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If you have never used AutoCAD, then you may want to start by using
the AutoCAD Learning Assistance CD to learn the CAD basics of
AutoCAD Land Development Desktop.
AutoCAD Land Development Desktop has an AutoCAD Map menu
that contains all the functionality of AutoCAD Map 2000. If you have
never used AutoCAD Map 2000, then you may want to start learning
the program by using the mapping tutorials in the AutoCAD Map
User’s Guide.
Path Naming Conventions
When referring to the AutoCAD Land Development Desktop program
folder, the documentation uses the following convention to represent
the program path:
c:\Program Files\Land Desktop R2
Of course, if you installed the program on another drive or if you used
another folder name, please substitute that path for the path described
in the documentation.
When you install the program, a folder for storing your project data is
also created. The documentation uses the following convention for
the project path:
c:\Land Projects R2
If you installed the program on another drive, or you renamed the
project folder, please substitute that path for the path described in the
documentation.
How to Use This Guide
This guide introduces you to AutoCAD Land Development Desktop.
Each chapter focuses on one or two areas of the land development
process. Each topic in a chapter describes how you can use one or
more commands to complete a project task. This is not a reference
manual that describes in detail how to use each command in each
menu. However, this guide can give you an overall idea of how to use
AutoCAD Land Development Desktop to complete your land
development projects.
You can use this guide along with the online Help, the online tutorial,
the user’s guide, and the courseware to learn how to use AutoCAD
Land Development Desktop.