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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
pasting 551
plotting to 1141
BOM (bills of materials) 935
borders (table cells) 942
boundaries
boundary edges 586
gaps in 513, 809
layout viewports 279
polylines 476, 498
recreating 833
regions 513
zooming to 202
boundary sets
defined 476
hatches 809
polylines 498
bounded hatches 800
breaking
objects 606
OLE links 1224
breaks in dimensions 1029
brightness 1286
bringing objects to front 383
bulleted lists 857
bullets 857
Buzzsaw location shortcuts 1350
Buzzsaw project collaboration
service 1349
Buzzsaw sites 1349
BYBLOCK setting
block definitions 675
properties 308
BYLAYER setting 308
C
CAD Manager Control utility
DesignCenter Online and 101
InfoCenter and 12
calculating
angles 447
areas 449
circumferences 449
command prompt calculator 469
converting measurement units 463
distances 447
model space scale factors 259
perimeters 449
point coordinates 447
QuickCalc calculator 454
calculator variables in QuickCalc 465
calculators
command prompt calculator 469
QuickCalc 454
callout blocks
annotations 763, 784
CALS files 1141, 1276
canceling commands 53, 546
caps 1022
catalogs of parts 99, 102
categories
DesignCenter Online content 100
CDF files (comma delimited) 688
cell libraries (MicroStation) 1237
cells (tables)
address format 949
AutoFill feature 950
blocks in 945
cell ranges 949
formulas in 949
merging 937
modifying 936
text in 945
center location overrides 1012
center marks in dimensions 958, 1011
centerlines in dimensions 958, 1011
centers of gravity 452
certificate authorities 1320, 1331
Chain Actions property 731
chamfering
hatch boundaries 601
objects 601
characters
formatting 855, 902
height 912
international 906
stacking 869
Unicode text 1348
checking spelling 925
CIP (Customer Involvement Program) 18
circles
calculating geometric data for 449
1418 | Index