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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
modifying 220
open curves 379
rendering 744
custom grips 313
custom objects 703
custom properties
grips and 313
layouts and projects 110
Customer Involvement Program 3
customizing
arrowheads 570
dimension text 576
drawing environment 34
hatches 509
object selection 225
visual styles 65
cutaway views 74
cutting
cutting edges 256
objects 231
slicing 368
cutting edges 256
cutting planes
live sectioning 480
section objects 474
slicing solids 368
cylinders
3D solids 357
mesh cylinders 387
modifying 441
cylindrical coordinates 163
cylindrical helixes 215
D
damaged drawing files 52
data extraction
block attributes and 327
data types in tables 559
databases
block attribute data in 328
dates
angle of sun and 735
datum
composite tolerances 613
geometric tolerances 612
ordinate dimensions 594
deleting
3D solid history 434
back faces 740
block attributes 336
block definitions 316
clipping boundaries 687
constraints 284
creases 463
dimension breaks 606
duplicate objects 231
edges 430
faces 428
fillets 265
geometric constraints 285
group definitions 229
hidden surfaces 740
layer property overrides 127
layers 124, 125
layouts 107
linetypes 138
multiline vertices 280
objects 231
objects from groups 229
text styles 541
unused named objects 231
vertices 433
demand loading (xrefs)
about 666
saving xrefs with indexes 667, 668
temporary xref file copies 668
updating xrefs 651
density of mesh objects 459
depth cueing 747
deselecting objects 221, 223
DesignCenter
copying block definitions 334
detaching
raster images 685
underlays 670, 672
xrefs 649
deviation tolerances 580
diameter constraints 295
diameter dimensions 588
creating 588
definition points 598
Index | 807