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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
starting drawings with 47
startup routines and 41
drawing units
about 44
angular units 46
converting 45
linear units 45
model space settings 96
precision 46
rounding off 46
drawings
2D sections of 3D models 527
3D views 80
annotations in 547
archiving 722
background colors 40
colors 130
converting to AutoCAD LT 762
copying between 52
cross sectioning 527
exporting 754
extents 63
file formats 53
file locations 50, 56
finding 48, 56
fitting on paper 696, 698
fully constrained drawings 293
importing files into 741
incremental saves 54
information about 5
inserting as blocks 334
international files 54
Internet-based 768
layers 115
layouts 99, 100
lighting 775
measurement units 44
model space 95
multiple open drawings 51
naming 54
object properties 113
opening 48, 768
orientation 688, 697
page setups 685
partial saves 53
plot settings 685
plotting 692
previewing 51, 710
previous release formats 760
publishing 711
rendering 807
repairing damaged drawings 57
saving 52, 768
saving as templates 47
scaling 96
sharing 767, 770
starting 43
switching between 51
templates 47
text in 581
unconstrained drawings 292
underconstrained drawings 292
viewports 90
views 61
xrefs 713
duplicates, removing 232
duplicating objects 244
DWF files (Design Web Format)
publishing 711
DWFx files
publishing 711
DWG to PDF driver 711
DWT files
saving layouts as 112
starting drawings 47
DXB files
converting to DWG 742
DXF files (drawing interchange format)
converting to DWG 741
exporting 754
exporting block attribute data 347
saving 53
DXX files 347
dynamic block definitions
about 325
block attributes 340
inserting blocks 323
dynamic block references
about 325
block attributes 340
grips 327
modifying 331
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