2012
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
grips 622
inserting blocks in 625
merging cells 623
previous release formats and 759
row height 621
selecting elements 623
table styles 624
text in 625
title rows 624
tabs in text 589
tabulated meshes 427
tangential objects
arcs and lines 203
circles 205
tapering
polylines 206
TARGA files 742
target point lights 782, 801
targeted weblights 787
teams
master drawings 713
templates
attribute extraction templates 344
drawing templates 47
layout templates 111
saving 53
startup routines and 41
temporary files 56
tessellation
about 409
curved solids 818
mesh objects 503
refinement 410
smoothing 409
test plots 142
testing
part dimensions 673
text
alignment 582, 600
annotations 547, 553
checking spelling 619
columns in 592
creating 581
dimension text 636, 670
editing 615
fields 603
finding and replacing 618
fonts 608
height 613
hyperlinks 605
importing 594
leader objects 594
mirroring 261, 616
model space settings 97
moving 616, 617
multline text (mtext) 584
obliquing angle 614
orientation 563, 615
overlapping 144
pasting 594
plotting 142
PostScript rendering 755
previous release file formats and 759
properties 617
Quick Text mode 142
scale ratios 98
scaling 616, 617
simplified display 142
single-line 582
tables 620, 624, 625
text styles 605
types 581
text files
exporting block attribute data
to 344
importing 594
text styles
about 605, 606
creating 607
dimension text 642
fields 603
fonts 608
height 613
modifying 607
multiline text 584, 586
obliquing angle 614
orientation in 615
single-line text 582
tables 624
text wrap 585
textures
about 806
Index | 913