New and/or Improved Features in Beginning AutoCAD 2021
 

• Streamlined Trim and Extend command—Boundary edges are now selected automatically, making trimming or extending objects far more efficient.
• Revision Cloud enhancements—Users can use one value that measures the chord distance between the end points of each cloud arc to create more consistent revision clouds.
• Measure Geometry: Quick Measure—The area and perimeter of closed objects (and even multiple objects) can be measured with a simple click, all in one go.
• Beginning AutoCAD 2021 contains more content than ever before, yet has been redesigned and reduced by more than 100 pages, making it more manageable to read and carry.

 
New and/or Improved Features in Beginning AutoCAD 2021
 

• Streamlined Trim and Extend command—Boundary edges are now selected automatically, making trimming or extending objects far more efficient.
• Revision Cloud enhancements—Users can use one value that measures the chord distance between the end points of each cloud arc to create more consistent revision clouds.
• Measure Geometry: Quick Measure—The area and perimeter of closed objects (and even multiple objects) can be measured with a simple click, all in one go.
• Beginning AutoCAD 2021 contains more content than ever before, yet has been redesigned and reduced by more than 100 pages, making it more manageable to read and carry.

Cheryl Shrock is a retired Professor and Chairperson of Computer Aided Design at Orange Coast College in California. The AutoCAD ExerciseWorkbooks are the result of both her teaching skills and her industry experience. She is an Autodesk® registered author. 
  * Starting AutoCAD * Creating & Using a Template * Selecting a Command * Drawing Lines * Erase * Undo and Redo * Starting a New Drawing * Opening Multiple Files * Automatic Save * Circle * Rectangle * Grid and Increment Snap * Transparency * Object Snap * Zoom * Drawing Setup * Polygon * Ellipse * Point * Break * Trim * Extend * Move * Drag * Explode * Copy * Mirror * Fillet * Chamfer * Single & Multiline Text * Tabs & Indents * Columns * Paragraph & Line Spacing * Editing * Coordinate Input * Absolute Coordinates * Direct Distance Entry (DDE) * Measure Tools * Moving the Origin * Displaying the UCS Icon * Polar Coordinate Input * Dynamic Input* Polar Tracking * Using Polar Tracking & DDE * Polar Snap * Offset * Properties Palette * Quick Properties Panel * Array * Scale: Stretch: Rotate * Hatch Types * Editing Hatch Set Properties * Linear, Continue, & Baseline Dimensioning * Ignoring Hatch Objects * Editing Dimension Text Values * Modifying a Dimension Style * Dimension Breaks *  Jogging a Dimension Line * Adjusting the Distance Between Dimensions * Dimensioning Diameters & Radii * Angular Dimensioning * Center Mark—Automatic & Manual * Centerline * Flip Arrow * Creating a Multileader Style * Special Text Characters * Dim Command… and much more!