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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
team member access to 112
duplicates, removing 231
duplicating objects 242
DWG files
saving underlays as 680
DWG to PDF driver 640
DWT files
layout creation templates 111
saving layouts as 101
starting drawings 42
DXB files
converting to DWG 669
DXF files (drawing interchange format)
converting to DWG 669
exporting 693
exporting block attribute data 331
saving 48
DXX files 331
dynamic block definitions
about 311
block attributes 324
inserting blocks 309
dynamic block references
about 311
block attributes 324
grips 313
modifying 315
restoring 315
dynamic blocks
action parameters 313
dynamic constraints 297, 299
Dynamic Input feature 166
dynamic panning 57
dynamic prompts 168
dynamic UCSs 152
dynamic viewing 74
E
e-learning program (Autodesk) 3
earlier versions of AutoCAD 699
edge-defined meshes 397
edges
3D solid edges 423
boundary edges 256
colors 431
copying 431
creases 462
customizing 69
cutting edges 256
deleting 430
imprinting objects on 440
mesh edges 397
modifying 429
redundant edges 437
rendering 744
surfaces 440
trimming to 446
editing
3D models 408
3D solids 408, 426, 432
associative arrays 248
AutoCAD WS files 707
block attribute definitions 326
block attributes 334, 335
block definitions 333, 656
block references 333, 656
columns of text 528
composite solids 435
constrained objects 291, 300
constraints 289, 299
custom objects 703
dimension styles 566
dimensions 596, 597
dynamic blocks 315
edges 429
faces 426
fields in text 537
fills 512
gizmos 410
grip modes 233
grip tools (gizmos) 410
groups 229
hatches 512
helixes 279
layer objects 122
layers 124
layout and project properties 110
layouts in a project 107
leader objects 530
meshes 454
multilines 280
Index | 811