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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
weblights
about 786
distribution in photometric
webs 788
free weblights 787
goniometric diagrams 787
luminous intensity distribution
(LID) 792
properties 801
websites
opening and saving files to 768
wedges
3D solids 376
mesh wedges 420
modifying 484
wide polylines
drawing 196, 206
extending 266
simplified display 142
tapering segments 206
trimming 266
width
table columns 620
wildcard characters
filtering layers by 125
window polygon selection 224
windows
interface options 40
selection windows 223
zooming to 62
Windows Clipboard 233
wipeout objects 579
Wireframe visual style 68
wireframes
about 436
plot options 691
plotting 700
witness lines 633
workflows
lighting 780
photometric 785
surface modeling 494
working sets of reference objects 729,
730
workplanes 145, 153
world coordinate system (WCS) 145
WPolygon selection 224
wrinkled surfaces 495
X
X axis 40
X-ray visual style 68
X, Y coordinates 153
xlines 217
filleting 273
modifying 221
xrefs (external references) 713
XY planes (workplanes) 67, 153
Y
Y axis 40
Z
Z axis 40
z coordinate values 160
zebra analysis 497
zero suppression
dimensions 645
tolerances 648
zero-length geometry 232
Zoom tool 80
zooming
3D views 80
about 61
controlling zooming 62
grid display and 174
layout viewports 102
lineweight display and 140
Index | 917