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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 Angular Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
Create Ordinate Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661
Create Arc Length Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
Modify Existing Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
Modify A Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
Apply a New Dimension Style to Existing
Dimensions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678
Override a Dimension Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678
Add Geometric Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
Overview of Geometric Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
Material Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
Datum Reference Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
Projected Tolerance Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
Composite Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
Chapter 10
Plot and Publish Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
Specify Settings for Plotting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
Save Plot Settings as Named Page Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
Reuse Named Page Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686
Specify Page Setup Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
Select a Paper Size for a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688
Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout . . . . . . 688
Set the Plot Area of a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689
Adjust the Plot Offset of a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689
Set the Plot Scale for a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690
Set the Lineweight Scale for a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . 690
Select a Plot Style Table for a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
Set Shaded Viewport and Plot Options for a Layout . . . . 691
Print or Plot Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692
Overview of Plotting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692
Use a Page Setup to Specify Plot Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694
Select a Printer or Plotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694
Specify the Area to Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
Set Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
Position the Drawing on the Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696
Specify the Printable Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696
Set the Position of the Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
Set Drawing Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
Control How Objects Are Plotted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
Set Plot Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
Set Shaded Viewport Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699
Set Options for Plotted Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
Use Plot Styles to Control Plotted Objects . . . . . . . . . 701
Use Color-Dependent Plot Style Tables . . . . . . . . . . . 704
Use Named Plot Style Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705
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