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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
distant lights 781, 794, 822
distributing
dimensions 677
items in arrays 250
leader lines 597
dithering 707
dividing
objects into equal segments 186,
187
objects into original shapes 480
docked palettes 40
document materials 807
doglegs 594, 655
donuts
drawing 207
exploding 278
simplified display 142
double click actions
editing 234
downloading
AutoCAD WS files 770
draft analysis 496, 499
draft quality display of raster images 753
draw order
changing 144
hatches 575
drawing
3D solids 375
arcs 200
boxes 376
circles 204
cones 377
construction lines 217
curved objects 200
cylinders 379
direct distance entry 184
donuts 207
ellipses 208
helixes and spirals 215
isometric circles 209, 774
layout viewports and 102
lines 195
multilines 198
object properties 113
objects 194
Ortho mode 176
parametric drawing 291
polygons 198, 206
polyline arcs 206
polylines 196
polysolids 384
precision 145
pyramids 381
rays 217
rectangles 198
reference points 216
revision clouds 221
spheres 380
splines 209
squares 198
tangent arcs and lines 203
tori 382
triangles 198
viewports and 93
wedges 376
wide polylines 206
drawing extents 63, 689, 695
drawing files (DWG)
backups 58
converting other files to 742
file locations 56
finding 48, 56
inserting as blocks 323
opening 48
previous release formats 757
repairing 57
saving 52, 53
drawing interchange format (DXF files)
converting to DWG 741
exporting 754
drawing orientation 688, 697
drawing properties
displaying 48
finding files with 48
Drawing Recovery Manager
recovering work 59
drawing sets
publishing 711, 712
drawing templates
creating 47
opening 47
saving 53
Index | 883