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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Tools in the Application Window
- Other Tool Locations
- Access the Classic Menu Bar
- Toolbars
- Status Bars
- Keytips
- The Command Line Window
- Shortcut Menus
- Tool Palettes
- DesignCenter
- Content Explorer
- Overview of Content Explorer
- Understand the Relationship between Content Explorer and Content Service
- Understand the Content Explorer Window
- Understand How Content Is Indexed
- Understand Watched Folders
- Manage Content Sources
- Basic Searching with Content Explorer
- Advanced Searching with Content Explorer
- Manage Saved Searches in Content Explorer
- Browse Folders with Content Explorer
- Filter Results in Content Explorer
- Sort and Group Results in Content Explorer
- Customize the View in Content Explorer
- Perform Tasks with Files in Content Explorer
- Perform Tasks with Objects in Content Explorer
- Streamline Searches with User-Created Properties in Content Explorer
- Troubleshooting Content Explorer
- Customize the Drawing Environment
- 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)
- Work with Sheets in a Sheet Set
- 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
- Create Objects
- Select and Modify Objects
- Select Objects
- Correct Mistakes
- Erase Objects
- Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard
- Modify 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
- Specify Settings for Plotting and Publishing
- Save Plot Settings as Named Page Setups
- Reuse Named Page Setups
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for a Layout
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of 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
- Other Ways to Create Page Setups
- Print or Plot Drawings
- 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
- Specify Settings for Plotting and Publishing
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Convert Drawing File Formats
- Import Other File Formats
- Attach Files as Underlays
- Attach Raster Image Files
- Export Drawings to Other File Formats
- 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
Annotate Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857
Chapter 24
Work with Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859
Overview of Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859
Scale Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860
Overview of Scaling Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861
Set Annotation Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863
Create Annotative Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865
Display Annotative Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887
Add and Modify Scale Representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889
Set Orientation for Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892
Chapter 25
Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895
Overview of Hatch Patterns and Fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895
Specify Hatch and Fill Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903
Control the Appearance of Hatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908
Choose a Hatch Pattern or Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908
Control the Hatch Origin Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914
Control the Scale of Hatch Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917
Set Property Overrides for Hatches and Fills . . . . . . . . . . . 919
Control the Display of Hatch Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922
Control the Draw Order of Hatches and Fills . . . . . . . . . . . 925
Modify Hatches and Fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925
Modify Hatch Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925
Modify Hatch Alignment, Scale, and Rotation . . . . . . . . . . 927
Reshape a Hatch or Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928
Re-create the Boundary of a Hatch or Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930
Create a Blank Area to Cover Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931
Chapter 26
Notes and Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935
Overview of Notes and Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935
Create Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938
Overview of Creating Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938
Create Single-Line Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942
Create Multiline Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946
Create and Edit Columns in Multiline Text . . . . . . . . . . . . 970
Import Text from External Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 974
Create Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 975
Overview of Leader Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 975
Create and Modify Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977
Modify Leaders Using Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985
Work with Leader Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987
Add Content to a Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 990
Use Fields in Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994
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