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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
actions
dependencies 812
actions (dynamic blocks)
about 815
array actions 822
Block Authoring palettes 805
Block Editor display 810
Chain Actions property 827
flip actions 821
grips and 838
lookup tables and 823
move actions 816
overriding 837
parameter sets and 805
polar stretch actions 820
properties 830
rotate actions 820
scale actions 817
selection sets 815
stretch actions 819
types 815
actions (user)
redoing 626
undoing 625
adaptive grid display 495
adaptive plot style adjustments 1237
Add-a-Plotter wizard 1191
ADI DXB driver 1245
ADN (Autodesk Developer Network) 5
Adobe Acrobat PDF files
layers and 1371
plotting 1248
underlays 1360–1361
Adobe PostScript driver
plotting with 1249
ADSKSIGTIMESRVR environment
variable 1451
aggregators 93
aliases
entering commands with 42
aligned constraints 731
aligned dimensions 1107
alignment
AutoTrack feature 509
dimension text 1081, 1133
dimensions 1147
displaying paths for 501
equal intervals 516–517, 519
hatches 914, 927
isometric planes 1513
lateral tolerances 1097
multileaders 979
multiline text 952
object snaps 485
objects 653
previous release formats and 1426
single-line text 943
text 990
viewport objects 329
alignment grips 759, 838
alternative fonts 1011
altitude 200
anchored palettes 65
anchored windows 163
angle coordinate display 466
angle offset property 837
angles
angle overrides 506
calculating 521
constraints 730
defining 3D views with 257
polar angles 502
polar coordinates 470
QuickCalc display units 535
rotating objects by 650
snap angle 496
unit types 466
angular constraints 731
angular dimensions
breaks in 1142
creating 1120
definition points 1128
spacing between 1147
angular units 194
annotation objects
annotative styles 869
blocks as 883
creating 865
defined 861
dimensions as 875, 1101
hatches as 886
leaders as 880
1544 | Index