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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
- Work with the User Coordinate System (UCS)
- Enter Coordinates to Specify Points
- 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
- Create Objects
- Select and Modify Objects
- Select Objects
- Correct Mistakes
- Erase Objects
- Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard
- Modify 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 Drawings from 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Overview of Annotations
- Scale Annotations
- Overview of Scaling Annotations
- Set Annotation Scale
- Create Annotative Objects
- Display Annotative Objects
- Add and Modify Scale Representations
- Set Orientation for 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
- Work with Annotations
- 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
- Publish Drawings
- 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
Check 3D Models for Interferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Create Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Overview of Creating Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Create Procedural Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Create NURBS Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Create Associative Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Create Meshes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Overview of Creating Meshes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Create 3D Mesh Primitives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Construct Meshes from Other Objects . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Create Meshes by Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Create Custom Mesh (Legacy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Create Wireframe Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Add 3D Thickness to Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Modify 3D Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Overview of Modifying 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Use Gizmos to Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Overview of Using Gizmos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Use the Gizmos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Move 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Rotate 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Scale 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Use Grips to Modify Solids and Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Use 3D Subobject Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Cycle Through and Filter Subobjects . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Use Grips to Edit 3D Solids and Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . 458
Modify 3D Subobjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Move, Rotate, and Scale 3D Subobjects . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Modify Faces on 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Modify Edges on 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Modify Vertices on 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Work with Complex 3D Solids and Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Display Original Forms of Composite Solids . . . . . . . . 476
Modify Composite Solids and Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Shell and Remove Redundancies in 3D Objects . . . . . . . 480
Press or Pull Bounded Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Add Facets to Faces on Solids and Surfaces . . . . . . . . . 483
Modify the Properties of 3D Solids, Surfaces, and Meshes . . . . 484
Modify Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Overview of Modifying Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Trim and Untrim Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Extend a Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Fillet a Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Edit NURBS Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Analyze Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Modify Mesh Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
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