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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
multiple drawings
opening 46
switching between 47
multiple users 708
multiple-view drawing layouts 89
My Documents folder 46, 52
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named layer states
saving 132
named layouts 91
named objects
xref name conflicts 662
named page setups
applying 615
creating 616
projects and 621
named plot style tables
about 623, 632
Plot Style Table Editor 635
plot styles in 634
named plot styles
about 632, 634
creating 635
predefined styles 635
named UCS definitions 150
named views
saving 59
section objects and 483
naming
groups 228
layer states 132
layers 123, 124
lights 730
raster images 689
selection filters 224
text styles 541
viewports 84
views 59
naming conventions
international 50
natural lighting 716
navigating
3D views 73
ViewCube 75
nested blocks
block attributes 332
clipped 654
creating 322
nested xrefs
clipped 654
defined 646
editing 660
paths 647, 661
network surfaces 374, 375
non-associative arrays 245
Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines surfaces
(NURBS) 378
nonassociative dimensions 563, 598,
601
nonassociative hatches 506, 515
nonrectangular layout viewports 93
nonsystem plotter drivers
PDF output 640
nonuniform rational B-spline curves 211
normals of 3D faces
about 740
Not Found raster images 689
notes
about 517
annotations 489, 495
creating text 517
notification
attached xrefs 645
changed xrefs 650
relocated xrefs 649
nudging objects 239
numbered lists 523
numeric values
block attribute data 330
dimensions 577
rounding 579
suppressing zeros 579
NURBS curves 211, 449, 450
NURBS surfaces
about 370
analyzing 453
creating 340, 378
editing 445, 448
rebuilding 449
Index | 825