With the 2011 release, AutoCAD continues its phenomenal three-dimensional platform upgrade. AutoCAD® 2011 delivers a host of new and exciting tools that bring CAD's Solid Modeling and Animation's Mesh Modeling into a single, powerful application!

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3D AutoCAD 2011: One Step at a Time includes detailed instructions for the new Free-Form (Mesh) design creation and modifying tools, the new Navigation Bar, 3D Object Snaps, a new Materials Browser, and much more! And of course, we still offer the best instruction in Z-Space tools, Solid Modeling, and AutoCAD's Animation tools!

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