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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
screen display
cleaning up 233
clearing 40
performance 142
quality 753
updating 143
screening
layout viewports 108
plot settings 707
scripts
customizing program startup 41
SDF files (space-delimited format) 347
search paths
default file locations 50
referenced drawings 718
specifying 56
searching
finding drawing files 48, 56
finding raster images 751
Help topics 2
text search and replace 618
second grips 539
section lines 529
section objects
about 527
cameras and 541
creating 530
grips 539
jogged segments 535
live sectioning 536
object states 540
plotting 544
properties 540
publishing 544
rendering 544
saving 541
views and 541
section planes 528
sectioning
2D sections 541
3D objects 541
3D views and 81
cameras and 541
jogged segments 535
live sectioning 528, 530, 536
lofting objects and 369, 460
publishing or plotting cross
sections 544
section objects 527
views and 541
segment end grips 539
selecting
3D solid subobjects 455
classification properties and 226
CP and WP selection 224
customizing object selection 226
default options for 228
deselecting 223
groups 230
highlighted objects 227
irregularly shaped selection
areas 224
layers 119
methods for 225
multiple objects 223
objects 222
output devices 688, 695
overlapping objects 457
preventing object selection 225
previewing selections 227
selection fences 225
selection windows 223
subobject selection filters 458
suppressing highlighting 754
tables or table elements 623
selection fences 225
selection filters 458, 521
selection preview 222
selection windows 223
self-intersections 525
sending objects to back 144
servers
AutoCAD WS 770
proxy servers 767
setting up pages 685
shaded images
AutoCAD LT functionality 763
customizing shading 70
edge display 77
rendering 817
visual styles 68
shaded UCS icon 150
Index | 909