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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
Overview of Formulas and Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Control Geometry with Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Chapter 7
Define and Reference Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Work with Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Overview of Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Insert Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Work with Dynamic Blocks in Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Overview of Dynamic Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Work With Action Parameters in Blocks . . . . . . . . . . 327
Work With Constraint Parameters in Blocks . . . . . . . . 331
Remove Block Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Create and Modify Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Define Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Create Blocks Within a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Create Drawing Files for Use as Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Control the Color and Linetype Properties in Blocks . . . . 336
Nest Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Create Block Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Attach Data to Blocks (Block Attributes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Overview of Block Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Define Block Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Extract Data from Block Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Extract Block Attribute Data (Advanced) . . . . . . . . . . 344
Modify Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Modify a Block Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Modify the Data in Block Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Modify a Block Attribute Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Disassemble a Block Reference (Explode) . . . . . . . . . . 353
Chapter 8
Work with 3D Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Create 3D Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Overview of 3D Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Create Solids and Surfaces from Lines and Curves . . . . . . . . 361
Overview of Creating Solids and Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . 361
Create a Solid or Surface by Extruding . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Create a Solid or Surface by Sweeping . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Create a Solid or Surface by Lofting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Create a Solid or Surface by Revolving . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Create Solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Overview of Creating 3D Solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Create 3D Solid Primitives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Create a Polysolid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Create 3D Solids from Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Combine or Slice 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
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