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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
clipping 653, 667
copying 667
defined 643
demand loading 651, 667, 668
detaching 649
editing 656
error messages 661
exploding 272
External References palette 645
fields in 538
freezing layers of 667
Internet-based xrefs 708
layer properties 645
log files 663
missing 44, 661
name conflicts 662
nested 646
notifications about 645, 649, 650
overlays 646
paths 647, 648, 668
projects and 107
properties 659
reloading 650
relocated xrefs 649
saving changes to 659
saving with indexes 667, 668
temporary file copies 668
underlays as 670, 671
unloading 666
updating 643, 650
External References palette
displaying 645
raster image information 688
externally referenced dimension
styles 566
extracting
block attribute data 327, 328
geometric data 188
extruding
faces 471
mesh faces 463
objects 421, 438
extruding objects 346
F
face counts 744
face edges
offsetting 253
face normals 740
face views 78
faces of 3D solids
colors 428
coplanar faces 742
copying 427
creases 462
edge display 69
extruding 463, 471
face styles 65
imprinting objects on 440
intersecting faces 742
mesh faces 461, 744
mesh objects 455
modifying 423, 426
redundant faces 437
rendering 740
splitting 463, 469
facet edges 69
faceted lighting 66
faceted mesh objects 455
faceted surfaces 393
fade settings
raster images 687
underlays 675
xref objects 657
falloff angle of spotlights 731
field angle of spotlights 731
fields (databases)
attribute extraction and 328
fields (text)
about 536
AutoCAD LT functionality 700
previous releases of AutoCAD
and 539
file formats
attribute extraction files 330
export file formats 692
importable files 669
pasted objects 232
plot files 640
Index | 813