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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 Single-View Drawings (Model Space)
- Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts (Paper Space)
- Work with Layouts in a Project
- 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
- Overview of Notes and Labels
- Create Text
- Create Leaders
- Use Fields in Text
- Work with Text Styles
- Change Text
- Check Spelling
- Format Multiline Text at the Command Prompt
- 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
- Named Page Setups with Projects
- 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
- Import Other File Formats
- Attach PDF Files as Underlays
- Attach Raster Image Files
- Export Drawings to Other File Formats
- Use Drawings from Different Versions and Applications
- Collaborate with Others
- Render Drawings
- Draw 2D Isometric Views
- Add Lighting to Your Model
- Materials and Textures
- Render 3D Objects for Realism
- Glossary
- Index
Place Project Information on a Layout
Information about a project, or the layouts and views in a project can be
inserted as a field onto a layout that a project references. When the information
in a project is changed, the fields that reference the project are updated to
reflect the latest value when the layout is saved, printed, or published.
Placeholder fields are used to reference project information in a drawing
template or block. When a drawing template or block containing a placeholder
field is added to a project or layout in a project, the field value is resolved. If
the field value of a placeholder field is not resolved, the field displays ####
as its current value. For a list of available placeholder fields and information
about fields, see
Insert Fields (page 536).
Publish Layouts and Projects
After you have organized drawings, you can publish the project as a package.
Use the Publish feature to output the layouts in a project to a printer or PDF
in either normal or reverse order. If you select a layout to publish, only that
layout is added to the Batch Publish dialog box. Selecting a group adds all the
layouts in that group to the Batch Publish dialog box, while selecting the
project name adds all layouts in the project to the dialog box.
You can exclude a layout or group from being published by changing the
values of the Include for Publish or Publish Sheets in Subsets properties in the
Details panel.
Use Page Setups
Page setups provide the settings that are used for publishing and printing.
When you create a project, you can specify a drawing template (DWT) file
that contains one or more page setups for all new layouts. This DWT file is
called the sheet creation template.
Another DWT file, called the page setup overrides file, contains page setups that
can be specified to override the page setups in each layout. You specify the
page setup overrides file in the Details panel.
When you publish a project, you can use the page setups defined in each
drawing file, you can use the page setup overrides for all drawing files, or you
can publish to a PDF file.
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