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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
objects 521
objects in groups 542
output devices 1062, 1094
preventing object selection 527
previewing selections 534
selection fences 525
selection windows 524
suppressing highlighting 1296
tables or table elements 937
selection fences 525
selection preview 522
selection sets
defined 719
selection windows 524
self-extracting executable files 1359
sending objects to back 383
servers
proxy servers 1333
setting up pages 1060
shaded images
AutoCAD LT functionality 1305
creating 227
hiding lines 224
shaded UCS icon 404
shaded viewports
plotting options 1076, 1104
shades (colors) 812
sheet sets
metadata 1164
sheets in drawing sets 1152
shortcut menus
about 63
shortcuts
keytips 51
SHX fonts 906–907, 909, 914
signatures, digital 1318
single-line text
creating 844
editing 916
height 912
obliquing angle 913
orientation 914
styles 901
sketching freehand lines 488
slanted text 913
snapping (object snaps) 412
solid fills
creating 800, 812
overlapping objects 383
turning off 378
sorting
layers 332
space-delimited format files (SDF) 689
spacing
dimension elements 965
dimensions 1034
equal intervals 442
grid lines 421
previous release formats and 1299
spatial indexes 1215–1216
special characters
block attribute extraction files 689
bullets in lists 857
file names 180
filtering layers by 334
fractions 868
inserting 849
tolerance stacks 868
Unicode text 1348
wildcard characters 5
xref symbols 1177, 1208
spelling check 925
spherical coordinates 398
spline-fit polylines
extending 589
trimming 589
splines
calculating geometric data for 450
control points 616
drawing 506
editing 616
fit points 616
grips 562, 616
modifying 521
offsetting 583
spreadsheets
accessing data from 939
attribute extraction data files 690
squares 480, 521
stacked text (multiline text) 868
standard DesignCenter parts 102
standard grips 663, 742
Index | 1451