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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
Annotative objects may have multiple scale representations on page 1406. When
visual fidelity is on, annotative objects are decomposed and scale
representations are saved (in an anonymous block on page 1388) to separate
layers. These layers are named based on their original layer and appended
with a number. If you explode the block in AutoCAD LT 2007 (or earlier
releases), and then open the drawing in AutoCAD LT 2008 (or later releases),
each scale representation becomes a separate annotative object, each with one
annotation scale. It is recommended that you do not edit or create objects on
these layers when working with a drawing created in AutoCAD LT 2008 (and
later releases) in AutoCAD LT 2007 (and earlier releases).
When visual fidelity for annotative objects is not selected, a single model
space representation is displayed on the Model tab. Depending on the setting
of the ANNOALLVISIBLE system variable, more annotation objects may be
displayed on the Model tab, and more objects may be displayed in paper space
viewports at different sizes than in AutoCAD LT 2008 and later releases.
For a procedure to set visual fidelity for annotative objects, see To save drawings
with visual fidelity for annotative objects.
Annotative Object Properties in Previous Releases
In an AutoCAD 2008 drawing, when an annotative block does not have its
paper orientation set to match the layout, and the block contains multiline
attributes that are based on a text style that is not set to match the orientation
of the layout, the attributes may shift positions if you open this drawing in
AutoCAD LT 2007 (and earlier releases).
Layer Property Overrides in Previous Releases
When you open an AutoCAD 2008 drawing containing layer property
overrides, overrides are not visible. The property override settings are retained
when the drawing is saved in a previous release, and are visible again when
the drawing is opened in AutoCAD 2008.
If a viewport containing layer property overrides is deleted when the drawing
is opened in a previous release, the override settings are not retained and are
not available when the drawing is opened in AutoCAD LT 2008.
When the VISRETAIN system variable is set to 0 when the drawing is opened
in a previous release, xref layers containing viewport property overrides are
not retained.
If you open an AutoCAD 2008 drawing in a previous release, property overrides
may display in a thumbnail image. When the drawing is saved with a layout
tab, and then opened in the previous release, those property overrides do not
display.
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