Finding Help
With AutoCAD Architecture 2008, you can move smoothly from 2D drafting to building information modeling in an
AutoCAD-based environment. AutoCAD Architecture supports your current practices and helps you to take advantage
of your knowledge of AutoCAD. Intelligent architectural objects and other powerful design and documentation features
offered by AutoCAD Architecture will help you reap productivity benefits by minimizing tedious drafting and rework.
Autodesk provides many resources to ensure that you quickly become productive with AutoCAD Architecture and the
many new features available in this release. Online and print documentation, real-world tutorials, and technical support
channels are all available to answer your questions as you begin working with the software.
Online Help Resources
There are various available resources to help you learn about AutoCAD Architecture 2008 and AutoCAD
®
2008.
Description
Documentation
Explains how to install and configure AutoCAD Architecture 2008.
AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Installation Guide
Explains AutoCAD Architecture concepts and provides step-by-step
procedures.
AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Help
The Project Cycle Navigator provides links to key workflow topics and
animations. There are 10 phases of a project, which range from Pre-
Design and Planning to Post Construction. You can select the phase in
which you are interested, and then select from a list of topics.
AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Project Cycle Navigator
The printed Getting Started tutorial gives you a quick, but comprehensive
introduction to the concepts of working with AutoCAD Architecture
2008.
AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Printed Getting Started Guide
A set of exercises designed to give you an overview of the capabilities
and features of AutoCAD Architecture.
AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Online Tutorials
Gives an overview of the new features in AutoCAD Architecture 2008.
AutoCAD Architecture 2008 New Features Workshop
View these movies to learn about typical and frequently used tasks.
AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Essential Tasks Movies
Provides conceptual and overview material with step-by-step procedures
for AutoCAD 2008.
AutoCAD 2008 User’s Guide
Gives an overview over the new features in AutoCAD 2008.
AutoCAD 2008 New Features Workshop
The advantage of online manuals is that they present information quickly while you are in a drawing session. Although
online Help topics provide some conceptual and overview material, their main purpose is to help you get a task done
efficiently. Therefore, the AutoCAD Architecture online Help emphasizes step-by-step procedures relevant to command
selection. It also incorporates visual examples and links to more information.
Online tutorials are also an excellent way to become familiar with AutoCAD Architecture. When you use the tutorials
to learn program concepts, you can keep the tutorial window open in the drawing area while you perform the steps.
To access AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Help
1
On the Help menu, click Help.
2
When the Help window is displayed, click the AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Help book on the Contents tab, and
then browse the contents to locate the information you need. Or use the Index or Search tabs to find specific topics.
Icons with a red marker indicate topics that include information about new features.
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Summary of Contents for 00128-051462-9310 - AUTOCAD 2008 COMM UPG FRM 2005 DVD
Page 1: ...AutoCAD Architecture 2008 User s Guide 2007 ...
Page 4: ...1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
Page 40: ...xl Contents ...
Page 41: ...Workflow and User Interface 1 1 ...
Page 42: ...2 Chapter 1 Workflow and User Interface ...
Page 146: ...106 Chapter 3 Content Browser ...
Page 164: ...124 Chapter 4 Creating and Saving Drawings ...
Page 370: ...330 Chapter 6 Drawing Management ...
Page 440: ...400 Chapter 8 Drawing Compare ...
Page 528: ...488 Chapter 10 Display System ...
Page 540: ...500 Chapter 11 Style Manager ...
Page 612: ...572 Chapter 13 Content Creation Guidelines ...
Page 613: ...Conceptual Design 2 573 ...
Page 614: ...574 Chapter 14 Conceptual Design ...
Page 678: ...638 Chapter 16 ObjectViewer ...
Page 683: ...Designing with Architectural Objects 3 643 ...
Page 684: ...644 Chapter 18 Designing with Architectural Objects ...
Page 788: ...748 Chapter 18 Walls ...
Page 942: ...902 Chapter 19 Curtain Walls ...
Page 1042: ...1002 Chapter 21 AEC Polygons ...
Page 1052: ...Changing a door width 1012 Chapter 22 Doors ...
Page 1106: ...Changing a window width 1066 Chapter 23 Windows ...
Page 1172: ...1132 Chapter 24 Openings ...
Page 1226: ...Using grips to change the flight width of a spiral stair run 1186 Chapter 25 Stairs ...
Page 1368: ...Using the Angle grip to edit slab slope 1328 Chapter 28 Slabs and Roof Slabs ...
Page 1491: ...Design Utilities 4 1451 ...
Page 1492: ...1452 Chapter 30 Design Utilities ...
Page 1536: ...1496 Chapter 31 Layout Curves and Grids ...
Page 1564: ...1524 Chapter 32 Grids ...
Page 1611: ...Documentation 5 1571 ...
Page 1612: ...1572 Chapter 36 Documentation ...
Page 1706: ...Stretching a surface opening Moving a surface opening 1666 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1710: ...Offsetting the edge of a window opening on a freeform space surface 1670 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1956: ...1916 Chapter 42 Fields ...
Page 2035: ...Properties of a detail callout The Properties of a Callout Tool 1995 ...
Page 2060: ...2020 Chapter 45 Callouts ...
Page 2170: ...2130 Chapter 47 AEC Content and DesignCenter ...
Page 2171: ...Other Utilities 6 2131 ...
Page 2172: ...2132 Chapter 48 Other Utilities ...
Page 2182: ...2142 Chapter 51 Reference AEC Objects ...
Page 2212: ...2172 Chapter 52 Customizing and Adding New Content for Detail Components ...
Page 2217: ...AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Menus 54 2177 ...
Page 2226: ...2186 Chapter 54 AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Menus ...
Page 2268: ...2228 Index ...