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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
Create Single-Line Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Create Multiline Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
Create and Edit Columns in Multiline Text . . . . . . . . . 592
Import Text from External Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593
Create Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594
Overview of Leader Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594
Create and Modify Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595
Modify Leaders Using Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
Work with Leader Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
Add Content to a Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
Use Fields in Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
Insert Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
Update Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Use Hyperlinks in Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
Work with Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
Overview of Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606
Assign Text Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
Set Text Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Set Text Obliquing Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
Set Horizontal or Vertical Text Orientation . . . . . . . . . 615
Change Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
Overview of Changing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
Change Single-Line Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
Change Multiline Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617
Find and Replace Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618
Check Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
Create and Modify Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
Work with Table Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624
Add Text and Blocks to Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624
Use Formulas in Table Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625
Dimensions and Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626
Understand Basic Concepts of Dimensioning . . . . . . . . . . . 626
Overview of Dimensioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
Parts of a Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
Associative Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628
Use Dimension Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
Overview of Dimension Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
Compare Dimension Styles and Variables . . . . . . . . . . 631
Control Dimension Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
Control Dimension Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636
Control Dimension Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643
Set the Scale for Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649
Create Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650
Create Linear Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
Create Radial Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
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