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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
UCS icon
coloring 40
display options 150
UCSs (user coordinate systems
ViewCube and 89
UCSs (user coordinate systems)
3D space and 146
assigning to viewports 147
AutoCAD LT functionality 762
defining 145
dynamic UCSs 149
named definitions 147
paper space and 146
preset orientations 147
restoring 147
UCS icon 150
workplanes 145
unbounded hatches 565, 574
unconstrained drawings 292
underconstrained drawings 292
undoing actions
correcting mistakes 231
layer changes 120
ungrouping groups 231
Unicode fonts 609
Unicode text 584, 760, 768
unions
3D solids 390
regions 219
separating into original shapes 480
units of measurement
about 44
coordinate unit types 154
dimensions 641, 643
model space 96
plot scale 698
unloaded raster images 750
unloading
raster images 752
xrefs 738
unlocking
layers 116
unreconciled layers
about 127
unreferenced linetypes 135
untrimming surfaces 491
unused layers 120
updating
annotations 549, 561
associative dimensions 629
block attributes 351
block definitions 350
block references 352
display 143
fields 604
xrefs 713, 720
uploading
AutoCAD WS files 770
URLs (Uniform Resource Locators)
opening drawings with 768
saving drawings to 768
user interface
customizing 39
users (multiple) 770
V
validating
3D solids 481
surfaces 495
values
dimension values 643
suppressing zeros 645
text fields 603
variable block attributes 340
vector expressions 192
verifying constraints 300
versions of AutoCAD 760
versions of online files 770
vertex editing 474
vertical dimension text 641
vertical dimensions 652
vertical text 615
vertices
3D solid vertices 462
creases 509
deleting 475
modifying 474
multilines 290
redundant vertices 481
rendering 815
surface control vertices 493, 495
Index | 915