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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
shadows 75
subobjects 462
sun and sky 804
thickness 439
types of 355
viewing 442
visual styles 68
weblights 786
wireframes 436
3D Move gizmo 443, 446
3D objects
aligning 244
AutoCAD LT functionality 763
coordinates 159
edge display 77
exporting 756
extending 267
flattened views of 544
live sectioning 536
lofting 460
modifying 440
rendering 807
rotating 243
shadows 75
simulating in 2D 773
smoothness 817
subobjects 462
surfaces 393
sweeping 460
thickness 439
trimming 267
visual styles 68
wireframes 436
3D Orbit tool 80
3D printing 692, 756
3D Rotate gizmo 443, 450
3D Scale gizmo 452
3D solid edges
imprinting objects on 483
modifying 462, 469
redundant edges 481
3D solid faces
imprinting objects on 483
modifying 462, 466
redundant faces 481
rendering 809
3D solid vertices
modifying 462, 474
redundant vertices 481
3D solids
calculating geometric data for 190
chamfering 472
cleaning 481
colors 469
composite solids 390, 476
converting meshes to 524
converting objects to 361, 386
converting surfaces to 389
converting to objects 440
coordinates 159
creating 373
edges on 77, 462
exporting 756
extruding 364, 459
faces 462
filleting 472
flattened views of 544
gizmos 455
grips 455, 458
history 476, 485
imprinting objects on 483
interferences 392
lofting 369, 460
mass properties 192
meshes 422, 435
modifying 440
multi-functional grips 235
polysolids 384
pressing or pulling areas 482
primitives 484
properties 484
revolving 372, 461
separating into original shapes 480
shells 481
slicing 391
smoothness 817
solid primitives 373, 375
subobjects 462
surfaces 393
sweeping 367, 460
types 375
types of 361
872 | Index