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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
nonassociative dimensions 629, 666,
669
nonassociative hatches 568, 577
nonrectangular layout viewports 103
nonsystem plotter drivers
PDF output 711
nonuniform rational B-spline curves 209
normals of 3D faces
about 809
Not Found raster images 750
notes
about 580
annotations 547, 553
creating text 581
notification
attached xrefs 715
changed xrefs 721
relocated xrefs 719
nudging objects 241
numbered lists 587
numeric values
block attribute data 347
dimensions 643
rounding 645
suppressing zeros 645
NURBS curves 209, 495
NURBS surfaces
about 393
analyzing 499
creating 357, 403
editing 488, 493
rebuilding 495
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object enablers 766
object properties
about 113
assigning 113
blocks 336
colors 130, 132
copying 115
inheritance 732
layer defaults 117
linetypes 134
lineweights 139
xrefs 732
object snap tracking 182
object snaps
3D space 168
about 167
angles of 175
AutoSnap 169
base points 175
constraints and 305
grid snap 172
isometric drawings 773
object snap tracking 182
overriding 170
PolarSnap feature 176
running object snaps 168
shortcut menu 168, 169
ObjectARX applications
custom and proxy objects 765
objects
3D objects 355
aligning 243
arrays of 246
assigning to other layers 132, 136,
141
blocks 321
breaking 277
chamfering 273
colors 130
converting to meshes 428
converting to revision clouds 221
copying 233, 237, 244
creating 3D solids from 386
creating meshes from 422
creating solids or surfaces from 361,
402
cross sectioning 527
custom objects 765
cutting 233
deleting 233
deleting duplicates 232
deselecting 223, 225
draw order 144
drawing 194
editing 221, 233
equal intervals on 185
erasing 233
Index | 899