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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
tiled images 753
transparency 743
unloading 752
rays
drawing 217
filleting 273
modifying 221
Readme help topic 3
Real face style 70
realistic rendering 807
Realistic visual style 68
realtime panning 61
realtime zooming 62
rearranging
objects in groups 230
reassociating dimensions 669
rebuilding surfaces 495
reconciled layers
about 127
reconstructing surfaces 495
recording
history of composite solids 477
recovering
after system failures 59
damaged drawings 57
recovery audits 58
rectangles
drawing 198
modifying 221
rectangular arrays 248
rectangular meshes 433
redoing actions 232
redrawing screen display 233
redundant edges 481
redundant faces 481
redundant vertices 481
Refedit visor 730
Reference Manager palette
loading or unloading images 753
reference parameters 311
reference points
drawing 216
offsetting from 185
referenced layers 120
references (xrefs) 713
refinement
mesh objects 507, 519
tessellation 410
refreshing screen display 233
regardless of feature size values 682
regenerating
drawings 139
layer display 117
raster image display and 753
screen display 143
regions
calculating geometric data for 189
composite 219
creating 218
cross sections 534
relative coordinates
2D coordinates 154
3D coordinates 160
copying objects with 245
cylindrical coordinates 161
entering 153
spherical coordinates 163
relative paths
xrefs 717, 718
relaxing constraints 293
relocated xrefs 719
removing
3D solid history 477
back faces 809
blips 233
block attributes 352
block definitions 332
constraints 293
creases 511
dimension breaks 675
duplicate objects 232
edges 472
faces 468
fillets 272
geometric constraints 295
group definition 231
hidden surfaces 809
layer property overrides 124
multiline vertices 290
objects 233
objects from groups 231
906 | Index