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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
creating 383, 393
custom 399
cylinders 387
density 459
editing 454
extruding 471
extruding faces 463
faces 455
facets 455
gizmos 470
grip editing 456
legacy mesh types 397, 399
merging faces 456
mesh modeling 456
predefined meshes 403
primitives 385
properties 443
pyramids 388
refining 460, 461, 469
rendering 744
repairing holes 456
selection filters 470
self-intersections 472
smoothness 457
spheres 390
splitting faces 463, 469
tessellation 383, 457
tori 392
types 393
wedges 391
metric units
converting to imperial 40
linetype definition file for 138
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
opening attribute extraction
files 332
Microsoft Windows Clipboard 231
minor grid lines 174
mirroring
grip methods for 234
lights 729
objects 234, 254
text 254, 550
misspellings 553
MMC symbol (maximum material
condition) 612
model space
accessing from layout viewports 92
annotations and 86, 490, 491
defined 89
dimensioning in 583
drawing process in 85, 91
layer visibility settings 92
lineweight display in 142, 143
live sectioning and 480
moving objects to paper space 91
plot scale 627
plotting from 87, 625, 630
switching to layouts 47
viewports 81
model space viewports
assigning UCSs to 151
creating 81
modifying
3D models 408
3D solids 408, 426, 432
AutoCAD WS files 707
block attribute definitions 326
block attributes 334, 335
block definitions 333, 656
block references 333, 656
colors 136
columns of text 528
composite solids 435
constrained objects 291, 300
constraints 299
dimension styles 566
dimensions 596, 597
dynamic blocks 315
edges 429
faces 426
fields in text 537
fills 512
gizmos 410
grip tools (gizmos) 410
hatches 512
helixes and spirals 279
layer objects 122
layers 124
layout and project properties 110
layout viewports 93, 94
layouts in a project 107
Index | 823