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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
video cards 79
ViewCube 82
viewpoints in 3D space 66, 81
Viewport Overrides filter 123
viewports
aligning views in 110
annotations in 548, 549
arranging 92, 93
backgrounds in 75
creating 90
current 92
drawing in 93
layer property overrides and 122
layers and 122
layout viewports 103
lighting modes 775
plot options 691, 699
plotting 701
rendering 822
restoring layer states and 129
shadows in 75
UCSs and 147
visual styles in 69, 123
views
2D isometric 773
3D projection styles 64
3D views 79
aligning in viewports 110
changing 61
cross sections 528
flattened 3D objects 544
layout viewports 104
live sectioning 541
model space 3D views 66
modifying 102
multiple-view drawing layouts 99
panning 61
performance issues and 78
plot options 689
plotting 695
preset 3D views 66
properties 64
rendering 822
restoring 64
rotating 111
saving 64
scaling 105
viewports 90
zooming 61
visibility
annotations 560
layers 102, 117
layout viewports and 106
transparency 143
xref layers 715
visual fidelity
annotative objects and 551
previous release file formats and 757
saving files and 53
visual styles
AutoCAD LT functionality 763
backgrounds 75
customizing 69
default styles 68
defined 68
edge display 77
face styles 70
layer property overrides and 123
lighting 69
modifying 69
performance issues and 78
plotting 700
shading 70
shadows 75
Visual Styles Manager 68
VIZ 824
volumes 192
W
walls
drawing 384
WCS (world coordinate system)
about 145
weather 781
web folders
opening drawings from 768
web sites
attaching xrefs from Internet
files 770
AutoCAD WS files 770
916 | Index