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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Start and Save Drawings
- Control the Drawing Views
- Organize Drawings and Layouts
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Use Coordinates and Coordinate Systems (UCS)
- Use Dynamic Input
- Snap to Locations on Objects (Object Snaps)
- Restrict Cursor Movement
- Combine or Offset Points and Coordinates
- Specify Distances
- Extract Geometric Information from Objects
- Use a Calculator
- Draw Geometric Objects
- Change Existing Objects
- Select Objects
- Correct Mistakes
- Erase Objects
- Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard
- Modify Objects
- Modify Complex Objects
- Add Constraints to Geometry
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Overview of 3D Modeling
- Create Solids and Surfaces from Lines and Curves
- Create Solids
- Create Surfaces
- Create Meshes
- Create Wireframe Models
- Add 3D Thickness to Objects
- Modify 3D Models
- Create Sections and 2D Drawings from 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- Tables
- Dimensions and Tolerances
- Understand Basic Concepts of Dimensioning
- Use Dimension Styles
- Set the Scale for Dimensions
- Create Dimensions
- Modify Existing Dimensions
- Add Geometric Tolerances
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Save Plot Settings as Named Page Setups
- Reuse Named Page Setups
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for a Layout
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout
- Set the Plot Area of a Layout
- Adjust the Plot Offset of a Layout
- Set the Plot Scale for a Layout
- Set the Lineweight Scale for a Layout
- Select a Plot Style Table for a Layout
- Set Shaded Viewport and Plot Options for a Layout
- Print or Plot Drawings
- Overview of Plotting
- Use a Page Setup to Specify Plot Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter
- Specify the Area to Plot
- Set Paper Size
- Position the Drawing on the Paper
- Control How Objects Are Plotted
- Preview a Plot
- Plot Files to Other Formats
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Collaborate with Others
- Render Drawings
- Draw 2D Isometric Views
- Add Lighting to Your Model
- Materials and Textures
- Render 3D Objects for Realism
- Glossary
- Index
Modify a Block Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Modify the Data in Block Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Modify a Block Attribute Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Disassemble a Block Reference (Explode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Work with 3D Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Chapter 22 Create 3D Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Overview of 3D Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Create Solids and Surfaces from Lines and Curves . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Overview of Creating Solids and Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Create a Solid or Surface by Extruding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Create a Solid or Surface by Sweeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Create a Solid or Surface by Lofting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Create a Solid or Surface by Revolving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Create Solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Overview of Creating 3D Solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Create 3D Solid Primitives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Create a Polysolid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Create 3D Solids from Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Combine or Slice 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Check 3D Models for Interferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
Create Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Overview of Creating Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Create Procedural Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Create NURBS Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Create Associative Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Create Meshes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
Overview of Creating Meshes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
Create 3D Mesh Primitives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Construct Meshes from Other Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Create Meshes by Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
Create Custom Mesh (Legacy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
Create Wireframe Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
Add 3D Thickness to Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
Chapter 23
Modify 3D Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
Overview of Modifying 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
Use Gizmos to Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Overview of Using Gizmos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Use the Gizmos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
Move 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Rotate 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
Scale 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
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