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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
Multiple-Language Support in Previous Releases
Drawing properties in AutoCAD 2008 are saved with Unicode characters. For
instance, if you save the latest format drawing containing multiple language
drawing properties to a 2004-format drawing, the drawing properties are
converted to the native characters of the current Windows language. If text
cannot be converted to the native characters, it is saved to CIF codes
(\U+nnnn) or MIF codes (\M+nxxxx).
When saving the latest format drawing to a 2004-format drawing, any new
symbol or dictionary names (for example, layout name, text style name,
dimension style name) created in AutoCAD 2008 are saved in the language
that was used when the symbol names were created.
Text styles for Asian languages that use SHX and Big Font can support
characters only from the same code page. For example, text styles that use a
Japanese Big Font cannot support German or Korean characters. (English
characters, which are part of every code page, are supported.) Multiple-language
support for non-Asian languages is supported for text styles that use SHX fonts
with Big Fonts disabled. (The SHX font must define the required characters.)
Multiple-language support does not exist in some earlier releases of AutoCAD.
For example, when you save a file to AutoCAD 2000 format, the contents of
multiple-language multiline text may be corrupted. This problem is more
likely to happen when you open and save a drawing on an operating system
with a system language setting that differs from the system in which the
drawing was last saved.
NOTE
Drawings that include external references (xrefs) to drawing files saved in
earlier releases also have the limitations described above.
See also:
Use Lights in Other Products
Save Drawings to Previous Drawing File Formats
You can save a drawing in a format compatible with previous versions of the
product.
You can save a drawing created with the current release of the program in a
format compatible with previous versions. This process creates a drawing with
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