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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
STYLE
Creates, modifies, or specifies text styles.
System Variables
QTEXTMODE
Controls how text is displayed.
TEXTFILL
Controls the filling of TrueType fonts while printing.
TEXTQLTY
Sets the resolution tessellation fineness of text outlines.
Use Text Fonts for International Work
Several factors affect your choosing, entering, and displaying international
text in a drawing.
The program supports the Unicode character-encoding standard. An SHX font
encoded using the Unicode standard font can contain many more characters
than are defined in your system; therefore, to use a character not directly
available from the keyboard, you can enter the escape sequence \U+nnnn,
where nnnn represents the Unicode hexadecimal value for the character.
Beginning with AutoCAD 2007, all SHX shape fonts are encoded with the
Unicode standard with the exception of Asian sets, or more commonly known
as Big Fonts. When choosing a text font for international work, you can use
either a TrueType Font or a Big Font.
Asian Big Font SHX Files
Asian alphabets contain thousands of non-ASCII characters. To support such
text, the program provides a special type of shape definition known as a Big
Font file. You can set a style to use both regular and Big Font files.
Asian Language Big Fonts Included in the Product
DescriptionFont File Name
Japanese vertical font (a few characters are ro-
tated to work correctly in vertical text)
@extfont2.shx
Japanese font, subset of charactersbigfont.shx
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