CADTutor Posted November 30, 2006 Posted November 30, 2006 Remember the days when we used to get real printed user guides with AutoCAD? The arrival of a new AutoCAD was an event. Usually, a courier van turned up with a number of heavy cardboard boxes. A stack of printed manuals and dozens of floppy disks. These days all we get is a DVD case through the post. Ah well! Quote
CADTutor Posted November 30, 2006 Author Posted November 30, 2006 AutoCAD R14 User Guide Pages: 805 Date: March 29, 1997 1 Quote
CADTutor Posted November 30, 2006 Author Posted November 30, 2006 AutoCAD 2000 User Guide Pages: 914 Date: February 5, 1999 Quote
CADTutor Posted November 30, 2006 Author Posted November 30, 2006 AutoCAD 2000i User Guide Pages: 856 Date: May 26, 2000 Quote
eldon Posted December 1, 2006 Posted December 1, 2006 AutoCAD r13 User Guide Pages: 749 Date: October 26, 1995 Quote
rkmcswain Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 AutoCAD 2005 User Guide Pages: 912 Date: February 2004 Quote
CyberAngel Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 A real museum piece. AutoCAD Reference Manual, 692 pages AutoCAD Interface, Installation, and Performance Guide, 286 pages AutoCAD Customization Manual, 336 pages AutoCAD SQL Extension Reference Manual, 178 pages AutoCAD Extras Manual, 198 pages AutoCAD IGES Interface Specifications, 58 pages AutoCAD Tutorial, 278 pages AutoLISP Programmer's Reference Manual, 250 pages AutoCAD Development System Programmer's Reference Manual, 280 pages Loose sheets: component list, What's New, support, extensions, Autodesk's other products, 8 pages Guide to running AutoCAD under Windows 3.1, 5 pages Grand total: 2,569 pages! Quote
bleeargh Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 I found that those earlier version manuals got less comprehensive with each newer release. Sure, sure, they covered everything that was new and had changed, but sacrificed a lot of the basic "how-to". For example, a few years ago, I was working on R 2000 and I needed to create a specific hatch. In had to go to the Autocad 12 manual to learn how to make a hatch. Quote
Son of Aslan Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 I thought I might contribute a few covers I have laying around the house... and here is a comic from the "Dummies" book that never fails to make me laugh. (Clickable thumbnail) [ATTACH]566[/ATTACH] I remember I worked for this company when they upgraded to R13 and was going to throw out all this documentation on R12 that CyberAngel posted. I begged them for it so I could take it home and tear into it with Holmes' spyglass. I thought I was in high-cotton back then. Quote
shedmyskin Posted March 29, 2007 Posted March 29, 2007 I'll have to scan it at some point and post the pictures. I have in my bottom desk drawer here at work a folder that is full of some high tech 5 1/4" floppy discs for a program called CAD LETTEREASE. It has to be 20 years old or at least it looks to be. I have no idea what it does or was other than it obviously is for creating lettering. I inhereted with the desk as Im sure the 35 people before me probably did. The fathest back version I have ever used is AutoCAD 12 for digitizing. Quote
lethanhquan_acad Posted November 17, 2009 Posted November 17, 2009 can u help me? I 'm looking for a guide book of Acad 2004 , if u are having one , please share it to me. Thanks very much Quote
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