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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
Control Views in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Scale Views in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Control Visibility in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Scale Linetypes in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Align Views in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Rotate Views in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Reuse Layouts and Layout Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Create and Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Chapter 14 Control the Properties of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Work with Object Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Overview of Object Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Display and Change the Properties of Objects . . . . . . . . . . 307
Copy Properties Between Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Work with Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Overview of Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Use Layers to Manage Complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Create and Name Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Change Layer Settings and Layer Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Override Layer Properties in Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Filter and Sort the List of Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Use New Layer Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Reconcile New Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Work with Layer States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Work with Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Set the Current Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Change the Color of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Use Color Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Work with Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Overview of Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Load Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Set the Current Linetype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Change the Linetype of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Control Linetype Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Display Linetypes on Short Segments and Polylines . . . . . . . 369
Control Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Overview of Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Display Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Set the Current Lineweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Change the Lineweight of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Control the Display Properties of Certain Objects . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Control the Display of Polylines, Hatches, Gradient Fills,
Lineweights, and Text
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Control the Transparency of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
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