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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
Change Plot Style Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706
Preview a Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710
Plot Files to Other Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711
Plot Adobe PDF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711
Publish Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711
Overview of Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711
Create a Drawing Set for Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712
Chapter 11
Share Data Between Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713
Reference Other Drawing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713
Overview of Referenced Drawings (Xrefs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713
Attach and Detach Referenced Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714
Attach Drawing References (Xrefs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714
Nest and Overlay Referenced Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . 716
Set Paths to Referenced Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718
Detach Referenced Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719
Update and Archive Referenced Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . 720
Update Referenced Drawing Attachments . . . . . . . . . 720
Archive Drawings That Contain Referenced Drawings
(Bind)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722
Clip External References and Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723
Edit Referenced Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
Edit a Referenced Drawing in a Separate Window . . . . . 728
Edit Selected Objects in Referenced Drawings and
Blocks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728
Use the Working Set to Edit Referenced Drawings and
Blocks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730
Save Back Edited Referenced Drawings and Blocks . . . . . 731
Edit Referenced Drawings and Blocks with Nesting or
Attributes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732
Resolve Referenced Drawing Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
Resolve Missing External References . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
Resolve Circular External References . . . . . . . . . . . . 734
Resolve Name Conflicts in External References . . . . . . . 734
Track External Reference Operations (Log File) . . . . . . . 735
Increase Performance with Large Referenced Drawings . . . . . . 738
Overview of Demand Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738
Unload Xrefs in Large Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738
Work with Demand Loading in Large Drawings . . . . . . 739
Work with Layer and Spatial Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . 740
Set Paths for Temporary Xref File Copies . . . . . . . . . . 740
Work with Data in Other Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741
Import Other File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741
Import ACIS SAT Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741
Convert DXF and DXB Files to DWG Format . . . . . . . . 741
Attach Raster Image Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
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