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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)
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Work with Object Properties
- Work with Layers
- Work with Colors
- Work with Linetypes
- Control Lineweights
- Control the Display Properties of Certain Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Use Coordinates and Coordinate Systems (UCS)
- 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
- Draw Geometric Objects
- Change Existing Objects
- Add Constraints to Geometry
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with Blocks
- Create and Modify Blocks
- Add Behaviors to Blocks (Dynamic Blocks)
- Overview of Dynamic Blocks
- Quick Start to Creating Dynamic Blocks
- Create and Edit Dynamic Blocks
- Add Action Parameters to Dynamic Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- 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
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Prepare Drawings for Plotting and Publishing
- Quick Start to Saving Settings for Plotting and Publishing
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Overview of Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for 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
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout
- Use the Layout Wizard to Specify Layout Settings
- Import PCP or PC2 Settings into a Layout
- Create and Use Named Page Setups
- Plot Drawings
- Quick Start to Plotting
- 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
- Prepare Drawings for Plotting and Publishing
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Import Other File Formats
- Attach Files as Underlays
- Attach Raster Image Files
- Use Drawings from Different Versions and Applications
- Access External Databases
- Collaborate with Others
- Protect and Sign Drawings
- Use the Internet for Collaboration
- Use Markups for Design Review
- Render Drawings
- Glossary
- Index
Create a Blank Area to Cover Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835
Chapter 25
Notes and Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837
Overview of Notes and Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837
Create Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840
Overview of Creating Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840
Create Single-Line Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844
Create Multiline Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
Create and Edit Columns in Multiline Text . . . . . . . . . . . . 871
Import Text from External Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874
Create Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876
Overview of Leader Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876
Create and Modify Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 878
Work with Leader Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886
Add Content to a Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888
Use Fields in Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892
Insert Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892
Update Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896
Use Hyperlinks in Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899
Work with Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901
Overview of Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901
Assign Text Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904
Set Text Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911
Set Text Obliquing Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913
Set Horizontal or Vertical Text Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . 914
Change Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915
Overview of Changing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915
Change Single-Line Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916
Change Multiline Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918
Find and Replace Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921
Change Text Scale and Justification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923
Check Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925
Use an Alternate Text Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929
Overview of Using an Alternate Text Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . 929
Format Multiline Text in an Alternate Text Editor . . . . . . . . 930
Chapter 26
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935
Create and Modify Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935
Link a Table to External Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939
Work with Table Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942
Add Text and Blocks to Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945
Use Formulas in Table Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949
Chapter 27
Dimensions and Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955
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