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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
objects 233
slicing 391
cutting edges 263
cutting planes
live sectioning 536
section objects 527
slicing solids 391
cylinders
3D solids 379
mesh cylinders 415
modifying 484
cylindrical coordinates 161
cylindrical helixes 216
D
damaged drawing files 57
data extraction
block attributes and 343
data types in tables 624
databases
block attribute data in 344
dates
angle of sun and 804
datum
composite tolerances 683
geometric tolerances 682
ordinate dimensions 661
deleting
3D solid history 477
back faces 809
block attributes 352
block definitions 332
clipping boundaries 748
constraints 293
creases 511
dimension breaks 675
duplicate objects 232
edges 472
faces 468
fillets 272
geometric constraints 295
group definitions 231
hidden surfaces 809
layer property overrides 124
layers 120, 121
linetypes 135
multiline vertices 290
objects 233
objects from groups 231
text styles 607
unused named objects 232
vertices 475
demand loading (xrefs)
about 738
saving xrefs with indexes 739, 740
temporary xref file copies 740
updating xrefs 721
density of mesh objects 506
depth cueing 820
deselecting objects 223, 225
DesignCenter
copying block definitions 350
detaching
raster images 746
xrefs 719
deviation tolerances 647
diameter constraints 307
diameter dimensions 655
creating 655
definition points 666
text 638
DIC color guide 131
dimension lines
angular dimensions 660
defined 627
leader objects vs. 595
linear dimensions 651
Dimension Style Manager
creating styles 630
dimension values 644
fractions 649
text options 636
text styles 642
dimension styles
about 630
applying 678
listing 631
modifying 631
overriding 679
system variables 631
dimension text 636
Index | 881