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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
leader tail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
lens length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
level of smoothness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
light glyph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
line font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
linetype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
lineweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
LL84 coordinate system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
lofted solid/surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
lumen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
luminaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
luminance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
luminous flux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
lux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
magnitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
main customization file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
merge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
model space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
model viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
multi-functional grip menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851
multileader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851
named object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851
named objects, dependent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851
named view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851
node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851
non-associative dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851
normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851
noun-verb selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851
NURBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851
NURBS surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
ObjectARX (AutoCAD Runtime Extension) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
object enabler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
Object Snap mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
object snap override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
opacity map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
orthogonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
Ortho mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
page setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853
palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853
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