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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
Sun and Sky Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803
Incorporate Luminaire Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804
Materials and Textures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805
Overview of Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805
Browse Material Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806
Render 3D Objects for Realism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807
Overview of Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807
Prepare a Model for Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809
Understand Face Normals and Hidden Surfaces . . . . . . 809
Minimize Intersecting and Coplanar Faces . . . . . . . . . 812
Balance Mesh Density for Smooth Geometry . . . . . . . . 815
Set Up the Renderer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
Control the Rendering Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
Basics of Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822
Render Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822
Save and Redisplay Rendered Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823
Save a Rendered Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823
Redisplay a Rendered Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
Use Models with Other Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825
3D mesh primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825
3D view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825
absolute coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825
acquired point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825
acquisition marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825
activate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825
adaptive degradation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825
adaptive sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826
adjacent cell selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826
alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826
aliasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826
aligned dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826
alpha channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826
ambient color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827
ambient light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827
angular dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827
angular unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827
annotational constraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827
annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827
annotation scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827
annotative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827
anonymous block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
anti-aliasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
approximation points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
arrowhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
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