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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
model space and 293
multi-functional grips 637
multileaders as 880
orientation 892, 1344
previous release formats 1344
previous release formats and 1425
scale representations 889
scaling 294, 861, 863
text 871, 938
tolerances as 875
types of 859
updating 863
updating scale 889
visibility 887
visual fidelity 221, 867, 1424
workflow overview 862
annotational constraints 734
annotative blocks
previous release formats 1344
annotative dimensions 1101
Annotative property 861, 865
aperture box (AutoSnap) 490
application status bar 38
application window
display fonts in 158
applications
exporting files to 1414
importing files from 1351
ObjectARX 1435
OLE sources and destinations 1325,
1337
opening attribute extraction
files 786
RealDWG-based applications 207
arc length dimensions 1125, 1142
architectural units 535
archiving
drawings with xrefs 1295
sheet sets 361
arcs
dimensioning 1113, 1120, 1125
double lines 559
drawing 565
fillet arcs 692
joining to polylines 704
linetypes 427
modifying 601
polyline arcs 573
revision cloud segments 597
tangent to lines 568
areas
calculating 523, 592
combining calculations 525
subtracting 525
array actions 822
array objects 657
arrays of objects
associativity 657, 666
creating 657
editing 666
limitations 671
path arrays 660
polar 663
properties 666
rectangular 658
arrowheads
customizing 1074
dimension arrowheads 1060, 1073
leader styles 987
Asian fonts 1009, 1017
Asian set 1009
aspect ratio
OLE objects 1337
association points of dimensions 1130
associative arrays 657, 666
associative dimensions 1344
about 1061
annotation objects and 876
association points 1130
changing associativity 1131
leader objects and 979
limitations 1062
modifying 1127, 1130
previous release formats and 1429
updating 1062
associative hatches
creating 903
defined 896
exploding 702
extents 928
associative text 976
Index | 1545