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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
table elements 559
tints 509
True Colors 135
underlays 675
visual styles and 67
xref layer properties 645
columns (multiline text) 528
columns (tables)
formatting 559
modifying 556
combining
regions 218
solids 366, 433
comma-delimited files (CDF) 331
command line
colors in 35
switches 37
syntax 37
command line switches
customizing program startup 37
command prompt calculator 193
commands
canceling 230
command prompt calculator 193
Dynamic Input and 166
compass (ViewCube) 75
composite regions 218
composite solids
3D solids 366, 433
history 434
modifying 435
modifying original components 435
selecting subobjects 419
separating into original shapes 436
composite surfaces 435
composite tolerances 613
compound objects 271
compression
JPEG files 693
Conceptual visual style 64
cones
3D solids 356
mesh cones 386
modifying 441
configuring
Render 747
conflicting xref names 662
conical helixes 215
constant block attributes 324
Constrained Orbit tool 73
constraining
object movement 413
object rotation 415
object scaling 416
constraint bars 290
constraint icons 289
constraint parameters
blocks 315
constraint points 287
constraints
annotational constraints 297
applying 296
applying automatically 293
AutoCAD LT functionality 701
constraint bars 290
contraint points 287
dimensional constraints 295
displaying 289, 299
dynamic blocks 315
dynamic constraints 297
editing 289, 299
editing constrained objects 291, 300
fix constraints 288
formulas 301
fully constrained drawings 283
geometric constraints 284, 285
inferring 293
multiple constraints 288
object snaps and 293
parameters 301, 302
Parameters Manager 315
parametric constraints 282
reference parameters 298
relaxing 284
removing 284
surfaces 381
unconstrained drawings 283
underconstrained drawings 283
construction lines
drawing 216
modifying 220
Index | 805