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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
untrimming surfaces 446
unused layers 124
updating
annotations 491, 501
associative dimensions 564
block attributes 335
block definitions 333
block references 336
display 146
fields 538
projects 112
xrefs 643, 650
uploading
AutoCAD WS files 708
URLs (Uniform Resource Locators)
opening drawings with 706
saving drawings to 706
user interface
customizing 34
users (multiple) 708
V
validating
3D solids 437
surfaces 450
values
dimension values 577
suppressing zeros 579
text fields 537
variable block attributes 324
vector expressions 193
verifying constraints 289
versions of AutoCAD 699
versions of online files 708
vertex editing 432
vertical dimension text 575
vertical dimensions 585
vertical text 549
vertices
3D solid vertices 423
creases 462
deleting 433
modifying 432
multilines 280
redundant vertices 437
rendering 744
surface control vertices 448, 449
video cards 71
ViewCube 75
viewpoints in 3D space 62, 74
Viewport Overrides filter 126
viewports
aligning views in 100
annotations in 490, 491
arranging 83, 84
backgrounds in 68
creating 81
current 83
drawing in 84
layer property overrides and 126
layers and 126
layout viewports 93
lighting modes 713
plot options 620, 628
plotting 630
rendering 748
restoring layer states and 133
shadows in 68
UCSs and 151
visual styles in 65, 127
views
2D isometric 711
3D projection styles 60
3D views 72
aligning in viewports 100
changing 57
cross sections 474
flattened 3D objects 486
layout viewports 94
live sectioning 483
model space 3D views 61
modifying 92
multiple-view drawing layouts 89
panning 57
performance issues and 71
plot options 618
plotting 624
preset 3D views 62
properties 60
rendering 748
restoring 59
Index | 843