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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
Representation in Exported DrawingObject Type
Dimensional constraints are removed.Constraints
Standard or dynamic blocks, with or without attributes, that
exceed the boundaries of the layout viewport will be converted
Standard or dynamic
block (with or without
attributes) to a new, anonymous block. Attributes are converted to text
objects in the block.
NOTE The “Allow Exploding” setting (a setting on the block
definition) is ignored if the block exceeds the boundaries of
the layout viewport.
Objects become non-annotative.Annotative objects
An Xref with nested objects that exceed the boundaries of the
layout viewport is converted to a block reference and exploded.
External reference
(xref)
Layout viewports are represented by either a polyline or the
clipped viewport object.
Layout viewport
Custom objects are exploded and converted to anonymous
blocks.
Custom objects
Xrefs clipped with the XCLIP command are converted to a
clipped block reference.
Xref clipped with the
XCLIP command
The 2D wireframe visual style is used.Visual Styles
Objects within a perspective viewport will have parallel projec-
tion.
Perspective viewports
NOTE Objects that can be directly trimmed without changing their types are not
listed on the table.
Visual Changes to Objects
Not all objects when displayed in a layout will display the same in the Model
tab of the exported drawing. This includes (but is not limited to) the following
instances:
■ The same object displayed in multiple viewports becomes multiple objects
in the exported model space drawing. In addition, objects are transformed
and often scaled. Both of these can affect data extraction of blocks.
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