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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
methods for 223
multiple objects 222
objects 220
output devices 617, 624
overlapping objects 419
preventing object selection 224
previewing selections 226
selection fences 223
selection windows 222
subobject selection filters 420
suppressing highlighting 692
tables or table elements 558
selection fences 223
selection filters 420, 470
selection preview 221
selection windows 222
self-intersections 472
sending objects to back 147
servers
AutoCAD WS 707
proxy servers 705
setting up pages 615
shaded images
AutoCAD LT functionality 701
customizing shading 65
edge display 69
rendering 745
visual styles 63
shaded UCS icon 154
shaded viewports
plotting options 620, 628, 629, 630
resolution settings 630
Shaded visual style 64
Shaded with Edges visual style 64
shades (colors) 509
Shades of Gray visual style 64
shadows
hardware acceleration and 68
lighting and 717, 730
visual styles 68
sharing drawings 707
shelling solids 437
SHX fonts 543, 544, 545, 549
SI lighting units 715
silhouette edges 69
single-line text
creating 518
editing 550
height 547
obliquing angle 548
orientation 549
styles 540
sketching freehand lines 200
Sketchy visual style 64
sky
lighting overview 714
natural lighting and 716
slanted text 548
slicing solids 368
smooth lighting 66
smooth rendering 744
smoothing
mesh objects 457, 460, 468
tessellation 383
snapping (object snaps) 168
software acceleration 71
solid fills
creating 505, 509
defined 504
overlapping objects 147
PostScript rendering 694
turning off 145
solid primitives
about 353
boxes 354
cones 356
creating 354
cylinders 357
pyramids 359
tori 360
wedges 355
solids
3D solids 363
composite solids 366
converting objects to 342
converting to meshes 397
creating 352
extruding 346
grips 421
interferences 368
lofting 350
Index | 837