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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
When you open a drawing, you might see a Proxy Information dialog box.
The dialog box tells you the total number of proxy objects in the drawing
(both graphical and nongraphical) and the name of the missing application
and provides additional information about the proxy object type and display
state. You can use the dialog box to control the display of proxy objects.
Object Enablers
An object enabler is a tool that provides specific viewing and standard editing
access to a custom object in the host applications when the application that
created the custom object is not present.
Object Enablers allow custom objects in a drawing to behave with more
intelligence than proxy graphics. Object enablers also facilitate workgroup
collaboration when using other Autodesk products.
If the ObjectARX application is not installed on your system, you can check
for available Object Enablers on the Web. For example, if you receive a drawing
that contains objects that were created in AutoCAD Architecture, but you
don't have that application installed on your system, the AEC Object Enabler
is downloaded so you can view those drawings as they were intended.
For a complete list of the currently available Object Enablers, go to the
Autodesk Web site at http://www.autodesk.com/enablers.
Object Classification
If an application such as AutoCAD
®
Map 3D was used to add a feature (object)
classification to an object, you can view the classification in the Properties
Inspector palette in the Class Name entry. If the object's classification is missing
from the associated classification (XML) file, or if the associated classification
file is missing, an exclamation mark is displayed in the Class Name entry. For
information about what is required to create a feature classification, see the
AutoCAD
®
Map 3D documentation.
Quick Reference
Commands
EXPORTTOAUTOCAD
Creates a new DWG file with all AEC objects exploded.
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