk's own marketing documents.
Learn what's special about the Mac version, and how it is different from the Windows version. Tour the user interface, learn about new tool sets, fiberless technology, system variables, commands new to AutoCAD for Mac, how to customize and program the software, and much more. Also, get a Windows OS X cross-reference dictionary.
As with all upFront.eZine eBooks, ll illustrations are in full-color, and the eBook is formatted for printing on standard 8.5x11 in paper, which margins designed for three-hole punching.
eBook Chapters
Additional Information
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Executive Summary
- What's In?
- What's Out?
- Completely Missing
- Partially Implemented
- Limited Customization
- User Interface Elements
- Speed
- The Multi-OS Future
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Chapter 1: Introducing AutoCAD for the Mac
- About Apple Mac Hardware
- Acad/Mac Release 1
- APIs
- AutoCAD LT for Macintosh
- AutoCAD User Interface Comparison
- Autodesk's Other OS X Software
- Eye Candy
- From Autodesk Marketing
- Geometry
- Hope for Release 2
- How to Install AutoCAD on a Macintosh Computer
- Import-Export
- Introducing AutoCAD 2011 or Macintosh
- Management
- Specific to OS X
- System Requirements
- User Interface
- Via Browsers
- Via Parallels and Boot Camp
- Via Web
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Chapter 2: Changes to the User Interface
- Accessing Groups
- Basic Layer Operations
- Changing Layer Properties
- Command Line
- Command Line Controls
- Content Palette
- Controlling Palettes
- Current Properties
- Customizing The Status Bar
- Customizing Tool Sets
- Drawing Windows
- Dropdowns
- Layer Properties
- Layers Palette and Properties Inspection
- Layers Palette
- Managing Blocks
- Managing Content Libraries
- Menu Bar
- Minimizing Tool Sets
- Missing From The Drawing Window
- Modifying Layer Settings
- New Display Control System Variables
- Notifications
- Previewing Drawings
- Previewing Layouts
- Properties Inspector
- Quickview Dialog Box
- Related Commands and System Variables
- Status Bar
- Switching Tool Sets
- Three-D Status Bar
- Tool Sets
- Viewport Controls
- Window Controls
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Chapter 3: New and Changed Commands and System Variables
- 3D Modeling and Rendering
- 3dconfig
- Array
- Attachments and Underlays
- Attdef
- Bedit & -Bedit
- Blocks
- Classicimage, Classicxref & Externalreferences
- Content & Contentclose
- Drafting and Editing
- Expanding The Plot Dialog Box
- File Operations
- Files and Settings
- Hatch & Gradient
- Importing and Exporting
- Insert
- Layout
- Linetype
- Lweight
- Meshoptions & Meshprimitiveoptions
- Miscellaneous
- Mledit
- Mtext
- New, Open & Save
- No Editing Of Plot Style Tables
- Options (Preferences)
- Parameters & Parametersclose
- PCM Files Incompatible With PC3 Files
- Plot Preview
- Plotting To File
- Plotting
- Properties & Layers
- Purge
- Quickview & Qview
- Rendering
- Style
- Tablecontent & Cellcontent
- Tablecontext
- Tables
- Text
- View
- Viewing
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Chapter 4: Customization and Programming
- .Net
- Action Macros
- ActiveX
- Adding Command Macros
- ADS
- Aliases
- Applications Are Stored in App Files
- Applications Resources Folder
- AutoLISP
- COM
- CUI
- Customizing Acad/Mac
- Customizing Command Macros
- Customizing Menus
- Customizing Tool sets
- DCL
- Diesel
- GUI
- Hatch Patterns
- How Fiberless Technology Affects LISP and ObjectARX
- Linetypes
- ObjectARX
- Options
- Programming - What's In?
- Programming - What's Out?
- Programming Acad/Mac
- Scripts
- Shapes
- Startup Switches
- Support File Locations
- The New (command-s) Function
- The New ARX -s and -C Functions
- The Replacements for Fiber
- User Local Folder
- User Roaming Folder
- VBA
- VisualLISP
- VL
- VLX
- VSTA
- What's In?
- What's Out?
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Chapter 5: Drawing File Issues
- Dynamic Blocks
- How to Transfer Files between Windows and OS X
- Hyperlinks
- Multiline Styles
- OLE Objects
- Opening Unsupported Objects
- Plot Style Tables
- Point Clouds
- Underlays
- Uneditable Objects
- Unsupported Objects
- Workarounds
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Appendix A: Alphabetical Commands Summary
- Alphabetical Summary of New, Changed, and Missing Commands
- Blogs about AutoCAD for the Mac
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Appendix B: Alphabetical System Variables Summary
- Alphabetical Summary of New System Variables
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Appendix C: Keyboard Shortcuts
- AutoCAD for Windows Keystroke Emulation
- Command Keys
- Finding Missing Apps & Documents
- Keyboard Icons
- Missing Shift Modifiers (Temporary Overrides)
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Appendix D: Macintosh OS X for Windows Users
- BootCamp (Drive Partitioning
- Parallels (Desktop Sharing)
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Appendix E: Windows - OS X Dictionary
- Windows - OS X Dictionary
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Appendix F: The AutoCAD for Mac Interview
- The AutoCAD for Mac Interview
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About the Author
Ralph Grabowski received his B.A.Sc ('80) degree in civil engineering from the University of British Columbia. He has authored and co-authored 100+ books and ebooks on CAD management, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Generic CADD, IntelliCAD, MicroStation, TurboCAD, VDraft, Visio, HTML, and VRML.
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