Learn Bricscad in a Day eBook – the tutorial for new users of Bricscad V8 – V9 – V10 by Ralph Grabowski.

Learn Bricscad in a Day is the useful tutorial for new users of Bricscad. It teaches you how to create drawings in a day — seven chapters that each take about one hour to complete.

This eBook is available in editions suitable for users of Bricscad V8, V9, or V10.

• Hour 1 Introducing Bricscad
• Hour 2 Using menus and toolbars
• Hour 3 Setting up new drawings
• Hour 4 Drawing and plotting
• Hour 5 Adding details
• Hour 6 Editing
• Hour 7 Adding text and dimensions

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Plus this bonus content:

• Block libraries and attribute extraction
• Bills of material
• Regions and booleans

The book features:

1. Dozens of tips
2. For each chapter: chapter summary, key terms, useful abbreviations, and new commands
3. Illustrations in full color
4. Windows Vista screen grabs
5. Formatted for printing on standard 8.5×11 paper
6. Margins designed for three-hole punching

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Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO BRICSCAD V8

Hour 1 — Bricscad Quick Tour

Hour 2 — Navigating the Bricscad Interface

PART II: LEARNING TO DRAW IN 2D

Hour 3 — Setting Up New Drawings

Hour 4 — Creating a First Drawing

Hour 5 — Adding Details to Drawings

Hour 6 — Making Changes to Drawings

Hour 7 — Adding Notes & Dimensions

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PART III: ADVANCED 2D TOPICS

Chapter 8 — Creating Blocks & Attributes

Chapter 9 — Bills of Material

Chapter 10 — 2D Region Modeling & Booleans

PART IV: APPENDICES

Appendix a — Command Aliases

Appendix b — System Variables & Settings

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About the Author

Ralph Grabowski has authored and co-authored 100+ books and eBooks 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.

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.