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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
Suppress Highlighting When Selecting Images
You can turn on or off the highlighting that identifies the selection of a raster
image or the image frame by toggling the value of IMAGEHLT system variable.
By default, IMAGEHLT is set to 0, to highlight only the raster image frame.
Turning off highlighting of the entire image improves performance.
Export Drawings to Other File Formats
If you need to use the information from a drawing file in another application,
you can convert it to a specific format by exporting it.
Export PDF Files
You can export a drawing as a PDF file to facilitate sharing information with
other design groups.
Sets of drawings are the primary deliverable for most design groups. Creating
a drawing set to distribute for review can be complicated and time consuming.
Electronic drawing sets are saved as PDF files.
To output a single drawing as a PDF, use the Print dialog box or EXPORT
command.
Export DXF Files
You can export a drawing as a DXF file, which contains drawing information
that can be read by other CAD systems.
You can export a drawing as a DXF (drawing interchange format) file. DXF
files are text or binary files that contain drawing information that can be read
by other CAD programs. If you are working with consultants who use a CAD
program that accepts DXF files, you can share a drawing by saving it as a DXF
file.
You can control floating-point precision of the DXF format up to 16 decimal
places and save the drawing in either ASCII or binary format. ASCII format
results in a text file that you can read and edit; binary format results in a
significantly smaller file that is faster to work with.
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