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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
lineweight display in 138, 139
live sectioning and 537
moving objects to paper space 101
plot scale 697
plotting from 97, 695, 701
switching to layouts 52
viewports 90
model space viewports
assigning UCSs to 147
creating 90
modifying
3D models 440
3D solids 440, 466, 474
AutoCAD WS files 770
block attribute definitions 342
block attributes 351
block definitions 349, 728
block references 349, 728
colors 132
columns of text 592
composite solids 478
constrained objects 303, 313
constraints 313
dimension styles 631
dimensions 664
dynamic blocks 331
edges 469
faces 466
fields in text 603
fills 575
gizmos 443
grip tools (gizmos) 443
hatches 575
helixes and spirals 288
layer objects 118
layers 120
layout viewports 103, 104
leader objects 595
lineweights 141
meshes 499
multilines 289
objects 221, 233
plot style tables 703, 705
plot styles 706
polylines 279
revision clouds 221
separating objects into shapes 480
splines 282
surfaces 440, 462, 466, 478, 488
tables 620, 625
text 615
text styles 607
vertices 474
visual styles 69
xrefs 728
molds 499
moments of inertia 192
moonlight 781
moving
3D Move gizmo 443, 446
3D subobjects 462
constraining movement 447
dimension text 670
edges 469
faces 466
grip methods for 235
jog lines 672
layer objects to other layers 120
lights 797
objects 235, 240, 257
objects between model and paper
space 101
referenced drawings 719
stretch-moves 241
text 616, 617
UCSs 145
vertices 474
mtext (multiline text) 584
mtext objects 584
multi-functional dimension grips 668,
671
multi-functional grips 235, 279, 282
multi-functional grips, leaders 597
multileaders (leader lines)
annotations 547, 555
blocks in 599
breaks in 674
creating 595, 597
landings 596
modifying 595
previous release file formats and 759
styles 599
Index | 897