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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
resolution 999
shadow display and 100, 982
software acceleration 105
text display 192
perimeters 254
perpendicular lines 237
perspective view 117
perspective views
about 85
AutoCAD LT functionality and 937
defining 87
photometric lights
distant lights and 977
goniometric diagrams 968
IES data files 968, 971
lamp values 975
luminous intensity distribution
(LID) 972
overview 959
point lights 963
properties 963, 983
spotlights 965
weblights 967, 984
workflow 956
photorealistic rendering 993
pickbox cursor 293
PICT files 908
pixels
raster images 908
removing strays on display 309
plan views
changing viewpoints 91
defined 90
planar closed spline curves 254
planar surfaces 492
planes
constraining movement to 555
constraining scale to 559
workplanes 199
plot areas
setting 850, 861
plot settings
objects 870
orientation 864
page setups and 860
scale 865
transparency 870
plot stamps
about 859
turning on 870
plot style tables
assigning to layouts 853, 874
predefined 875
shaded viewport plotting options
and 867
types 858, 873–875
plot styles
about 871
layers and 168, 171
object plot styles 876
plot style tables 853, 873
selecting 870
types 858, 872
Plotter Configuration Editor
paper size 848
plotters
offsetting plots 864
paper size 862
paper-saving features 863
selecting 848, 861
plotting
draw order and 196
exporting files 877
file formats 877
fit options 852
hardware linetypes 180
layout process and 139
light glyphs 982
lineweights 187–188, 870
model space settings 132
offsets 851
orientation 849, 864
page setups 845, 860
paper size 862
paper space objects 870
plot scale 865
plot style tables 853
plot styles 870–871
positioning image on paper 863
previewing 876
resolution 869
scaling drawings for 852
1064 | Index