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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
Multiline text with new formatting that is edited and saved in previous releases
loses the new formatting when reopened in AutoCAD 2008-based products.
Tables and Data Extraction
Editing AutoCAD 2008 tables in previous releases removes AutoCAD 2008
table formatting. Also, AutoCAD 2008 table cells with long block and text
strings may extend outside of cell borders when opened in previous releases.
For tables that were created with the Data Extraction wizard in AutoCAD
2008-based products, you can’t edit or update the extracted data in previous
releases.
Materials (Rendering)
AutoCAD 2008-based products introduced new procedural maps for materials
and luminance. Drawings created earlier than AutoCAD 2007 that contain
materials need to be converted. AutoCAD 2008 can automatically convert old
materials to the AutoCAD 2008 format. However, there are some fidelity issues
when saving back to previous versions of AutoCAD.
■ Procedural maps Checker, Noise, Speckle, Tiles, and Waves are not available
in AutoCAD 2007 and previous releases. They do not appear when an
AutoCAD 2008 drawing is opened in AutoCAD 2007. Marble and Wood
are available but the material might show some variation.
■ The behavior of the Opacity map channel under the Realistic material type
has been corrected in AutoCAD LT 2008. In AutoCAD 2008, the Opacity
map channel behaves like a transparency map, where white is transparent
and black is opaque (this was how it behaved prior to AutoCAD 2007). In
AutoCAD 2007, white represented opaque areas and black represented
transparent areas.
■ The spherical map rotation is different in AutoCAD 2008-based products.
When you open a drawing prior to AutoCAD 2008, the seam for the map
is towards the +Y axis. In AutoCAD 2008, it is towards the +X axis.
Lighting (Rendering)
AutoCAD 2008-based products provide two options for lighting: standard
(generic) lighting and photometric lighting. Previous versions offered only
standard (generic) lighting. There is no explicit conversion required for lights
from AutoCAD 2007 to AutoCAD 2008. Drawings from AutoCAD 2007 open
by default in AutoCAD 2008 in the standard (generic) lighting workflow. The
additional photometric properties available in AutoCAD 2008 are available as
soon as the photometric lighting workflow is enabled in the drawing.
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