Unlike many AutoCAD competitors, AutoCAD 2008 Essentials covers only the basics and uses ?mixed units? ? inches, meters, feet, kilometers, etc., to illustrate the myriad drawing and editing tools for this popular application. AutoCAD 2008 Essentials includes 21 ?workshops, ? that complete small projects ? from concept through actual plotting. Solving all of the workshops will simulate the creation of a ?real life? project from beginning to end, without overlooking any of the basic commands and functions in AutoCAD 2008