2008

Getting Started
Welcome to AutoCAD
®
Architecture 2008! In this short tutorial, you learn how
to use the features of AutoCAD Architecture to design and document a small office
building. Working from a two-dimensional AutoCAD floor plan sketch, you
quickly create a presentation plan, a floor plan layout, door and window schedules,
a section, and a detail, all within a coordinated set of drawings.
You see how a more powerful AutoCAD
®
, with features and content specialized
for use by architects, can help you increase productivity. When you design in
AutoCAD Architecture, you use objects that represent real-world components,
such as walls, doors, and windows. These objects contain information that allows
them to function like the real-world components that they represent and to relate
intelligently to each other.
In addition to your main design tasks, many background tasks, such as layering
and scaling, are automated as you design and document your drawing set. A
simple tool, called the Project Navigator, allows you to easily work with all the
drawings in a project, eliminating the need to set up and maintain a complex file
structure.
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