2013
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
page setups 105, 111
placeholder fields in 536
Project Manager 103
properties 110
publishing 111
reassociating moved layouts 107
saving 113
status 113
sub-groups 109
team collaboration 112
updating 112
working without Project
Manager 113
prompts
dynamic prompts 168
properties
3D solids 441
arrays 248
blocks 320
colors 134
copying 119
dimension lines 566
fills 511
floating properties 320
hatches 511, 513
layer groups 128
layers 119, 124
layouts and projects 110
lighting 730
linetypes 137
lineweights 141
mass properties 193
meshes 385, 443
multiline properties 200
objects 117
overriding 126
plot styles 631
section objects 483
selecting objects by filtering 224
simplifying display 145
surfaces 373, 442
tables 556
text 521, 551
views 60
Properties Inspector palette
object properties 118
Properties palette
table properties 556
proxy fonts 543
proxy objects 703
proxy servers 705
PS files (PostScript)
exporting 693
publishing
about 640
drawing sets 641
page setups 615
plotting vs. 622
projects 111
section objects 485
underlays and 680
pulling areas of 3D solids 438
purging
block definitions 316
named objects 231
unreferenced linetypes 138
unused layers 124
pyramids
3D solids 359
mesh pyramids 388
modifying 441
Q
quadrant grips 235
quadrants in dimensioning 593
Quick Text mode 146
Quick View tools 46
R
radial dimensions 588, 605
radius (fillet) 263
radius dimensions 588, 598
RAL color sets 135
RAM
allocating 71
memory tuning 72
rapid decay area of spotlights 731
Rapid prototyping 694
raster images
about 680
832 | Index