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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
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Use Drawings from Different Versions and
Applications
You can share drawing files from AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, drawing files
from previous versions, and drawing files that contain custom objects. In some
cases there are limitations.
Work with Drawings in Earlier Releases
When you work with drawings created in AutoCAD 2008 (and later releases)
in AutoCAD 2007 (and earlier releases), you should be aware of the following
visual fidelity issues.
Visual Fidelity for Annotative Objects in Previous Releases
You can specify that objects maintain visual fidelity when they are viewed
in AutoCAD 2007 (and earlier releases) with the SAVEFIDELITY system variable.
If you work primarily in model space, it is recommended that you turn off
visual fidelity (set SAVEFIDELITY to 0). However, if you need to exchange
drawings with other users, and layout fidelity is most important, then visual
fidelity should be turned on (SAVEFIDELITY set to 1).
Annotative objects may have multiple . When visual fidelity is on, annotative
objects are decomposed and scale representations are saved (in an ) to separate
layers. These layers are named based on their original layer and appended
with a number. If you explode the block in AutoCAD 2007 (or earlier releases),
and then open the drawing in AutoCAD 2008 (or later releases), each scale
representation becomes a separate annotative object, each with one annotation
scale. It is recommended that you do not edit or create objects on these layers
when working with a drawing created in AutoCAD 2008 (and later releases)
in AutoCAD 2007 (and earlier releases).
When visual fidelity for annotative objects is not selected, a single model
space representation is displayed on the Model layout. Depending on the
setting of the ANNOALLVISIBLE system variable, more annotation objects
may be displayed on the Model layout, and more objects may be displayed
in paper space viewports at different sizes than in AutoCAD 2008 and later
releases.
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