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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
histories of 3D solids 476, 485
history of online files 770
holes in 3D solids 482
holes in meshes 502
hollow objects 481
Home view 88
hook lines 594, 655
horizontal dimension text 640
horizontal dimensions 652
horizontal text 615
hotspot angle of spotlights 799
hyperlinks
fields and 605
I
IES photometric data files 786, 792
IG4 files 742
imperial units
converting to metric 44
linetype definition file for 135
importing
ACIS SAT files 741
files into drawings 741
layer states 130
named page setups 686
text 594
imprinting objects on 3D solids 483
in-place reference editing
about 730
inheritance and 732
saving changes 731
undoing changes 731
In-Place Text Editor
columns 592
fonts in 609
indents and 589
multiline text 584
table text and 623, 625
incremental saves 54
indenting paragraphs 589
inferring constraints 305
infinite lines 217
inheritance
blocks 336
in-place reference editing and 732
joined objects 281
initializing layouts 693
inserting
blocks 323, 625
drawing files as blocks 323
fields in text 603
formulas 625
objects at equal intervals 186
inspection dimensions 673
inspection rates 673
installation
color books 133
intensity of light 799
interface
customizing 39
interferences 392
International (SI) lighting units 780
international character sets 54, 609, 768
Internet
attaching xrefs from 770
FTP sites 768
network access 767
opening drawings from 768
raster images from 745
saving drawings to 768
sharing drawings on 767
Internet-based drawings 768
intersecting objects
composite solids and 391
dimension breaks 676
edges 77
interferences 392
multilines 290
regions 219
rendering intersecting objects 812
self-intersections 525
trimming 263
intervals on objects 185, 186, 187
intranets 767
inverting
layer groups 126
invisible block attributes 340
islands
hatch patterns and 567
island detection styles 568
ISO 8859 Latin 1 character set 755
Index | 891