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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
lineweight display in 186, 188
live sectioning and 642
moving objects to paper space 142
plot scale 865
plotting from 132, 862, 870
switching to layouts 66
viewports 121
model space viewports
assigning UCSs to 219
creating 121
UCSs in 216
modifying
3D models 547
3D solids 547, 573, 580
block attribute definitions 424
block attributes 433–434
block definitions 431, 897
block references 431, 897
colors 178
columns of text 722
complex objects 353
composite solids 584
constrained objects 381, 396
constraints 395
dimension styles 775
dimensions 819
edges 576
faces 573
fields in text 733
fills 697
gizmos 549
grip tools (gizmos) 549
hatches 697
helixes and spirals 363
layer objects 168
layers 171
layout viewports 145, 147
leader objects 725
lineweights 191
meshes 610
multilines 364
objects 293, 311
polylines 355
revision clouds 292
separating objects into shapes 585
splines 360
surfaces 547, 570, 573, 584, 594
tables 757, 762
text 749
text styles 738
vertices 580
visual styles 94
xrefs 897
molds 609
moments of inertia 256
moonlight 960
moving
3D Move gizmo 549, 554
3D subobjects 570
constraining movement 554
dimension text 830
edges 576
faces 573
grip methods for 314
jog lines 820
layer objects to other layers 171
leader objects 726
lights 979
objects 313, 321, 333
objects between model and paper
space 142
referenced drawings 889
stretch-moves 321
text 750–751
UCSs 210
vertices 580
mtext (multiline text) 711
multi-functional grips 316, 355
multileaders (leader lines)
annotations 655, 666
blocks in 729
breaks in 822
creating 725
landings 726
modifying 725
previous release file formats and 929
styles 728
text in 729
multiline text
about 711
aligning 713
annotations 655
Index | 1059