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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
modifying 220, 272
offsetting 252
polyline arcs 207
PostScript rendering 694
revision clouds 219
simplifying display 145
subobjects 273
wide polylines 197, 207
polysolids
drawing 361
portrait orientation 618, 627
PostScript files
exporting 693
PostScript fonts 545
precision
calculators 193
coordinate systems 148
cursor movements 173
distances 185
drawing units 42
Dynamic Input 166
geometric data 188
numeric values 579
object snaps 168
offset locations 180
point locations 180
predefined 3D meshes 403
preset 3D views 62
pressing areas of 3D solids 438
previewing
drawings 46, 51
layouts 46
object selections 226
plotted drawings 640
weblights 733
previous releases
converting files 695
fields and 539
lineweights and 144
saving drawings as 699
underlays and 680
primitive solids
about 354
grips 421
modifying 441
spheres 358
primitives
mesh primitives 385
solids 354
printable areas 615, 617, 619, 624, 626
printers
offsetting plots 626
selecting 617, 624
printing
page setups 615
plotting 622
publishing 640
procedural surfaces
about 370
converting objects to 377
creating 340, 374
editing 445
profile tolerances 611
profiles (objects)
extruding 421
geometric objects used as 344
lofting 350
project creation templates 105
project lines 567
Project Manager
features 103
locking and unlocking layouts 112
shortcut menus 104
team collaboration 112
projected geometry 447
projected tolerances 613
projects
backing up and recovering 106
blank 106
creating and modifying layouts 107
creating projects 105
creation from existing DST 106
creation from template 106
DST files 105
label and callout blocks 108
layout names and numbers 107
layouts and 105
locking and unlocking 112
named page setups and 621
opening drawings within 107
organizing 109
overrides 111
Index | 831