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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
layers and 673
plotting 640
underlays 670, 671
performance improvement
3D display and 71
arrays and 251
demand loading xrefs 667, 668
fills display 145
groups and 228
hardware acceleration 71
incremental saves 49
layers and 120
lineweights and 143, 146
memory and 71, 72
performance tuning 71
raster image display 690
resolution 744
shadow display and 68, 730
software acceleration 71
text display 145
perimeters 190
perpendicular lines 177
perspective view 79
perspective views
about 60
defining 61
photometric lights
distant lights and 727
goniometric diagrams 722
IES data files 721, 724
luminous intensity distribution
(LID) 725
overview 715
point lights 718
properties 718, 733
spotlights 720
sun properties and 735
weblights 721, 733
workflow 713
photorealistic rendering 738
pickbox cursor 221
PICT files 680
pixels
raster images 681
removing strays on display 231
placeholder fields 536
plan views
changing viewpoints 63
defined 62
planar closed spline curves 190
planar surfaces 374
planes
constraining movement to 414
constraining scale to 417
workplanes 156
plot areas
setting 618, 624
plot settings
objects 630
orientation 627
page setups and 624
scale 627
transparency 630
plot stamps
about 623
turning on 631
Plot Style Manager 633
Plot Style Table Editor 633
editing plot styles 636
managing plot style tables 635
plot style tables
assigning to layouts 620, 632
creating 633
editing 636
modifying 633
Plot Style Manager 633
Plot Style Table Editor 635
predefined 633, 635
shaded viewport plotting options
and 629
types 623, 632, 633, 634
plot styles
about 631
layers and 121, 124
modifying 636
NORMAL style 635
object plot styles 634
plot style tables 620, 632
selecting 630
settings 636
types 623, 631
Index | 829