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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
Scale Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656
Overview of Scaling Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
Set Annotation Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658
Create Annotative Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
Display Annotative Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670
Add and Modify Scale Representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
Set Orientation for Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673
Chapter 26
Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
Overview of Hatch Patterns and Fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
Specify Hatch and Fill Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
Control the Appearance of Hatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684
Choose a Hatch Pattern or Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
Control the Hatch Origin Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689
Control the Scale of Hatch Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
Set Property Overrides for Hatches and Fills . . . . . . . . . . . 692
Control the Display of Hatch Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694
Control the Draw Order of Hatches and Fills . . . . . . . . . . . 696
Modify Hatches and Fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
Modify Hatch Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
Modify Hatch Alignment, Scale, and Rotation . . . . . . . . . . 698
Reshape a Hatch or Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699
Re-create the Boundary of a Hatch or Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
Create a Blank Area to Cover Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
Chapter 27
Notes and Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705
Overview of Notes and Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705
Create Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706
Overview of Creating Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706
Create Single-Line Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708
Create Multiline Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711
Create and Edit Columns in Multiline Text . . . . . . . . . . . . 722
Import Text from External Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723
Create Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723
Overview of Leader Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724
Create and Modify Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725
Work with Leader Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728
Add Content to a Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
Use Fields in Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732
Insert Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
Update Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735
Use Hyperlinks in Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736
Work with Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738
Overview of Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738
Assign Text Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740
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