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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
The primary use of encryption is to help prevent drawing data from being
stolen. Encryption can also be used to help keep data confidential.
NOTE If you want to attach a password and a digital signature to a drawing file,
attach the password first. Modifications to files, including the adding of passwords,
invalidate their digital signatures.
Quick Reference
Commands
SECURITYOPTIONS
Specifies password or digital signature options for a drawing file.
View Password-Protected Drawings
To view the data in a password-protected drawing, you must first obtain and
enter the password. After you enter the password, it stays with the drawing,
even if you modify and save the drawing, unless you remove the password.
Enter a Password to View a Drawing
To view data in a password-protected drawing, you open the drawing in a
standard way and enter the password. Passwords are not case-sensitive.
Unless a drawing's properties, such as the title, author, subject, and keywords,
were encrypted when the password was attached, you can view the properties
in Properties dialog box in Microsoft
®
Windows Explorer.
A password-protected drawing may contain external references (xrefs) to
password-protected drawings. If you open a password-protected drawing that
contains xrefs, you are prompted to enter the password for the current drawing.
Then you are prompted to enter the passwords of any xrefs whose passwords
are different from a password you have entered in the current session. A specific
password that applies to a drawing or xref generally is required to be entered
once per session.
A drawing and its external references remain password-protected until the
passwords are removed. You generally should remove passwords before
performing batch operations on files, unless you are signing files.
If data in a password-protected drawing is read for any reason by the program,
the password must be entered at least once per session of program use.
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