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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
Chapter 4 Control the Drawing Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Change Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Pan or Zoom a View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Save and Restore Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Control the 3D Projection Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Overview of Parallel and Perspective Views . . . . . . . . . 64
Define a Perspective Projection (DVIEW) . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Define a Parallel Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Choose Preset 3D Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Define a 3D View with Coordinate Values or Angles . . . . . 66
Change to a View of the XY Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Shade a Model and Use Edge Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Use a Visual Style to Display Your Model . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Customize a Visual Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Control Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Use Viewing Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Specify 3D Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Overview of 3D Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Use 3D Navigation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Create a 3D Dynamic View (DVIEW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Use ViewCube Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Overview of ViewCube Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
ViewCube Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Reorient the View of a Model with ViewCube . . . . . . . . 84
Change the UCS with the ViewCube Tool . . . . . . . . . . 89
Display Multiple Views in Model Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Set Model Space Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Select and Use the Current Viewport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Save and Restore Model Layout Viewport Arrangements . . . . . 93
Chapter 5
Organize Drawings and Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Create Single-View Drawings (Model Space) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Quick Start for Model Space Drafting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Draw, Scale, and Annotate in Model Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts (Paper Space) . . . . . . . . . . 99
Quick Start for Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Understand the Layout Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Work with Model Space and Paper Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Work in Model Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Work on a Named Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Access Model Space from a Layout Viewport . . . . . . . . 102
Create and Modify Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Control Views in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Scale Views in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Control Visibility in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . 106
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