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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
cutting
cutting edges 586
objects 551
cutting edges 586
Cycling property 744
cylindrical coordinates 397
D
damaged drawing files 189
data extraction
converting older files and 1300
data extraction tables
converting older files and 1300
data links
defined 939
locking linked spreadsheets 941
updating 940
data types in tables 943
databases
about 1311
block attribute data in 686
dates
date stamps on layouts 282
datum
composite tolerances 1055
geometric tolerances 1053
ordinate dimensions 1020
DC Online tab (DesignCenter) 101
deleting
block attributes 696
block definitions 667
clipping boundaries 1284
color mapping tables 1125
constraints 622
dimension breaks 1031
fillets 598
geometric constraints 625
hyperlinks 1341
layer property overrides 329
layers 320
linetypes 361
objects 548, 551
objects from groups 544
passwords 1316
points in splines 616
table elements 937
text styles 902
tools and palettes 82
unused named objects 548
demand loading (xrefs)
about 1212
saving xrefs with indexes 1214,
1216
temporary xref file copies 1217
updating xrefs 1187
dependencies
dependency highlighting 716
deselecting objects 522, 525
Design Review
about 1363
publishing for 1150
design review process 1364
DesignCenter
about 88
accessing content 92
adding content from 95
attaching xrefs 1176
blocks in 677
copying block definitions 692
creating tools 96
DesignCenter Online 99
display options 90
file metadata 158
inserting blocks from 659
layouts in 299
raster images in 1278
toolbar 90
tree view 92
updating block definitions 95
DesignCenter Online
about 99
downloading content 103
searching for content 103
types of content 102
detaching
raster images 1282
underlays 1244, 1253
xrefs 1183
deviation tolerances 993
DGN files
editing 1257
1422 | Index