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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
suppressing highlighting 922
tables or table elements 759
selection fences 296
selection filters 565, 630
selection preview 294
selection windows 295
self-intersections 632
sending objects to back 196
servers
proxy servers 943
setting up pages 845
shaded images
AutoCAD LT functionality 935
customizing shading 95
edge display 101
rendering 999
visual styles 93
shaded UCS icon 221
shaded viewports
plotting options 854, 867–868, 870
resolution settings 869
Shaded visual style 93
Shaded with Edges visual style 93
shades (colors) 685
Shades of Gray visual style 93
shadows
hardware acceleration and 100
lighting and 960, 982
visual styles 100
shelling solids 585
SHX fonts 742, 744, 748
SI lighting units 959
silhouette edges 101
single-line text
creating 708
editing 750
height 746
obliquing angle 747
orientation 748
styles 738
sketching freehand lines 269
Sketchy visual style 93
sky
natural lighting and 959
slanted text 747
slicing solids 483
smooth lighting 96
smooth rendering 998
smoothing
mesh objects 615, 619, 628
tessellation 513
snapping (object snaps) 226
software acceleration 105
solid fills
creating 676, 685
overlapping objects 196
PostScript rendering 925
turning off 192
solid primitives
about 462
boxes 465
cones 468
creating 465
cylinders 469
pyramids 472
tori 474
wedges 466
solids
3D solids 477
composite solids 481
converting objects to 446
converting to meshes 534
creating 461
extruding 450
grips 567
interferences 484
lofting 456
modifying 547
polysolids 475
revolving 459
separating into original shapes 585
solid modeling 441
solid primitives 465
sweeping 453
types of 447
source vectors for distant lights 984
space-delimited format files (SDF) 429
spacing
dimension elements 775
dimensions 825
equal intervals 248
grid lines 233
Index | 1071