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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
text in 599
multiline text
about 584
aligning 585
annotations 547
columns 592
creating 584
editing 617
finding 618
formatting 586
grips 592
height 587, 613
indenting 589
justification 585
leader objects and 594
line spacing 590
lists in 587
obliquing angle 614
orientation 615
previous release file formats and 759
properties 585
replacing 618
stacked 591
styles 586, 606
tabs 589
text wrap 585
multilines
drawing 198
editing commands 290
intersections 290
modifying 289
styles 199
vertices 290
multiple drawings
opening 51
switching between 52
multiple users 770
multiple-view drawing layouts 99
My Documents folder 50, 56
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named layer states
saving 129
named layouts 101
named objects
xref name conflicts 734
named page setups
applying 685
creating 686
named plot style tables
about 693, 703
Plot Style Table Editor 705
plot styles in 705
named plot styles
about 703, 705
creating 705
predefined styles 706
named UCS definitions 147
named views
saving 64
section objects and 541
naming
groups 229
layer states 128
layers 119, 120
lights 799
raster images 751
selection filters 226
text styles 607
viewports 93
views 63
naming conventions
international 54
natural lighting 780
navigating
3D views 80
ViewCube 82
nested blocks
block attributes 348
clipped 726
creating 338
nested xrefs
clipped 726
defined 716
editing 732
paths 717, 733
network surfaces 398, 399
non-associative arrays 248
Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines surfaces
(NURBS) 403
898 | Index