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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
syntax 42
command line switches
customizing program startup 41
command prompt calculator 192
commands
canceling 232
command prompt calculator 192
Dynamic Input and 163
compass (ViewCube) 83
composite regions 219
composite solids
3D solids 390, 476
history 476
modifying 478
modifying original components 479
selecting subobjects 456
separating into original shapes 480
composite surfaces 478
composite tolerances 683
compound objects 278
compression
JPEG files 755
Conceptual visual style 68
cones
3D solids 377
mesh cones 413
modifying 484
configuring
Render 820
conflicting xref names 734
conical helixes 216
constant block attributes 340
Constrained Orbit tool 80
constraining
object movement 447
object rotation 450
object scaling 452
constraint bars 302
constraint icons 300
constraint parameters
blocks 331
constraint points 297
constraints
annotational constraints 311
applying 309
applying automatically 305
AutoCAD LT functionality 764
constraint bars 302
contraint points 297
dimensional constraints 307
displaying 300, 312
dynamic blocks 331
dynamic constraints 310
editing 300, 313
editing constrained objects 303, 313
fix constraints 299
formulas 315
fully constrained drawings 293
geometric constraints 294, 295
inferring 305
multiple constraints 299
object snaps and 305
parameters 315, 317
Parameters Manager 331
parametric constraints 291
reference parameters 311
relaxing 293
removing 293
surfaces 406
unconstrained drawings 292
underconstrained drawings 292
construction lines
drawing 217
modifying 221
Content palette
inserting blocks from 324
contextual fields 604
continued dimensions 653
continuity (surfaces) 396, 495, 497
contrast in raster images 749
control points on splines 212, 282, 404
control vertices 210, 493, 495
converting
3D models to objects 440
colors to grayscale 708
dimension units 644
dimensions to annotations 554
drawing units 44
drawings to other formats 754
files to AutoCAD LT 762
fonts 612
meshes to 3D solids 524
Index | 879