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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
PANTONE
®
Color Books
Pantone has updated the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM
®
with the
PANTONE
®
PLUS SERIES of Publications that provides a chromatic arrangement
of colors. In AutoCAD-based products, the RGB values of the PANTONE Colors
that are assigned to objects are preserved in all current and legacy drawing
files.
Color book (.acb) files provide access through the Color Palette dialog box to
the names of all PANTONE Colors and color books. These .acb files are installed
in the /Support/Color folder in the AutoCAD for Mac installation folder.
Change the Color of an Object
You can change the color of an object by reassigning it to another layer, by
changing the color of the layer the object is on, or by specifying a color for
the object explicitly.
You have three choices for changing the color of an object:
Reassign the object to another layer with a different color. If an object's
color is set to BYLAYER, and you reassign the object to a different layer, it
acquires its color from the new layer.
Change the color assigned to the layer that the object is on. If an object's
color is set to BYLAYER, it acquires the color of its layer. When you change
the color assigned to a layer, all objects on that layer assigned the BYLAYER
color are updated automatically.
Specify a color for an object to override the layer's color. You can specify
the color of each object explicitly. If you want to override the
layer-determined color of an object with a different one, change an existing
object's color from BYLAYER to a specific color, such as red.
If you want to set a specific color for all subsequently created objects, change
the Color property on the Properties Inspector palette when no objects are
selected from BYLAYER to a specific color.
See also:
Override Layer Properties in Viewports (page 121)
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