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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
updating 352
visibility 330
xrefs vs. 335
blocks 321, 332
BMP files (bitmaps)
exporting 755
importing 742
BOM (bills of materials) 620
borders (table cells) 624
boundaries
boundary edges 263
gaps in 220, 570
layout viewports 104
polylines 197, 207
recreating 579
regions 219
zooming to 62
boundary sets
defined 197
hatches 569
polylines 207
bounded areas 482
bounded hatches 566
boxes
3D solids 376
mesh boxes 412
modifying 484
breaking
objects 277
breaks in dimensions 674
brightness 749
bringing objects to front 144
bulge magnitude 396
bulleted lists 587
bullets 587
BYBLOCK setting
block definitions 337
C
calculating
angles 188
areas 188
circumferences 189
command prompt calculator 192
distances 188
model space scale factors 98
perimeters 189
point coordinates 188
calculators
command prompt calculator 192
callout blocks
annotations 547, 555
CALS files 742
cameras
section objects and 541
canceling commands 232
candelas 793
caps 664
Cartesian coordinates 153, 154, 159
CDF files (comma delimited) 347
cells (tables)
address format 625
AutoFill feature 626
blocks in 625
cell ranges 625
formulas in 625
merging 623
modifying 622
text in 625
center location overrides 659
center marks in dimensions 628, 657
centerlines in dimensions 628, 657
centers of gravity 192
chamfering
3D solids 472
hatch boundaries 274
objects 273
characters
formatting 586, 607
height 613
international 609
PostScript rendering 755
stacking 592
Unicode text 768
checking interferences 392
checking spelling 619
CIP (Customer Involvement Program) 3
circles
calculating geometric data for 189
dimensioning 657, 660
donuts 207
Index | 877