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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
PNGOUT
Saves selected objects to a file in a Portable Network Graphics format.
TIFOUT
Saves selected objects to a file in TIFF file format.
Export PostScript Files
You can convert a drawing file to a PostScript file, a format that is used by
many desktop publishing applications.
The PostScript file format type is used by many desktop publishing
applications. Its high-resolution print capabilities make it preferable to raster
formats, such as GIF, PCX, and TIFF. By converting the drawing to a PostScript
format, you can also use PostScript fonts.
Export in PostScript Format
When you export a file in PostScript format as an EPS file, some objects are
handled specially.
■ Thickened text, text control codes. If text has a thickness greater than 0
or contains control codes (such as %%O or %%D), it is not plotted as
PostScript text, although the text is accurately plotted. International and
special symbols (such as %%213) are output as PostScript text.
■ ISO 8859 Latin/1 character set. When text uses character codes in the 127
to 255 range, the text is interpreted according to the ISO 8859 Latin/1
character set. If such a character appears in text that is mapped to
PostScript, a version of the font is generated with an encoding vector
remapped to represent the ISO character set. The resulting text is output
in PostScript in a form compatible with the font.
■ Circles, arcs, ellipses, elliptical arcs. Except when they have thickness, arcs
and circles are translated into the equivalent PostScript path objects.
■ Filled solids. A solid fill is plotted as a PostScript filled path.
■ Two-dimensional polylines. A 2D (planar) polyline with uniform width is
output as a PostScript stroked path. The PostScript end cap and miter limit
variables are set to approximate the segment joining.
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