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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
Switch Between Dialog Boxes and the Command Line . . . . . . 20
View and Edit Within the Command History . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Work with Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 4
Control the Drawing Area Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Interface Themes and Background Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cursors in the Drawing Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Selection Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
The UCS Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Viewport Label Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The ViewCube Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
The Coordinates Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Model Space and Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 5
Control Status, Layers, Properties, and Content . . . . . . . . . 35
The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
The Layers Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
The Properties Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
The Content Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 6
Customize the Drawing Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Set Interface Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Set Up the Drawing Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Specify the Behavior of Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Customize Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Start and Save Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 7 Start a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Overview of Starting a New Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Specify Units and Unit Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Determine the Units of Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Set the Unit Format Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Use a Drawing Template File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Add Identifying Information to Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 8
Open or Save a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Open a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Work with Multiple Open Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Preview Open Drawings and Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Switch Between Open Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Switch Between Layouts in the Current Drawing . . . . . . . . . 66
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