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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
properties 511, 513
rotating 513
scaling patterns 510, 513
simplified display 145
solid fills 505
styles 505, 506
transparency 511
unbounded hatches 504, 511
hats 596
height
table rows 556
text 523
helixes
drawing 214
modifying 279
Help
displaying 1
late-breaking product information 3
Readme topic 3
searching 2
hexagons 199
hidden objects 621, 629
hidden surfaces 740
Hidden visual style 64
hiding
annotative objects 501
hatch boundaries 511
image boundaries 685
isolating objects 148
layers 121
paper space objects 630
raster images 691
underlay frames 677
highlighting
objects 226
suppressing 692
visual styles and 66
histories of 3D solids 434, 441
history of online files 708
holes in 3D solids 438
holes in meshes 456
hollow objects 437
Home view 80
hook lines 530, 588
horizontal dimension text 574
horizontal dimensions 585
horizontal text 549
hotspot angle of spotlights 731
I
IES photometric data files 721, 724
IG4 files 680
imperial units
converting to metric 40
linetype definition file for 138
importing
ACIS SAT files 669
files into drawings 669
layer states 133
layouts into a project 107
named page setups 616
text 529
imprinting objects on 3D solids 440
in-place reference editing
about 658
inheritance and 659
saving changes 659
undoing changes 659
In-Place Text Editor
columns 528
fonts in 543
indents and 525
multiline text 520
table text and 558, 560
incremental saves 49
indenting paragraphs 525
inferring constraints 293
infinite lines 216
inheritance
blocks 320
in-place reference editing and 659
joined objects 274
initializing layouts 622
inserting
blocks 309, 559
drawing files as blocks 309
fields in text 536
formulas 560
objects at equal intervals 187
inspection dimensions 604
inspection rates 605
Index | 817