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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
About Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Control the Drawing Area Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Interface Themes and Background Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Interface Themes and Background Color . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Cursors in the Drawing Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Selection Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
The UCS Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Viewport Label Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
The ViewCube Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
The Coordinates Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Model Space and Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Control Status, Layers, Properties, and Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The Layers Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The Layers Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
The Properties Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
The Content Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Customize the Drawing Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Set Interface Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Set Up the Drawing Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Specify the Behavior of Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Customize Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 3
Start and Save Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Start a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Overview of Starting a New Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Specify Units and Unit Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Determine the Units of Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Set the Unit Format Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Use a Drawing Template File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Add Identifying Information to Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Open or Save a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Open a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Work with Multiple Open Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Preview Open Drawings and Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Switch Between Open Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Switch Between Layouts in the Current Drawing . . . . . . 47
Transfer Information between Open Drawings . . . . . . . . 47
Save a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Find a Drawing File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Specify Search Paths and File Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Repair, Restore, or Recover Drawing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Repair a Damaged Drawing File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Create and Restore Backup Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Recover from a System Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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