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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
Use Color Books
When assigning colors to objects, you can choose colors from color books
that are loaded on your system.
You can choose from a wide range of custom colors when using color books.
Color books include third-party or user-defined files that contain named color
swatches. These colors can be used to enhance presentation drawings as well
as to optimize the variety of color used in your drawings. You can apply color
book colors to objects in your drawings by using the Color Books tab in the
Color Palette dialog box.
Install Color Books
Color book files must contain an .acb file extension in order to be recognized
by this program. To access color book colors from the Color Palette dialog
box, you must first copy your color book files to a specified color book location.
On the Application tab of the Application Preferences dialog box, you can
define the path where color book files are stored. Multiple locations can be
defined for the color book path. These locations are saved in your user profile.
After loading a color book on your system, to access the new colors, you need
to close the Color Palette dialog box and then open it again. The new color
book is displayed in the Color Book drop-down list on the Color Books tab.
Once you have loaded a color book, you can apply any colors that are defined
in the book to objects in your drawing.
Browse Color Books
Color books are organized alphabetically into pages that you can browse
through. A page holds up to ten colors. If the color book you are browsing
through is not organized into pages, the colors are arranged into pages, with
each page containing up to seven colors.
Work with Linetypes
You can use linetypes to distinguish objects from one another visually and
make your drawing easier to read.
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