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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
Use a Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Use the Command Prompt Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Chapter 17
Draw Geometric Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Draw Linear Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Draw Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Draw Polylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Draw Rectangles and Polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Draw Multiline Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Draw Freehand Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Draw Curved Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Draw Arcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Draw Circles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Draw Polyline Arcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Draw Donuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Draw Ellipses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Draw Splines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Draw Helixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Draw Construction and Reference Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Draw Reference Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Draw Construction Lines (and Rays) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Create and Combine Areas (Regions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Create Revision Clouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Chapter 18
Change Existing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Select Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Select Objects Individually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Select Multiple Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Prevent Objects from Being Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Select Objects by Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Customize Object Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Group Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Correct Mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Erase Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Choose a Method to Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Edit Objects with Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Move or Rotate Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Copy, Offset, or Mirror Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Change the Size and Shape of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Fillet, Chamfer, Break, or Join Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Modify Complex Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Disassociate Compound Objects (Explode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Modify Polylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
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