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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
plot styles 710
PostScript rendering 756
properties 573
solid fills 567, 571
turning off display 142
wipeout objects 579
filter colors of lighting 799
filtering
layers 119
object selection 226
subobject selection filters 458, 521
finding
drawing files 48, 56
Help topics 2
raster images 751
text 618
fit points in splines 282
fit points on splines 212, 404
fitting
dimension text 636
Fix constraints 299
fixed-length extension lines 634
fixtures (lighting) 776, 778, 804
flat lighting 72
flatshot objects 544
flattened views of 3D objects 544
FLIC files 742
flip grips 327
flipping
arrowheads 635
lights 797
objects 261
floating palettes 40
floating properties 336
FMP files (font mapping) 612
fog effects 820
folders
file locations 50
font mapping files 612
fonts
alternative fonts 611
Asian set 609
assigning 608
Big Fonts 610
converting 612
file locations 56
international sets 609
mapping 612
PostScript 611
previous release file formats and 760
proxy fonts 609, 611
substitute fonts 611
TrueType 609
types of 608
Unicode 609
forcing internal lines 637
foreshortened radius dimensions 659
form tolerances 680
formatting text
character formatting 607
fields 603
multiline text 584, 586
stacked text 591
table cells 624, 625
formulas
copying 625
inserting in table cells 625
parametric constraints 315
fractions 584, 591, 649
Free Orbit tool 80
free weblights 787
freezing
layers 117
layers in layout viewports 106
xref layers 739
front views 66
front, moving objects to 144
FTP sites
opening Internet drawings 768
saving drawings to 768
full xref paths 718
fully constrained drawings 293
functions 318
fuzz distance 281
G
G0 and G1 continuity 396, 497
G2 curvature 397, 498
gaps between objects 277
gaps in boundaries 570
Gaussian curvature 499
888 | Index