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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
previewing
drawings 64, 72
layouts 64
object selections 301
plotted drawings 876
weblights 984
previous releases
converting files 928
fields and 736
lineweights and 190
saving drawings as 931
primitive solids
about 465
grips 567
modifying 590
spheres 471
primitives
mesh primitives 515
solids 465
printable areas 845, 848, 851, 861, 863
printers
offsetting plots 864
selecting 848, 861
printing
page setups 845
procedural surfaces
about 486
converting objects to 501
creating 442, 491
editing 594
profile tolerances 837
profiles (objects)
extruding 567
geometric objects used as 448
lofting 456
project lines 777
project sites
accessing Buzzsaw sites 947
creating 947
projected geometry 597
projected tolerances 840
prompts
dynamic prompts 225
properties
3D solids 590
blocks 416
colors 176
copying 165
dimension lines 775
fills 693
floating properties 416
hatches 693, 697
layers 165, 171
lighting 982
linetypes 180
lineweights 186
mass properties 256
meshes 514, 592
multiline properties 267
objects 161
overriding 173
plot styles 872
section objects 646
selecting objects by filtering 299
simplifying display 192
surfaces 489, 591
tables 757
text 712, 751
views 84
Properties palette
object properties 163
table properties 757
proxy fonts 741
proxy objects 937
proxy servers 943
PS files (PostScript)
exporting 925
publishing
Buzzsaw sites and 947
section objects 649
pulling areas of 3D solids 587
purging
block definitions 411
named objects 309
unreferenced linetypes 181
unused layers 170
pyramids
3D solids 472
mesh pyramids 521
modifying 590
1066 | Index