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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
simplified display 145
snapping 168
stretching 261
subobjects 423
textures 736
transparency 147
visibility 96
oblique extension lines 588
oblique text 548
obscured edges 69
occluded lines 70
offset snaps 236
offsetting
construction lines 217
copying objects 236
objects 251
plot offsets 619, 626
surfaces 375
temporary reference points 186
online copies of files 707
online Help 1
opacity
transparency settings 147
visual styles 67
open curves 379
open meshes 400
opening
attribute extraction files 332
drawings 43, 706
files in other formats 669
files with large objects 45, 50
layouts 46
layouts and projects 107
multiple drawings 46
older files 695
operators
Parameters Manager 302
ordinate dimensions 594, 598, 605
orientation
annotations 503
drawings 618, 627
text 549
origin
coordinate systems 148, 156
displaying UCS icon at 154
hatches 510
ordinate dimensions 594
Ortho mode 177
orthographic projection view 79
orthographic sectioning 477
orthographic views 62
overhang edge effect 69
overlapping objects
3D solids 368
draw order 147
rendering 742
selecting 221, 419
overlaying xrefs 646
overlays 119
overrides
angle overrides 179
array properties 249
center locations of dimensions 591
dimension styles 565, 609
grid spacing 176
identifying 127
layer property overrides 122, 126,
132
layout page setups 111
linetypes 139
lineweights 145
object snaps 171
previous release formats and 696
project page setups 105
removing 127
snap spacing 176
overshoot of extension lines 567
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Page Setup Manager
creating page setups 615
page setup override files 105, 111
page setups
named page setups 615, 616
overriding 105, 111
Page Setup Manager 615
plot settings 624
projects 105, 111, 621
settings 615
pages
layouts in projects 102
Index | 827