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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
objects 220, 232
plot style tables 633, 635
plot styles 636
polylines 272
revision clouds 220
separating solids into shapes 436
spirals 279
splines 274
surfaces 408, 423, 426, 435, 445
tables 556, 559
text 549
text styles 541
underlays 674
vertices 432
visual styles 65
xrefs 656
educational products 645
electronic drawing sets
publishing 641
ellipses
calculating geometric data for 190
drawing 210
grips on 235
modifying 220
PostScript rendering 694
elliptical arcs
modifying 220
PostScript rendering 694
empty text objects 231
EPS files
exporting 694
equations
parametric constraints 301
erasing objects 231
errors
block attribute extraction files 332
correcting 230
reporting 55
xref error messages 661
evaluating new layers in drawings 131
Excel spreadsheets
opening attribute extraction
files 332
exploded dimensions 563, 600
exploding
block references 271
blocks 337
compound objects 271
objects 271
xrefs 272
exporting
3D solids 694
ACIS SAT files 694
block attribute data 327, 328
drawings 692
DXF files 693
export file formats 692
layer states 133
PDF files 692
plot files 640
PostScript files 693
raster files 693
rendered images 749
STL files 694
expressions 193
Parameters Manager 302
parametric constraints 301
extending
3D objects 260
chamfered objects 268
filleted objects 264
objects 258
splines 277
extension lines
angular dimensions 593
appearance 567
arc length dimensions 596
arcs and 589
breaks in 605
defined 562
oblique 588
origins of 585
properties 567
text on 571, 574
external references (xrefs)
about 643
archiving drawings with 652
attaching 644, 646
Autodesk Educational Products 645
binding 652, 659
blocks and 310, 319
circular references 662
812 | Index