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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
restoring 331
dynamic blocks
action parameters 327
dynamic constraints 310, 312
Dynamic Input feature 163
dynamic panning 61
dynamic prompts 166
dynamic UCSs 149
dynamic viewing 81
E
e-learning program (Autodesk) 3
earlier versions of AutoCAD 760
edge-defined meshes 428
edges
3D solid edges 462
boundary edges 263
colors 472
copying 472
creases 509
customizing 77
cutting edges 263
deleting 472
imprinting objects on 483
mesh edges 428
modifying 469
redundant edges 481
rendering 815
surfaces 483
trimming to 491
editing
3D models 440
3D solids 440, 466, 474
associative arrays 253
AutoCAD WS files 770
block attribute definitions 342
block attributes 351
block definitions 349, 728
block references 349, 728
columns of text 592
composite solids 478
constrained objects 303, 313
constraints 300, 313
custom objects 766
dimension styles 631
dimensions 664
dynamic blocks 331
edges 469
faces 466
fields in text 603
fills 575
gizmos 443
grip modes 235
grip tools (gizmos) 443
groups 230
hatches 575
helixes 288
layer objects 118
layers 120
leader objects 595
meshes 499
multilines 289
objects 221, 233
plot style tables 703, 705
plot styles 706
polylines 279
revision clouds 221
separating solids into shapes 480
spirals 288
splines 282
surfaces 440, 462, 466, 478, 488
tables 620, 625
text 615
text styles 607
vertices 474
visual styles 69
xrefs 728
educational products 715
electronic drawing sets
publishing 711, 712
ellipses
calculating geometric data for 189
drawing 208
grips on 237
modifying 221
PostScript rendering 756
elliptical arcs
modifying 221
PostScript rendering 756
empty text objects 232
Index | 885