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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
visual styles in 94, 174
views
2D isometric 951
3D projection styles 85
3D views 107
aligning in viewports 154
changing 81
cross sections 635
flattened 3D objects 650
layout viewports 147
live sectioning 646
model space 3D views 89
modifying 144
multiple-view drawing layouts 137
panning 81
performance issues and 105
plot options 850
preset 3D views 89
properties 84
rendering 1002
restoring 84
rotating 155
saving 84
scaling 148
viewports 121
zooming 81
visibility
annotations 670
layers 144, 167
layout viewports and 149
transparency 194
xref layers 884
visual fidelity
annotative objects and 661
previous release file formats and 928
saving files and 68
visual styles
AutoCAD LT functionality 935
backgrounds 99
customizing 95
default styles 93
defined 93
edge display 101
face styles 95
layer property overrides and 174
lighting 94
modifying 94
performance issues and 105
plotting 868
shading 95
shadows 100
Visual Styles Manager 93
VIZ 1005
volumes 256
W
walls
drawing 475
WCS (world coordinate system)
about 210
weather 960
web folders
opening drawings from 944
weblights
about 967
distribution in photometric
webs 969
free weblights 968
goniometric diagrams 968
luminous intensity distribution
(LID) 972
properties 984
websites
Buzzsaw sites 947
wedges
3D solids 466
mesh wedges 525
modifying 590
wide polylines
drawing 263, 276
extending 339
simplified display 192
tapering segments 277
trimming 339
width
table columns 757
windows
interface options 43
selection windows 295
zooming to 82
Windows Clipboard 310
Index | 1077