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Prevent Objects from Being Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
Select Objects by Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
Customize Object Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Group Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
Correct Mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625
Erase Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628
Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634
Choose a Method to Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
Modify Objects Using Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
Move or Rotate Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
Copy, Array, Offset, or Mirror Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
Change the Size and Shape of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678
Fillet, Chamfer, Break, or Join Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689
Disassociate Compound Objects (Explode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
Modify Polylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
Modify Splines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708
Chapter 19
Add Constraints to Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713
Overview of Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713
Constrain Objects Geometrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717
Overview of Geometric Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717
Apply or Remove Geometric Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719
Display and Verify Geometric Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . 724
Modify Objects with Geometric Constraints Applied . . . . . . . 727
Constrain Distances and Angles between Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . 730
Overview of Dimensional Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730
Control the Display of Dimensional Constraints . . . . . . . . . 733
Modify Objects with Dimensional Constraints Applied . . . . . 736
Constrain a Design with Formulas and Equations . . . . . . . . . . . 740
Overview of Formulas and Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740
Control Geometry with the Parameters Manager . . . . . . . . . 742
Organize Parameters into Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746
Define and Reference Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749
Chapter 20 Work with Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
Overview of Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
Insert Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753
Work with Dynamic Blocks in Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758
Overview of Dynamic Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758
Work With Action Parameters in Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759
Work With Constraint Parameters in Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 762
Remove Block Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763
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