Middlebrook Mark. AutoCAD 2005 for Dummies

Wiley Publishing, 2004. — 435 p. — ISBN: 0764571389.
With this book, you have an excellent chance of creating a presentable, usable, printable, and sharable drawing on your first or second try without putting a T square through your computer screen in frustration. Unlike many other For Dummies books, this one does tell you to consult the official software documentation sometimes. AutoCAD is just too big and complicated for a single book to attempt to describe it completely. This book focuses on AutoCAD 2005, and also addresses its slightly less-capable, much-lower-cost sibling, AutoCAD LT 2005. (AutoCAD LT 2005 For Dummies, a version of this book especially for LT users, comes out several months later than the regular book.)