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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
Standard lighting 713, 715
sunlight 735
visual styles and 64
weblights 721
workflow 715
limits
arrays 251
lighting 734
tolerances 581
LIN files (linetype library) 138
line end styles 638
line spacing
dimension text 602
previous release formats and 697
text 521, 526
linear constraints 295
linear dimensions
breaks in 605
creating 585
definition points 598
jog lines 604
spacing between 608
types of 585
linear grips 313
linear units 41
lines
dimension lines 566
direct distance entry 185
drawing 196
end styles 638
extension lines 567
filleting 265
freehand lines 201
join styles 639
joining to polylines 274
linear constraints 295
linetypes 137
linetypes on short segments 141
lineweights 141
modifying 220
multilines 199
occluded 70
Ortho mode 177
polyline arcs 207
table gridlines 559
tangent to arcs 205
Linetype Manager
scale settings 140
linetypes
about 137
applying 139
blocks 320, 321
current 139
defaults 121
deleting 138
displaying on short segments 141
file locations 52
filtering selection sets by 224
freehand sketches 201
hardware linetypes 137
layers and 119, 124, 139
layout viewports and 99
loading 138
model space settings 87
plot style linetypes 638
polylines 141
reapplying 139
scaling 99, 140, 638
lineweights
about 141
applying 142
block properties 320
current 144
defaults 121
dimension elements 566
displaying 143
filtering selection sets by 224
layers and 119, 124, 144
model space and 142
objects not displaying 142
overriding 145
plot style lineweights 637
plotting 142, 630
previous releases and 144
reassigning 144
regenerating drawings and 143
scale 142, 620
turning on or off 143, 146
listing
dimension styles 565
dimension system variables 565
layers 128
Index | 821