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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
Change the Linetype of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Control Linetype Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Display Linetypes on Short Segments and Polylines . . . . . . . 185
Control Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Overview of Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Display Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Set the Current Lineweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Change the Lineweight of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Control the Display Properties of Certain Objects . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Control the Display of Polylines, Hatches, Gradient Fills,
Lineweights, and Text
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Control the Transparency of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Control How Overlapping Objects Are Displayed . . . . . . . . . 196
Control the Display of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
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Use Precision Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Use Coordinates and Coordinate Systems (UCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Overview of Coordinate Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Enter 2D Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Enter 3D Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Understand the User Coordinate System (UCS) . . . . . . . . . . 210
Specify Workplanes in 3D (UCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Assign User Coordinate System Orientations to Viewports . . . . 219
Control the Display of the User Coordinate System Icon . . . . . 221
Use Dynamic Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Snap to Locations on Objects (Object Snaps) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Use Object Snaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
The Object Snap Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Set Visual Aids for Object Snaps (AutoSnap) . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Override Object Snap Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Restrict Cursor Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Adjust Grid and Grid Snap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Use Orthogonal Locking (Ortho Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Use Polar Tracking and PolarSnap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Lock an Angle for One Point (Angle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Combine or Offset Points and Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Combine Coordinate Values (Coordinate Filters) . . . . . . . . . 241
Track to Points on Objects (Object Snap Tracking) . . . . . . . . 244
Track to Offset Point Locations (Tracking) . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Specify Distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Enter Direct Distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Offset from Temporary Reference Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Specify Intervals on Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Extract Geometric Information from Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Obtain Distances, Angles, and Point Locations . . . . . . . . . . 252
Obtain Area and Mass Properties Information . . . . . . . . . . 253
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