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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
NOTE The SAVEFIDELITY system variable does not effect saving a drawing to the
AutoCAD LT 2010 drawing or DXF file formats.
Annotative objects may have multiple scale representation. When visual
fidelity is on, annotative objects are decomposed and scale representations
are saved (in an anonymous block) to separate layers, which 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 not recommended
that you 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 this option is not selected, a single model space representation is
displayed on the Model tab. More annotation objects may be displayed on
the Model tab depending on the ANNOALLVISIBLE setting. Also, more objects
may be displayed in paper space viewports at different sizes than in AutoCAD
LT 2008 and later releases.
Reduce the Time Required to Save a Drawing File
You can reduce the time required to save a drawing file if you specify
incremental saves rather than full saves. An incremental save updates only
those portions of the saved drawing file that you changed.
When you use incremental saves, drawing files will contain a percentage of
potentially wasted space. This percentage increases after each incremental
save until it reaches a specified maximum, at which time a full save is
performed instead. You can set the incremental save percentage in the Open
and Save tab of the Options dialog box or by setting the value of the system
variable ISAVEPERCENT. If you set the value of ISAVEPERCENT to 0, all saves
are full saves.
To reduce the size of drawing files, it is recommended that you perform a full
save (with ISAVEPERCENT set to 0) before transmitting or archiving a drawing.
Work Internationally
If you share drawing files with companies in other countries and regions, the
drawing file names might contain characters that are not used in other
languages.
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