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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
Specify Application Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Specify the Behavior of Dockable Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Control the Display of Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Create Task-Based Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Customize Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Migrate and Specify Initial Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Start and Save Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Chapter 6 Start a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Overview of Starting a New Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Specify Units and Unit Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Determine the Units of Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Set the Unit Format Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Use a Drawing Template File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Add Identifying Information to Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Specify the Geographic Location of a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Chapter 7
Open or Save a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Open a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Work with Multiple Open Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Preview Open Drawings and Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Switch Between Open Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Switch Between Layouts in the Current Drawing . . . . . . . . . 175
Transfer Information between Open Drawings . . . . . . . . . . 178
Save a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Find a Drawing File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Specify Search Paths and File Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Chapter 8
Repair, Restore, or Recover Drawing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Repair a Damaged Drawing File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Create and Restore Backup Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Recover from a System Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Control the Drawing Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Chapter 9 Change Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Pan or Zoom a View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Pan and Zoom with the Aerial View Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Pan and Zoom with SteeringWheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Overview of SteeringWheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
2D Navigation Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
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